Hapát Maihivu

Times New Roman (hapát maihivu 'our language') is a language of Cuadhlabh, intended to have a "dark Elvish" aesthetic (i.e. Finnish + Latin + Arabic).

Consonants: /m n p t k s v l r j h/ ⟨m n p t k s v l r y h⟩

Vowels: /a i u aː iː uː/ ⟨a i u á í ú⟩

Allowed geminates: /mm nn pp tt kk ss ll rr/ ⟨mm nn pp tt kk ss ll rr⟩

Allowed clusters: /mp mpp nt ntt nk nkk ns nv nj ps ts ks lp lpp lt ltt lk lkk ls lm ln lv lj rp rpp rt rtt rk rkk rs rm rn rv rj hj hv ht/ ⟨mp mpp nt ntt nk nkk ns nv ny ps ts ks lp lpp lt ltt lk lkk ls lm ln lv ly rp rpp rt rtt rk rkk rs rm rn rv ry hy hv ht⟩

Allowed word-final consonants: /t n r/

1: már 2: allu 3: tarvuli 4: issili 5: úpali 6: vinírili 7: minkúli 8: tahúsali 9: hilkámuli 10: altuvassín 11: mártuvassín 12: tuva

Phonology

Consonants

Hapát Maihivu consonants

	Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	m /m/	n /n/		ng /ŋ/
Plosive	p /p~b/	t /t~d/		k /k~x~g/
Fricative		s /s/			h /h/
Approximant	v /ʋ/	l /l/	y /j/
Trill		r /r/

Vowels

Vowel phonemes

	Front		Central		Back
	short	long	short	long	short	long
Close	i /i/	í /iː/			u /u/	ú /uː/
Open			a /a/	á /aː/

Gradation

Strong grade	p	t	k	CC	nCC	lCC	rCC	mp	nt	nk	lp	lt	lk	rp	rt	rk
Weak grade	v	l	Ø	C	nC	lC	rC	mm	nn	ng	lv	ll	ly	rv	rr	ry

Morphology

Nouns

luki, luinna - human
	Singular	Plural
Absolutive	luki	luinna
Ergative	lukia	luintá
Genitive	lukiat	luinnat
Adessive	luitur	luinnatur
Ablative	luitut	luinnatut
Inessive	luimur	luinnamur
Elative	luimut	luinnamut

Verbs

nuntahan, nuntahi, nuntat, nuntahapak, nuntanka, nuntakat, nuntahur

Present tense suffixes

	Singular	Plural
1	[S] + -:n	[S] + -:va
2	[S] + -:i (*-íi > -í)	[S] + -:nka
3	[W] + -t	[W] + -at
impersonal	[S] + -:r

nuntana 'to protect'

	Singular	Plural
1	nuntán	nuntáva
2	nuntái	nuntánka
3	nunnat	nunnát
impersonal	nuntár

sákkina 'to love'

	Singular	Plural
1	sákkín	sákkíva
2	sákkí	sákkínka
3	sákit	sákiat
impersonal	sákkír

Pronouns

Declension of personal pronouns

	1sg	2sg	1pl	2pl
Absolutive	nán	ní	hapa	hanki
Ergative	anna	unna	hapá	hankia
Genitive	anat	unat	hapát	hankiat
Adessive	antur	untur	havatur	hangitur
Ablative	antut	untut	havatut	hangitut
Inessive	ammur	ummur	havamur	hangimur
Elative	ammut	ummut	havamut	hangimut

3rd person/demonstratives?

Syntax

Times New Roman is consistently head-final.

Sákivuat si kirvavuat urkka maihín.

I speak of love and hate.

Antur pihtar yanakúi?

Are you saving it for me?