Clofabosin

Lexicon

Clofabinylin (clofabinyl lorin or simply clofabinylin) is a clitic-complex language spoken in Clofabinosin in Ħérestem.

Phonology

Consonants

Clofabosin consonants

		Labial	Dental	Alveolar	Velar	Uvular	Glottal
Nasal		m /m/	n /n/		n [ŋ]
Plosive	voiceless	p /p/	t /t/		c /k/	k /q/
	voiced	b /b/	d /d/		g /g/
Fricative	voiceless	f, ph /f/	th /θ/	s /s/	ch /x/		h /h~ɦ/
	voiced	v /v/		z /z/
Lat. fric.			ll /ɬ/
Trill	voiceless		rh /r̥/
	voiced		r /r/
Lat. app.			l /l/

The letter x is used for /ks/.

Vowels

Clofabinylin vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i /i/	u /ʉ/	o /o~ʊ/
Mid	e /e/	y /ə/
Open		a /a/

Grammar

Nouns

1st declension

Nom. bzw. acc. have -in bzw. -ine; other cases drop these suffixes.

ephathastin - drug
Number→ Case↓	Singular		Plural
Nominative	ephathastin		ephathastazin
Accusative	ephathastine		ephathastazine
Vocative	ephathastoin		ephathastazoin
Genitive	ephathastyl		ephathastazyl
Preessive	ephathastitol		ephathastazitol
Postessive	ephathastemab		ephathastazemab
Instrumental	ephathastox		ephathastazox
Comitative	ephathastone		ephathastazone
Semblative	ephathastole		ephathastazole
Essive	ephathastyne		ephathastazyne
Separative	ephathastynol		ephathastazynol
Lative	ephathastynal		ephathastazynal
Adessive	ephathastane		ephathastazane
Ablative	ephathastanol		ephathastazanol
Allative	ephathastanal		ephathastazanal
Inessive	ephathastene		ephathastazene
Elative	ephathastenol		ephathastazenol
Illative	ephathastenal		ephathastazenal
Benefactive	ephathastoic		ephathastazoic
Terminative	ephathastile		ephathastazile

Other suffixes:
-ide (and/also, after the case suffix like Latin -que)
-yl ester (about)
-ein: or
-phan: xor

2nd declension

Nom. bzw. acc. ends in -n bzw. -ne; other cases add their suffixes onto the -n-.

thoraphen - poet
Number→ Case↓	Singular		Plural
Nominative	thoraphen		thoraphenazin
Accusative	thoraphene		thoraphenazine
Vocative	thoraphenoin		thoraphenazoin
Genitive	thoraphenyl		thoraphenazyl
Preessive	thoraphenitol		thoraphenazitol
Postessive	thoraphenemab		thoraphenazemab
Instrumental	thoraphenox		thoraphenazox
Comitative	thoraphenone		thoraphenazone
Semblative	thoraphenole		thoraphenazole
Essive	thoraphenyne		thoraphenazyne
Separative	thoraphenynol		thoraphenazynol
Lative	thoraphenynal		thoraphenazynal
Adessive	thoraphenane		thoraphenazane
Ablative	thoraphenanol		thoraphenazanol
Allative	thoraphenanal		thoraphenazanal
Inessive	thoraphenene		thoraphenazene
Elative	thoraphenenol		thoraphenazenol
Illative	thoraphenenal		thoraphenazenal
Benefactive	thoraphenoic		thoraphenazoic
Terminative	thoraphenile		thoraphenazile

Clitic complex

• Subject clitics: me-, the-, pro-, bu-, meze-, theze, prozo-, buzu-
• Object clitics: ma-, tha-, pra-, ba-, maza-, thaza-, praza-, baza-

Verbs

Verbs conjugate for truth value and connectives. Verbs do not encode agreement or tense.

Methevir phormam. = 'I learn.' (affirmative)
Methevir phormax? = 'Do I learn?' (interrogative)
Methevir phormamer. = 'Yes, I do learn.' (focused affirmative)
Methevir phormem. = 'I do not learn.' (negative)
Methevir phormex? = 'Do I not learn?' (negative interrogative)
Methevir phormemer. = 'No, I do not learn.' (focused negative)

Relative clauses are indicated by the suffix -yl:
Pefamyl amphin = the person in hiding
Propevir pefamyl amphin = the person now in hiding

Numerals

• 1: esin
• 2: rhein
• 3: hallin
• 4: thyzin
• 5: orphin
• 6: cybin
• 7: xolin
• 8: thicin
• 9: adin
• 10: phemin
• 11: phemesin
• 12: pherhein
• 13: phehallin
• 14: phethyzin
• 15: phemorphin
• 16: phecybin
• 17: phexolin
• 18: phethicin
• 19: phemadin
• 20: rhemin
• 21: rhemesin
• 22: rherhein
• 30: hallemin
• 100: psurin
• 1000: ichin

Phrases

• Furine! (health.acc) - Hello!/Goodbye!
• Ethynalide furine! (to one person)/Ethoxynalide furine! (to many people) - Hello!/Goodbye! (reply to Furine!)
• Chalcam! (thank.aff.decl) - Thank you!