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 Permitted codas are any approximant, and /m n ɳ ŋ p t ʈ k/
+==Morphology==
+The language is strongly analytic and isolating, so there is hardly any morphology.
+==Syntax==
+The basic word order is SOV.
+===Adjectives and Numerals===
+Adjectives come before the noun:
+Pew cók
+wide man
+"A fat man"
+Adjectives can be stringed together without the need for a word like "and"
+Pew ǒl' cók
+wide angry man
+"An angry fat man"
+If reduplicated, the adjective is intensified:
+Pew ǒl' ǒl' cók
+wide angry angry man
+"A very angry fat man"
+The particle "Trok" can be put before a adjective to lessen it:
+Trok pew trok ǒl' cók
+few wide few angry man
+"A somewhat angry chubby man"
+The language has a base-5 numeral system
+Numbers 1-25:
+én-1
+mën-2
+pyǔl-3
+oyk-4
+trhavp-5
+trhavp én-6
+trhavp mën-7
+trhavp pyǔl-8
+trhavp oyk-9
+mën trhavp-10
+mën trhavp én-11
+mën trhavp mën-12
+mën trhavp pyǔl- 13
+mën trhavp oyk-14
+pyǔl trhavp- 15
+pyǔl trhavp én-16
+pyǔl trhavp mën-17
+pyǔl trhavp pyǔl-18
+pyǔl trhavp oyk - 19
+oyk trhavp -20
+oyk trhavp én-21
+oyk trhavp mën-22
+oyk trhavp pyǔl-23
+oyk trhavp oyk-24
+tow-25
+For unspecified numbers, the following are substituted for the numbers:
+Trok- a few; used if the speaker knows that are more then one but less then five.
+Sǒl'm- some; used if the speaker knows that are more then five but less then 25.
+Vǎlrp- many; used if the speaker knows that are more then 25
+Phe̋n- a number used for unspecified plural.
+For things that come in pairs reduplication is used:
+Móél- Eye
+Móél móél- pair of eyes
+Numbers come between the Adjectives and the noun:
+Pew pyǔl cók
+wide three man
+"3 fat men"
+===General Noun Syntax===
+If there are more then one subject, the particle "Trï" is inserted between the subjects. It has the rough meaning of "And"
+This can go on for a many subjects the sentence has. Once there are 2 nouns not separated by "trï", the second noun is the object.
+ cók trï lre̋lt pyïrp vae
+man and woman bread eat
+(The/A) Man and (the/a) woman eat bread"
+With multiple objects, no particle is necessary; they are just stringed together.
+cók trï lre̋lt pyïrp ya vae
+ man and woman bread meat eat
+(The/A) Man and (the/a) woman eat bread and meat"
+===Tense and Mood===
+Tense and Moodis marked by particles at the beginning of an utterance.
+There are  2 tenses, past and non-past.
+The Past marking is <L'oi> and non-past utterances are unmarked.
+Cók pyïrp vae
+man bread eat
+"(The/A) Man eats/ is eating bread"
+L'oi cók pyïrp vae
+PST man bread eat
+"(The/A) Man ate bread"
+Mood particles:
+Subjunctive (if):  Pó
+Conditional:  Nóin
+Potential: Ne
+Imperative: Vǎv
+Volitive: Ma
+Hortative: ïlr
+Dubtative: Lǎwn
+Mood particles come after the past tense particle.
+L'oi lǎwn cók pyïrp vae
+PST DUB man bread eat
+"I doubt(The/A) Man ate bread"