Qlenziêr

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1: i / ír / íres 2: cai / cais 3: min / mínes 4: tan / tánes 5: mar / máres 6: si / sís 7: atu / átus 8: sonno / sónnos ... 9: ostya / óstyas 10: iruccu 11: iruccíres 12: iruccuvéres 13: iruccumínes ... 20: caiccu 30: minuccu 40: tanuccu 50: maruccu 60: siyuccu 70: atuccu 80: sonnuccu 90: ostyaccu 100: rúya

pronouns: vun (I), pal (you); vunai (we), palai (y'all)

demonstratives: vel (near 1), sil (near 2), nol (distal)

Phonology

Consonants

Qlenziêr consonants
  Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal m /m/ n /n/ ny /ɲ/ [ŋ]
Plosive plain p /p/ t /t~d/ ty /t͡ɕ~dʑ/ k /k~g/
voiced (b /b/)
Fricative plain f /f/ s /s/ h /ç/ h /h/
voiced v /v/
Trill r /r/
Approximant w /w/ l /l/ y /j/

Vowels

  Front Central Back
short long short long short long
Close i /i/ í /iː/ u /u~ɯᵝ/ ú /uː/
Mid e /e/ é /eː/ o /o/ ó /oː/
Open a /a/ á /aː/
Notes
  • /u~ɯᵝ/ is [u] in the first syllable, and [ɯᵝ] otherwise.

Morphology

Verbs

Tense suffixes

  • -0: timeless
  • -ːva-: present
  • -ri-: past
  • -tti-: future

Personal suffixes

Personal suffixes
Singular Plural
1 -n -nwe
2 -l -lwe
3.an -tu -tai
3.inan -r

Connectives

  • -isse: "if"
  • -lasset: "when"