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Pandoga is a triconsonantal language with an Indic aesthetic.

Phonology

Consonants

There are 22 consonants in Pandoga (as in Hebrew!)

	Bilabial	Labiodental	Dental	Alveolar	Retroflex	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Voiceless stop	p /p/		t /t̪/		ṭ /ʈ/	c /c/	k /k/
Voiced stop	b /b/		d /d̪/		ḍ /ɖ/	j /ɟ/	g /ɡ/
Nasal	m /m/		n /n̪/		ṇ /ɳ/
Fricative			s /s/		ṣ /ʂ/			h /h/
Voiced fricative			z /z/
Approximant		v /ʋ/				y /j/
Lateral			l /l/		ḷ /ɺ̢/
Trill				r /r/

Vowels

Pandoga has an unusual 5 vowel system:

Romanization	IPA
a	/ɐ/
ā	/a:/
e	/e:/
i	/i/
o	/o:/

Morphology

Pandoga uses roots consisting of three consonants. An example is P-Ṇ-B 'to write':

• paṇoba = writer

• paṇabeti =

• capṇaboti =

Nouns

There is no grammatical gender in Pandoga, even in pronouns.

Verbs

Pandoga verbs come in many binyanim: [list]

Each binyan has a conjugated form for the perfective aspect, as well as active and passive participles, a conjunctive and a verbal noun. Binyanim are typically named by the active participial form of the root P-R-H.

Binyan PaRoHa

This is the simplest binyan which expresses the basic meaning of a root. Here is a typical PaRoHa verb, paṇoba (write):

• Perfective conjugation paṇabo- (active), capṇabo- (passive)
• Active participle paṇoba
• Passive participle capṇoba
• Conjunctive paṇabori, capṇabori
• Verbnoun paṇaboti, capṇaboti

The personal affixes are as follows:

	Singular	Plural
1	-ṇa	-ṇara (inclusive), -ṇa (exclusive)
2	-ta	-ra
3	-ṭi

Binyan PaReHa

This expresses an intensive meaning. An example: "paṇeba" (to take notes)

• Perfective conjugation paṇabe- (active), capṇabe- (passive)
• Active participle paṇeba
• Passive participle capṇeba
• Conjunctive paṇaberi, capṇaberi
• Verbnoun paṇabeti, capṇabeti

Syntax

Unlike most Semitic languages, Pandoga is head-final and SVO (though SOV is also permissible).