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=== Nouns ===
=== Nouns ===
;pl.<br>
p, t, k, -tin<br>
l, -lin<br>
V, -t<br>
V (1 syll), -tin<br>
ipāgna, ipāgnat<br>
šival, šivallin<br>
gōkwili, gōkwilit<br>
teop, teoptin<br>
ipnī, ipnīt<br>
ix, ixtin<br>
wui, witin (irreg)<br>
marks for possessed and possessor.
=== Adjectives ===
=== Adjectives ===
=== Verbs ===
=== Verbs ===

Revision as of 06:56, 19 December 2020

Omonkwi
Omokwi
Pronunciation[/o.ˈmoŋ.kʷi/]
Created byNicolás Campi
SettingEarth-like planet
Native speakersUnknown (ca. 2005)
Omon
  • Omonkwi

Omonkwi started as an early attempt to capture the sounds I liked from mesoamerican indigenous languages via a poorly pronounced (by my high-school teacher) version of deity names in the Popol Vuh. Names such as Vucub Caquix, Cabrakán, Zipacná and Chimalmat. It can be viewed as a weird kind of homage, trying to create a language out respect for it but not having the materials to know more about it, something common before the rise of the internet as we know it.

Introduction

Phonology

Consonants

Bilabial Dental Palatal Velar Labio-Velar Glottal
Stop p b t d č [t͡ʃ] k g kʷ ɡʷ
Fricative f v h
Sibilant s z š ž [ʃ ʒ]
Nasal m n ŋ ŋʷ
Liquid l r
Approximant y [j] w

Vowels

Front Central Back
Close i ī u ū
Mid e ē o ō
Open a ā

Grammar

Nouns

pl.

p, t, k, -tin
l, -lin
V, -t
V (1 syll), -tin

ipāgna, ipāgnat
šival, šivallin
gōkwili, gōkwilit
teop, teoptin
ipnī, ipnīt
ix, ixtin
wui, witin (irreg)

marks for possessed and possessor.

Adjectives

Verbs

Adverbs

Particles

Derivational morphology

Example texts

Sample:
ipāgnat šival gōkwili
Mountains (are) the jaws of the Earth.

Sample wordlist

  • atli body
  • buip face
  • hib arm
  • inti friend
  • ipnī heart, soul
  • ix house
  • ixipnī body (poetic)
  • ižki mouth
  • lohip sky
  • lupi people
  • nungistix home of the gods
  • pāwi love
  • šival jaw, snout
  • teōp eagle
  • teyi water
  • wui day
  • xīban heart, organ
  • xowi city
  • zībun head

Other resources