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| Omonkwi | |
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| Omokwi | |
| Pronunciation | [/o.ˈmoŋ.kʷi/] |
| Created by | Nicolás Campi |
| Setting | Earth-like planet |
| Native speakers | Unknown (ca. 2005) |
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Omonkwi, [o.ˈmoŋ.kʷi], is a naturalistic a priori artlang lightly inspired in some Mesoamerican aboriginal languages. It features ergative-absolutive alignment, and tends to form compounds.
Introduction
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.
Phonology
Consonants
| Bilabial | Dental | Palatal | Velar | Labio-Velar | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stop | p b | t d | č [t͡ʃ] | k g | kw gw [kʷ ɡʷ] | |
| Fricative | f v | hw [hʷ] | h | |||
| Sibilant | s z | š ž [ʃ ʒ] | ||||
| Nasal | m | n | (ŋ) | nw [ŋʷ] | ||
| Liquid | l r | |||||
| Approximant | y [j] | w |
Notes:
- The palatal č is treated is not a stop but is treated as one due to distribution.
- The velar nasal ŋ only appears preceding a velar, but nw is always ŋ.
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i ī | u ū | |
| Mid | e ē | o ō | |
| Open | a ā |
Grammar
Nouns
- pl.
p, t, k, n, -tin
l, -lin
V, -t
V (1 syll), -tin
ipāgna, ipāgnat
šival, šivallin
gōkwi, gōkwit
teōp, teōptin
īpni, īpnit
ix, ixtin
wui, witin (irreg)
marks for possessed and possessor.
atli, pl. altin
teōp, special plural for animates with reduplication: pl. teteōp
- cases
teōpca, -ca ergative
šival, šivalba locative
-ma, genitive
na-, for, dative?
ipācnat gōki-ma šivallin
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
- gōkwili earth
- hib arm
- inti friend
- ipāgna mountain
- īpni heart, soul
- ix house
- ixīpni 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