Verse:Jarthe/Qivattutannguaq
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Qanngurtatunnguaq ('refined language'; cf. Sanskrit saṃskṛtam) is an Indo-European language. It's an Inuit giblang.
1: ainaq (m.)/ainaa (f.)/ainun (n.) 2: tuvaa 3: tiqariq 4: kituariq 5. pinngi 6: quiq 7: qippun 8: atsaa 9: nivun 10: tisun 100: sunnun
tiuq / tiivaq / taivaq = god
Phonology
dʰ, gʰ > g
l before voiceless consonants = /ɬ/
Nouns
allows sanskrit style compounds
-r > -q: patiaq, maatiaq, vuraatiaq, quiqtiaq, ukatiaq = father, mother, brother, sister, daughter
qaulluq = sun
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ulkaq | ulkaaq |
| Genitive | ulkaa | ulkuun |
| Dative | ulkai | ulkamaq |
| Accusative | ulkun | ulkuuq |
| Ablative | ulkiat | ulkamaq |
| Locative | ulkiat | ulkami |
| Vocative | ulki! | ulkaaq! |
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | vukaa | vukaaq |
| Genitive | vukaaq | vukuun |
| Dative | vukaai | vukaamaq |
| Accusative | vukaan | vukaaq |
| Ablative | vukaat | vukaamaq |
| Locative | vukaat | vukaami |
| Vocative | vukaa! | vukaaq! |
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | -tuq | -tiiq |
| Genitive | -tiuq | -tuun |
| Dative | -tii | -tumaq |
| Accusative | -tun | -tuuq |
| Ablative | -tut | -tumaq |
| Locative | -tut | -tumi |
| Vocative | -tu! | -tiiq! |
* Sometimes reflected as -nuq or -Cuq.
Verbs
vilkaa, vilkiq, vilkit, vilkamaq, vilkiti, vilkuut = shines
"to be":
- -ingmi, -ingiq, -ingit, -ingmaq, -ingiti, -inguut
- Ulkaqingmi = I am a wolf.
- Vukaangit = It's a city.
- Gumua gumnii ulkaqingit = Homo homini lupus.
An athematic verb:
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | tituami? | titumaq |
| 2 | tituaq? | tituti |
| 3 | tituat? | tituut? |
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | titaa | tituamaq |
| 2 | tituaq? | tituati |
| 3 | tituat? | tituut |
A thematic verb:
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | viraa | viramaq |
| 2 | viriq | viriti |
| 3 | virit | viraat |
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | viraa | viraamaq |
| 2 | viriiq | viriiti |
| 3 | viriit | viruut |
Passive forms are formed with reflexive pronoun + verb.