Clofabosin
Clofabinylin (clofabinyl lorin or simply clofabinylin) is a clitic-complex language spoken in Clofabinosin in Ħérestem.
Phonology
Consonants
| Labial | Dental | Alveolar | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m /m/ | n /n/ | n [ŋ] | |||||
| Plosive | voiceless | p /p/ | t /t/ | c /k/ | qu /kʷ/ | 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
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i /i/ | u /ʉ/ | o /o~ʊ/ |
| Mid | e /e/ | y /ə/ | |
| Open | a /a/ |
Grammar
Nouns
| 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
Clitic complex
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
Derivational morphology
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!