Hapát Maihivu
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Times New Roman (hapát maihivu 'our language') is a language of Etalocin, 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⟩
1: már 2: allu 3: tarvuli 4: issili 5: úpali 6: vinírili 7: minkúli 8: tahúsali 9: hilkámuli 10: altuvassín 11: mártuvassín 12: tuva
Should make this less Finnishy
Phonology
Consonants
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m /m/ | n /n/ | ng /ŋ/ | ||
| Plosive | p /p/ | t /t/ | k /k/ | ||
| Fricative | s /s/ | h /h/ | |||
| Approximant | v /ʋ/ | l /l/ | y /j/ | ||
| Trill | r /r/ |
Vowels
| 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 | luintát |
| Dative | lukir | luintar |
| Adessive | luitur | luinnatur |
| Ablative | luitut | luinnatut |
| Inessive | luimur | luinnamur |
| Elative | luimut | luinnamut |
Verbs
nuntakan, nuntaki, nuntat, nuntakapak, nuntakka, nuntakat, nuntakur
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Pronouns
| 1sg | 2sg | 1pl | 2pl | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Absolutive | án | hí | hapa | hakki |
| Ergative | anna | unna | hapá | hakkia |
| Genitive | anat | unat | hapát | hakkiat |
| Adessive | antur | untur | havatur | hakitur |
| Ablative | antut | untut | havatut | hakitut |
| Inessive | ammur | ummur | havamur | hakimur |
| Elative | ammut | ummut | havamut | hakimut |
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?