Verse:Mwail/Quququqquq

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Mwail/Quququqquq

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In Angai, Quququqquq (/ku:ku:'kʊkkʊk/, natively quququqquq qaqqaäa /kùkùkùkːùk kàkːàáà/ [kʰùvūvūkūɰˀ kʰàkǣǽǣ]) is the most phonologically minimalistic Kawenic language, with just one consonant /k/, two vowels /u a/, and two tones (high, written ä and low, written a). It's spoken in the island nation of Quqqaäa (pronounced /'kʊkə/ in English).

Todo: Vedic-style chanting tradition

uüuquqau 'cow'

qäqqäquqau 'crow'

Nouns and adjectives

Nouns and adjectives have four principal parts:

• I (nominative singular): never ends in -qq
• II (genitive singular): never ends in -q
• III (genitive plural): never ends in -q
• IV (partitive plural)

Given principal parts nouns are declined as follows:

	singular	plural
nominative	I	II-q
genitive	II	III
partitive	I-q	IV
illative	II-ü	III-ü
inessive	II-qqu	III-qqu
elative	II-qquq	III-qquq
allative	II-qua	III-qua
adessive	II-qqa	III-qqa
ablative	II-qqaq	III-qqaq
translative	II-ququ	III-ququ
terminative	II-quaä	III-quaä
durative	II-quqqü	III-quqqü
essive	II-qaua	III-qaua
exessive	II-qauaq	III-qauaq
comitative	II-qqäqu	III-qqäqu
abessive	II-uqqau	III-uqqau
instructive	II-qqaqqu	III-qqaqqu

Examples:

aqua, aqü, aquaqa, aquauq 'water'

	singular	plural
nominative	aqua	aqüq
genitive	aqü	aquaqa
partitive	aquaq	aquauq

quququqquq, quququqququ, quququqquqa, quququqquqq 'Quququqquq (adjective)'

	singular	plural
nominative	quququqquq	quququqququq
genitive	quququqququ	quququqquqa
partitive	quququqquqq	quququqquqq

qaqqaäa, qaqqaäa, qaqqaäqa, qaqqaäaq 'tongue, language'

	singular	plural
nominative	qaqqaäa	qaqqaäaq
genitive	qaqqaäa	qaqqaäqa
partitive	qaqqaäaq	qaqqaäaq

Verbs

Quququqquq verbs have several differences from Standard Average European:

• negative verb that marks TAM
• emphatic forms instead of subject pronouns (cf. Old Irish)
• impersonal forms

Infinitives end in -uqa or -üqa depending on the verb.

quqüäquqa 'to write'

indicative mood										imperative mood
		nonpast		past		nonpast emphatic		past emphatic
per.	no.	affirmative	negative	affirmative	negative	affirmative	negative	affirmative	negative	affirmative	negative
1st	sg.	quqüäqau	äau quqüä	quqüäqää	äqqau quqüä	quqüäqauq	äqauq quqüä	quqüäqääuq	äqqauq quqüä	-	-
2nd		quqüäqu	äu quqüä	quqüäqäqu	äqqu quqüä	quqüäqä	äqä quqüä	quqüäqäqä	äqqä quqüä	quqüä	äua quqüä
3rd		quqüäquq	ää quqüä	quqüäqä	äqq quqüä	quqüäqqa	äqa quqüä	quqüäqäqqa	äqqa quqüä	quqüäqa	äuqaa quqüä
1st	pl.	quqüäqaüq	äqaüq quqüä	quqüäqäaüq	äqqauq quqüä	quqüäqaüquqqaqq	äqaüquqqaqq quqüä	quqüäqäaüquqqaqq	äqqaüquqqaqq quqüä	quqüäqaqauq	äuqaqauq quqüä
2nd		quqüäququq	äququq quqüä	quqüäqäuquq	äqququq quqüä	quqüäquququqqaqq	äquququqqaqq quqüä	quqüäqäuququqqaqq	äqquququqqaqq quqüä	quqüäqaquq	äuqaquq quqüä
3rd		quqüäqüüq	äqüüq quqüä	quqüäqäüüq	äqqüüq quqüä	quqüäqqauqqaqq	äqauqqaqq quqüä	quqüäqäüüquqqaqq	äqqauqqaqq quqüä	quqüäqääq	äuqääq quqüä
impersonal		quqüäqua	äqua quqüä	quqüäqäua	äqqua quqüä	-	-	-	-	quqüäqaua	äuqaua quqüä

aquqquqa 'to eat'

Non-past:
aquqqau 'I eat'
aquqqu (2sg)
aquqquq (3sg)
aquqqaüq (1pl)
aquqququq (2pl)
aquqqüüq (3pl)
aquqqua (impersonal)

äau aquq 'I do not eat'
äu aquq
ää aquq
äqaüq aquq
äququq aquq
äqüüq aquq
äqua aquq