Clofabosin

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Clofabosin
clofabyl lorin
Created byIlL
Clofabic
  • Clofabosin
Language codes
ISO 639-3qcf
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Lexicon

Clofabosin or Clofabian (clofabyl lorin or simply Clofabosin) is a language inspired by generic drug names. It is an agglutinative language spoken by the ancient Clofabian people.

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Thocletaflimab pegfitozole esine frebocilline $ S = \{a_0, a_1, ...\} $ daprocitole $ a_0 = 1, a_1 = 1 $ keraminide $ a_n a_{n-2} = 1 + a_{n-1}^2 $. Acalaviterax mepricythine cifuroxin $ a_n = F_{2n + 1} $ ...
Flibarosin riptine cifamoxicillin gevuflitazumab! Brecavitol motraphenone havartogerexinonide rinopsicine flochomarezumab.

Phonology

Consonants

Clofabosin consonants
Labial Dental Alveolar Velar Glottal
Nasal m /m/ n /n/ n [ŋ]
Plosive voiceless p /p/ t /t/ c, k /k/
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 r /r/
Lat. app. l /l/

[ŋ] is an allophone of /n/ before velars.

The letter x is used for /ks/.

Vowels

Clofabosin vowels
Front Back
unrounded rounded
Close i /i/ y /y/ u /u/
Mid e /e/ o /o~ɒ/
Open a /æ~ɐ~a/

o has the following allophones:

  • [ɒ] in closed syllables, except before a rhotic.
  • [o] in open syllables or before rhotics.

a has the following allophones:

  • [æ] in closed syllables, except before a rhotic.
  • [ɐ] in open syllables, except before a rhotic.
  • [a] before rhotics.

Grammar

Nouns

-ase, -il, -ib

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 ephathastan ephathastazan
Genitive ephathastyl ephathastazyl
Preessive ephathastol ephathastazol
Postessive ephathastast ephathastazast
Instrumental-Comitative ephathastil ephathastazil
Locative ephathastib ephathastazib
Allative ephathastone ephathastazone
Benefactive ephathastase ephathastazase
Adverbial ephathastostat -

Other suffixes:
-ide (and/also, after the case suffix like Latin -que)
-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 thoraphenan thoraphenazan
Genitive thoraphenyl thoraphenazyl
Preessive thoraphenol thoraphenazol
Postessive thoraphenast thoraphenazast
Instrumental-Comitative thoraphenil thoraphenazil
Locative thoraphenib thoraphenazib
Allative thoraphenone thoraphenazone
Terminative thoraphenase thoraphenazase
Adverbial thoraphestat -

Pronouns

  • enodin, valin, fubin - 1st, 2nd, 3rd person (animate) singular
  • enozin, vazin, fuzin - 1st, 2nd, 3rd person (animate) plural

Verbs

  • cytam - do
  • keram - exist
    • keratin - thing (something that exists)

Honorific

  • pro-: for nouns
  • ci-: for verbs
  • cipro-: high honorific
Provopraphen hydrine cilyram.
The teacher drinks water.

Voice

  • -v-: passive
  • -x-: causative

Truth value

  • -a-: affirmative
  • -an: imperative
  • -e-: negative
  • -en: prohibitive

Discourse

  • -m: present plain declarative
  • -x: present plain interrogative
  • -mab/-zumab: present polite declarative
    • -mab pegol: cohortative
  • -ximab: interrogative present polite
  • -nimab: polite imperative
  • -vir: past plain declarative
  • -virex: past plain interrogative
  • -vimab: past polite declarative
  • -viximab: past polite interrogative
  • -teram: future tense
  • -atib = copula present
  • -atinib = copula present polite
  • -atix, -atiximab = interrogative
  • -atavir: copula past
  • -atiniteram: copula future
  • -afiban: mirative
  • -al = looks like
  • -fil = desiderative
  • -zomib = suggestion
  • flo- = emphatic affix
Enozin provolyl hesphaphenatinib.
We are your farmers. (very polite)

Other affixes

  • -atil = conjunctive
  • -van = but..., -ativan = is, but...
  • -stat = adverbial, purposive affix
  • dex-, levo-: ???

Numerals

Clofabosin numerals are duodecimal.

  • 1: esin
  • 2: rivin
  • 3: hallin
  • 4: thyzin
  • 5: orphin
  • 6: cybin
  • 7: xolin
  • 8: thicin
  • 9: vadin
  • X: gabarin
  • E: futhin
  • 10: phemin
  • 11: phemesin
  • 12: pherivin
  • 13: phehallin
  • 14: phethyzin
  • 15: phemorphin
  • 16: phecybin
  • 17: phexolin
  • 18: phethicin
  • 19: phevadin
  • 1X: phegafarin
  • 12: phefuthin
  • 20: rimin
  • 21: rimesin
  • 22: ririvin
  • 30: hallemin
  • 100: sanin
  • 1000: ichin

Derivational morphology

  • -atin, -atinyl: nominalizer
  • -cillin: collective/place noun
  • clo-: augmentative
  • -mycin: NOUN-ness

Phrases

  • Furine! - Hello!/Goodbye!
  • Valonide furine! (to one person)/Valonalide furine! (to many people)/Provolonide furine (polite) - Hello!/Goodbye! (reply to Furine!)
  • Chalcam! (familiar)/Chalcamab! (polite)/Chalcazumab! (very polite) - Thank you!
  • Methyl allin $NAME cytamab. - My name is $NAME.