Yacavestu
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Yacavestub is a head-final ("Altaic") agglutinative language spoken in Eastern Talma and Northern Etalocin. It's inspired aesthetically by drug names (cf. Clofabosin), Estonian and Lushootseed. It also has clicks, from !Zoom.
Yəl eŋcuvil dəgifam hərazu vestəmad. = Methavir nalaminyl mekerylide ester axoram.
Todo
- redup at the beginning of verbs?
- -mad (e.g. ololirmad)
- -vab
- -mob
- -əl
- -am
- -xab
- -mob
- -ub
- -ode
- rotunu = 'world'
- elir = 'one'
- pelog (after pegol)
Phonology
Consonants
m n ŋ p t k b d g f s h v z l ɬ r j ⟨m n ŋ p t c b d g f s h v z l hl r y⟩
(/ks/ is written ⟨x⟩.)
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i, y /i/ | u /u/ | |
| Mid | e /e/ | ə /ə/ | o /o/ |
| Open | a /a/ |
Morphology
Nouns
Case suffixes
- -ub: (definite)
- -uvab: definite accusative suffix
- -am: genitive
- -zode:
- -une:
- -vil
Definiteness and possession
Nouns take a suffix for definiteness. Possessive suffixes are added directly to the noun for inalienable possession, and to the classifier for alienable possession.
| vestu - 'language' | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number→ State↓ |
Singular | Plural |
| Indefinite | vestu | vestəl |
| Definite | vestub | vestələb |
| 1sg possessor | vestel | vestəlel |
| 2sg possessor | vestux | vestəlux |
| 3sg possessor | vestun | vestəlun |
| 1pl possessor | vestelod | vestəlelod |
| 2pl possessor | vestuxod | vestəluxod |
| 3pl possessor | vestunod | vestəlunod |
Verbs
Present tense: -mad