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There is also a comparative case, ''-eš'', and a vocative case, ''-a''.
There is also a comparative case, ''-eš'', and a vocative case, ''-a''.


* Esperanto is harder than Balangbalang: ''Et kal Esperanto mirko hir Balaŋbalŋeš.'' (COPULA language Esperanto-GEN difficult.NOUN-GEN more Balangbalang-COMP)
* Esperanto is harder than Balangbalang: ''Ơt kal Esperanto tưtko hir Balaŋbalŋeš.'' (COPULA language Esperanto-GEN difficult.NOUN-GEN more Balangbalang-COMP)


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Balangbalang (kal balaŋbalaŋ) is an auxiliary language of the Rulakian continent of Lumina. In universe, it was created by the legendary Ferlitian linguist Hots Dzanuŋul.

It's widely spoken in Qazhra, Ferlitia and Bülkhôjtia.


Introduction

Phonology

Balangbalang has the following vowels: a e i o u ơ ư /a e i o u ə ɨ/ and the following consonants:

p t c č k /p t ts tʃ k/ b d dz dž g /b d dz dʒ g/ f s š h /f s ʃ h/ m n ŋ /m n ŋ/ w l r j /w l r j/

Orthography

Consonants

Vowels

Prosody

Stress

Intonation

Phonotactics

Morphophonology

Morphology

Balangbalang uses the suffixed definite article -ku.

The genitive case ending is -o, which sometimes triggers syncope of the preceding vowel.

There is also a comparative case, -eš, and a vocative case, -a.

  • Esperanto is harder than Balangbalang: Ơt kal Esperanto tưt?ko hir Balaŋbalŋeš. (COPULA language Esperanto-GEN difficult.NOUN-GEN more Balangbalang-COMP)


Syntax

Balangbalang is VSO.

Constituent order

Noun phrase

Noun phrases are head-initial.

jơf šubno = fox's head

šubun ralkočo = fox who eats

Verb phrase

Sentence phrase

Dependent clauses

Example texts

Other resources