Verse:Hmøøh/Mohnahas
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Yacavestub is an agglutinative language spoken on the conworld of Suvənub. It's inspired aesthetically by drug names (cf. Clofabosin), Estonian and Lushootseed.
Todo
- -mad (e.g. ololirmad)
- rotunu: 'sky'
Phonology
Consonants
m n ŋ p t k b d g f s v z l r j ⟨m n ŋ p t c b d g f s v z l r y⟩
(/ks/ is written ⟨x⟩.)
Vowels
i u e ə o a ⟨i u e ə o a⟩
Morphology
Nouns
Nouns take a classifier suffix for definiteness. Possessive suffixes are added directly to the noun for inalienable possession, and to the classifier for alienable possession.
| vestu - 'language' | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number→ State↓ |
Singular | Plural |
| Indefinite | vestu | vestəl |
| Definite | vestub | vestəlub |
| 1sg possessor | vesteb | vestəleb |
| 2sg possessor | vestux | vestəlux |
| 3sg possessor | vestuz | vestəluz |
| 1pl possessor | vestem | vestəlem |
| 2pl possessor | vestuxən | vestəluxən |
| 3pl possessor | vestuzən | vestəluzən |
Prepositions
Verbs
Present tense: -mad