Maghrebi Azalic
Maghrebi Azalic (lit. [the language] of those who say đâu [for '2']) is an Azalic language. It is closer to English than other Azalic languages are, but still a separate language. It is inspired by Vietnamese.
It is in the Ăn Yidiș-Cubrite sprachbund.
Morphology
Pronouns
- conj. i, du, khê, si, it, gia, dul, doi
- disj. mi, du, khim, kher, it, eox, dul, dam
- poss. moi, ur, khex, kher, itx, eor, dux, dar
Nouns
Two cases (nominative and genitive), no gender
- Genitive singular is always -x or -ơx
- Plural is always nom. -i, gen. -xi
The definite article is invariably dơ. There is no indefinite article.
Umlaut, known in Lõis as affection, is used for some plurals.
Verbs
Only the imperative/infinitive survives in lexical verbs. There is also a past participle in -ơd.
Auxiliaries
Maghrebi Azalic has an auxiliary verb system similar to Colloquial Welsh. In addition, there is a T-V distinction: the 2nd person plural u is also used as a polite pronoun.
The choice of preposition before the lexical verb also controls the tense:
- Im ođ heđ = I eat/I am eating (lit. I am at eating)
- Im pho heđ = I have eaten (lit. I am after eating)
| → Person | I | thou | he | she | it | we | blotp | they | Non-pronominal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Present (sêu is from *seq̇ 'see') | im | dur | khês | sis | its | giar | dulơr | dar | sêu |
| Pres. Interrogative | am i | ar du | is khê | is si | ist | ar gia | ar dul | ar da | is |
| Pres. Negative | nam i | nar du | nis khê | nis si | nist | nar gia | nar dul | nar da | nis |
| Past (from aorist *dʰéh₁t of *dʰeh₁ 'to do') | ted i | ted u | ted khê | ted si | ted it | ted gia | ted u | ted da | ted |
| Future/Subjunctive | ter i | ter u | ter khê | ter si | ter it | ter gia | ter u | ter da | ter |