Hapát Maihivu

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Times New Roman is an ancient language of Cuadhlabh, intended to have a "dark Elvish" aesthetic (i.e. Finnish + Latin + Arabic).

Consonants: /m n p t k s v l r j h/ m n p t k s v l r y h

Vowels: /a i u aː iː uː/ a i u á í ú

Allowed geminates: /mm nn pp tt kk ss ll rr/ mm nn pp tt kk ss ll rr

Allowed clusters: /mp mpp nt ntt nk nkk ns nv nj ps ts ks lp lpp lt ltt lk lkk ls lm ln lv lj rp rpp rt rtt rk rkk rs rm rn rv rj hj hv ht/ mp mpp nt ntt nk nkk ns nv ny ps ts ks lp lpp lt ltt lk lkk ls lm ln lv ly rp rpp rt rtt rk rkk rs rm rn rv ry hy hv ht

Allowed word-final consonants: /t n r/

1: már 2: allu 3: tarvuli 4: issili 5: úpali 6: vinírili 7: minkúli 8: tahúsali 9: hilkámuli 10: altupuvassín 11: mártupuvassín 12: tupuva

  • pl: -sa
  • abs: -0
  • erg: -a (-á, -ia, -ua)
  • gen: -at

Infinitive: -na?

Personal endings:

  • 1sg: -:n nunttán, míhtún
  • 2sg: -:i nunttái, míhtúi
  • 3sg: -t nunttat, míhtut
  • 1pl: -:pá nuntápa, míhtúpa
  • 2pl: -nká nuntanka, míhtunka
  • 3pl: -át nuntát, míhtuát
  • imp: -:r nunttár, míhtúr
  • -ain- = antipassive?
Nunttavái! Mi Dong Bin Choi laissukan.
[nunt:ava:i | mi tuŋgubi:n sui lais:uxa:t]
(lit. May you be protected! I am called Dong Bin Choi.)
Vainkataramaná ísarvi uksat.
V.-ERG paste-ABS eat-3SG.SBJ
Venkataramana eats paste.
Vainkataramana uksat.
V.-ABS eat-3SG.SBJ
Venkataramana eats.

Phonology

Consonants

Hapát Maihivu consonants
Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal m /m/ n /n/ [ŋ]
Plosive p /p~b/ t /t~d/ k /k~x~g/
Fricative s /s/ h /h/
Approximant v /ʋ/ l /l/ y /j/
Trill r /r/

Vowels

Vowel phonemes
Front Central Back
short long short long short long
Close i /i/ í /iː/ u /u/ ú /uː/
Open a /a/ á /aː/

Gradation

Morphology

Verbs

nuntahan, nuntahi, nuntat, nuntaapa, nuntanka, nuntahat, nuntaar → nunttán, nunttái, nuntat, nunttápa, nuntanka, nuntát, nuntár (nunttát ~> nuntát)


Present tense suffixes
Singular Plural
1 [S] + -:n [S] + -:pa
2 [S] + -:i (*-íi > ) [W] + -nka
3.an [W] + -t [W] + -:t
impersonal [W] + -:r

Syntax