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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' ({{PAGENAME}}: ''kiʔ məchə̄tvaʔ guṇmaʔ'' 'the {{PAGENAME}} sound' or 'the {{PAGENAME}} language') is an ancient [[Mustlup languages|Mustlup language]] inspired by my oldest draft of Proto-Talmic. It evolves into [[Məbhótəḷ]].
==todo==
*''zoug'' (m) = "person"
*''ṭunie'' (f) = "tree"
*''ďəsmū'' (m) < ḱʼəsmū "woman"
*''ʔəḷ'' < ''ʔəḷ'' "no, not"
*''tī'' < ''tiwī'' "yes"
*''sufnə'' (f) < ''suxʷnə'' "rain"
*''seib'' (m) < ''səyb'' "snow"
*''kuoṇḍaiḍ'' (m) < ''kʷuyṇḍayṭʼ'' "net"
*''gai'' (f) < ''gay'' "east"
*''chƛətum'' (f) < ''x̌ƛətum'' "west"
*''pəsə'' (f) < ''pəṣə'' "south"
*''ʔauʔāp'' (f) < ''ʔawʔākʷ'' "north"
*''guṇma'' (m) < ''guṇma'' "sound, language"
*''nīmə'' (m) < ''nīmə'' "water"
*''sλəp'' (f) < ''sƛʼəp'' "land"
*''chnousaṭ'' (f) < ''xnəwsaṭ'' "cloud"
*''hi'' 'and'
*''tāňi'' (m) < ''tāňi'' "house"
*''sud'' (m) < ''sutʼ'' "man"
*''σai''  (adj) < ''łaj'' "good"
*''mugu'' (adj) < ''mukʼu'' "bad"
*''vəjāz'' (adj) < ''wəjhāḍẓ'' "small"
*''ʔaimu'' (v) < ''ʔaymu'' "eat"
*''zə̄ŋauz'' (f) < ''tsʼə̄ŋawtsʼ'' "lightning"
*''buoƛūf'' (intj) < ''buyƛūxʷ'' "hello! greetings!"
*''qintais'' (m) < "film, screen"
*''nuchsi'' (m) < ''nuxci'' 'hand'
*''hei'' (intj) < ''qʼəy'' "Oh! Ah!"
*xʷłāləy > ''flāleiʔ'' (m) = spring
*gə̄gay > ''gə̄gaiʔ'' (m) = summer
*x̌īɭay > ''chīḷaiʔ'' (m) = autumn
*xʷnaw > ''fnauʔ'' (m) = winter
*kəːtsʼaː > ''kə̄zā-'' = blue
*ŋqʼəjuː > ''əŋŋəjū''
*χpʼiw > ''chbie''
*ɭɖiw > ''əḷḍie''
*pɭəχɬig > ''pḷəchlig''
*tʂajhawp > ''saihaup''
*ʈajqʼiʂ > ''ṭaihis''
*dzxʷaj > ''sfai''
*tɬʼɲawŋip > ''λňauŋip''
*tsuj > ''suo''
*tsʼpʼipdzajɬ > ''zbibzaił''
*tɬuːxʷtʼuː > ''ƛūfdū''
*tɬʼu > ''λu''
*gəw > ''gou''
*ɟiː > ''ďī''
*xʷaːtsʼɲəː > ''fāzňə̄''
*qṭaumeiʔ > ''chṭaumeiʔ''
qsamňuo ďə̄ sai fie hū schau sadijə̄ muo vī pchai bou ṭa ḷou buchou ťchə̄ṭāb zṇiepsai łaisəṭ łuchṭi panāch zoudū ʔidieb sie pouňuob ḷu būďīz əŋʔī za ƛauchkīb sgi hichsaim huŋei fŋieŋŋuo tuo fsīzie bīpchou zmaiṭcha chṇə ba ŋou ňī ḍuofďəƛ luťi suojau łei sə̄ zou ƛeizbouď əňchāƛmāḍ kə̄ buoḷə̄ łūknu kḍaďə̄ schā chuopḍei slī vaiṭṇə̄ snuo dbou souṇəz vəbeib gouchuḷ ňu pūntū tchai əṇsausied stabaiλ jāffīṭ əlsou pgaiheiʔ sachna tfə nałchuos ʔī əlsie sībī ňūdies guo ūtti zə̄sň­ə̄ň hu ʔei zuku huchduod bouhaun gemcheib tā hi miƛū mou hə̄ smie ňai ʔauppəʔ zai qṭaumeiʔ baiqī qəʔeib souhies ďū chiʔou ṇū əltaifsous ʔeitbā ʔuoʔə̄ʔ ʔə fuoffouṭ ki buo bou ʔūmə qū ʔie mau ʔə̄chpāb ṇā łai pṇīhə̄ zə̄ chlai łgouzīp dou λāsūs ḍou baimpai lə̄ ƛəňňu ťu łou beiλə ḍīzuoʔ zīʔuo bi ṭa sū ṇī klə̄ʔouḷ chie zi simie ʔai zu chougə̄ hīsau əlgə̄ chə̄suʔ qāvei paibīʔ pḍū fsuosiez ʔīfdə̄ λə̄chsī ʔachauf ḍubbai mā əlʔəqīʔ λḍeichḍāz łqeiḍaḷ ʔeibə̄ dachbaup chzū zu sbə bā sniefŋi łū viemied chdazzau buoʔūk łulqām ʔau kai λau ḷā hūvau chaubu ďibə̄ liebāň tlai zuchzauḍ buḍā pə̄mpieb sou hāmī chei łoubuo təʔū ʔałach pəfei əltou sū zna hā juopəg əŋməgzeich ʔuoṇḍū ƛəziḍ lə pouffī zau ŋə sa deichsouď ʔuchiej schīʔouz kłəzai jāpnəŋ guovə̄ chḷīłuk sū łāggād guonā lie bābūch gī ʔousə λṇei zī sāvū ta zmi ƛətpūs ənmei chi ḍie pu lieheich zu gissai λuƛuo sgou λəplai hietňei pie chḍə̄ pṭuo ƛā sei ŋeipu λū suosūs fə fouŋkauf fei əňďāňňūʔ biepau zāsai ənʔə̌ʔuʔ zūkā na ƛūŋŋaiq qā ʔie zouḷḷuol bī əňʔa mjusi ƛouṇṇou pikie sāṇṇei deizuo hachāʔ əňʔie ənnuomuo ʔauďāp ṭuŋmoul guṇma zāʔi hāŋŋa ṭu ʔə bu fou ʔouʔei gə̄ ʔəzə ʔīḷə̄s λə̄ chu misuʔ chou saiŋnə̄ sə̄ ʔau ŋə əŋmuosei łū gau ƛu gī əŋgāḷīb ʔī baiṇu hinmū hā ṭūbə pə̄ḍeig əlneinsaz mīgə ṭei ʔəlŋie hi ṭuogūλ əŋnə fie λī zie həsei əḷṇinzī veihāz λou vou belŋīch nou əmbə̄ zə̄ďau keichie tiebieď lulmauṭ mləqəʔ əlnuozou ənzaʔā ňou najə̄ʔ mi əmbailʔə̄p ənƛiṭuo łou ŋa pumbaud ʔaṭīλ ḍu bie bou ḍai ʔa ʔīgā əlŋei dou fāʔū mlilňie ḍuo əṇṭə zou vuḷu ʔəʔib suƛou kə̄ dāzie ṭə əḷḷie ṭə ḍūŋŋad ba mu ʔū qinsais ʔaunsaich ʔā zaiza zə̄ŋauz sū əmbau ʔailuň ʔaimmu zau fou ʔai əňťei bə̄kous suo əňňauʔu jeihāʔ əṇḍau λī hie chə jə əňňū λitouł pau ťuo łiʔie λai ňā hīňďəd vū piełať səduḷ λeimīf jai jīʔə̄ƛ ti ŋai sainə̄ch əlnei zī fə̄ʔəʔ ʔou dou əňňə
chə̄mpəʔ dəḍā haiguo nūṭə̄ʔ ŋei di ʔə̄llub ňā die qei əlʔu əntievi qu əlʔa jaiďəʔ ŋaiňaiʔ zī ənzəʔaip ṭuo zāŋkuď jeiṭauḍ feiňňūd əṇsuo λuombīb vu mŋīzāp mňūsiʔ
==Phonology==
===Consonants===
/m n ɳ ɲ ŋ p t tɬ ʈ c k q ʔ b d dɮ ɖ ɟ g f s̠ ɬ x h z̠ ɮ ʋ l ɭ j/ {{angbr|''m n ṇ ñ ŋ p t ƛ ṭ ť k q ʔ b d λ ḍ ď g f s σ ch h z ʒ v l ḷ j''}}
===Vowels===
/i iː u uː ə əː a aː ai au ei ou ie uo/ {{angbr|''i ī u ū ə ə̄ a ā ai au ei ou ie uo''}}
===Orthography===
===Prosody===
====Stress====
Stress falls on the first heavy (CV̄, CVV or CVC) syllable, if it is not the final syllable. If no syllables are long, the first syllable is stressed.
====Intonation====
===Phonotactics===
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===Morphophonology===
==Morphology==
===Pronouns===
*1sg, 2sg, 3sg, 1pl, 2pl, 3pl: ''sƛī, ŋə̄, bəʔ, bau, zas, chau, bəbuo, bəbəv''
===Nouns===
Nouns are reduplicated for plural, and take possessive prefixes. They do not decline for case, unlike adjectives and determiners. When nouns are preceded by a determiner or an adjective, they (even if plural) do ''not'' take a plural form.
{| class="bluetable lightbluebg " style=" text-align: center;"
|-
!colspan="3" |''chnousaṭ'' - 'cloud'
|-
!style="width: 100px;"|Number→<br/>State↓
!style="width: 100px;"|Singular
!style="width: 100px;"|Plural
|-
!|Indefinite
|''chnousaṭ''||''chəchnousaṭ''
|-
!|1sg possessor
|''łichnousaṭ''||''łichəchnousaṭ''
|-
!|2sg possessor
|''ŋəchnousaṭ''||''ŋəchəchnousaṭ''
|-
!|3sg.m possessor
|''səchnousaṭ''||''səchnousaṭ''
|-
!|3sg.f possessor
|''sūchnousaṭ''||''sūchəchnousaṭ''
|-
!|1pl possessor
|''zdəchnousaṭ''||''zdəchəchnousaṭ''
|-
!|2pl possessor
|''hauchnousaṭ''||''hauchəchnousaṭ''
|-
!|3pl.m possessor
|''səŋchnousaṭ''||''səŋchəchnousaṭ''
|-
!|3pl.f possessor
|''səstchnousaṭ''||''səstchəchnousaṭ''
|}
:'''''mich sud sə·tətāňi'''''
:''DEF-ACC man 3SG-PL-house''
:''the man's houses''
===Adjectives===
Adjectives precede nouns and inflect for gender, number and case. Demonstratives and determiners also inflect as adjectives.
{| class="bluetable lightbluebg collapsible " style=" text-align: center;"
! colspan="3" | ''zviṭ'' 'big' (masculine)
|-
! style="width: 90px;" | State
! style="width: 100px;" | Singular
!  style="width: 100px;" | Plural
|-
! Nominative
| ''zviṭ'' || ''zviṭuo''
|-
! Object
| ''zviṭəʔ'' || ''zviṭəŋ''
|}
{| class="bluetable lightbluebg collapsible " style=" text-align: center;"
! colspan="3" | ''zviṭ'' 'big' (feminine)
|-
! style="width: 90px;" | State
! style="width: 100px;" | Singular
!  style="width: 100px;" | Plural
|-
! Nominative
| ''zviṭəʔ'' || ''zviṭə̄b''
|-
! Object
| ''zviṭə̄'' || ''zviṭə̄ŋ''
|}
The definite article inflects as follows:
{| class="bluetable lightbluebg collapsible " style=" text-align: center;"
! colspan="3" | ''ki'' 'definite article' (masculine)
|-
! style="width: 90px;" | State
! style="width: 100px;" | Singular
!  style="width: 100px;" | Plural
|-
! Nominative
| ''ki'' || ''kuo''
|-
! Object
| ''kiʔ'' || ''kiŋ''
|}
{| class="bluetable lightbluebg collapsible " style=" text-align: center;"
! colspan="3" | ''ki'' 'definite article' (feminine)
|-
! style="width: 90px;" | State
! style="width: 100px;" | Singular
!  style="width: 100px;" | Plural
|-
! Nominative
| ''kəʔ'' || ''kə̄b''
|-
! Object
| ''kie'' || ''kə̄st''
|}
===Verbs===
*vimaḷch = I sit
*ŋəmaḷch = you sit
*ʔəmaḷch = he sits
*ʔūmaḷch = she sits
*zamaḷch = we sit
*chamaḷch = you people sit
*ʔəmmaḷch = they sit
*''sīk vimaḷch'' = I do not sit
===Numerals===
{{PAGENAME}} uses a base-12 numeral system. Numerals are indeclinable.
*1: ''seiďu'' /ˈseiɟu/
*2: ''bli'' /bli/
*3: ''sqā'' /sqaː/
*4: ''māvi'' /ˈmaːʋi/
*5: ''paiku'' /ˈpaiku/
*6: ''ə̄ƛich'' /ˈəːtɬix/
*7: ''zətə̄'' /ˈzətəː/
*8: ''baŋud'' /ˈbaŋud/
*9: ''ďavuň'' /ˈɟaʋuɲ/
*10: ''fqāchṭī'' /ˈfqaːxʈiː/
*11: ''bə̄zie'' /ˈbəːzie/
*12: ''zie'' /zie/
*144: ''ʔənƛə̄ḷ''
*1728: ''chapkit''
The ordinal numbers are adjectives:
*1: ''ləʔtmu''
*2: ''ləʔbli''
*3: ''ləʔsqā''
etc.
==Syntax==
===Constituent order===
===Noun phrase===
===Verb phrase===
===Sentence phrase===
===Dependent clauses===
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==Example texts==
==Other resources==
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[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]
[[Category:Suvənub]]
[[Category:Mustlup languages|C]]
[[Category:Conlangs]]

Revision as of 19:51, 28 November 2016

IlL/Spare pages 1/6 (IlL/Spare pages 1/6: kiʔ məchə̄tvaʔ guṇmaʔ 'the IlL/Spare pages 1/6 sound' or 'the IlL/Spare pages 1/6 language') is an ancient Mustlup language inspired by my oldest draft of Proto-Talmic. It evolves into Məbhótəḷ.

todo

  • zoug (m) = "person"
  • ṭunie (f) = "tree"
  • ďəsmū (m) < ḱʼəsmū "woman"
  • ʔəḷ < ʔəḷ "no, not"
  • < tiwī "yes"
  • sufnə (f) < suxʷnə "rain"
  • seib (m) < səyb "snow"
  • kuoṇḍaiḍ (m) < kʷuyṇḍayṭʼ "net"
  • gai (f) < gay "east"
  • chƛətum (f) < x̌ƛətum "west"
  • pəsə (f) < pəṣə "south"
  • ʔauʔāp (f) < ʔawʔākʷ "north"
  • guṇma (m) < guṇma "sound, language"
  • nīmə (m) < nīmə "water"
  • sλəp (f) < sƛʼəp "land"
  • chnousaṭ (f) < xnəwsaṭ "cloud"
  • hi 'and'
  • tāňi (m) < tāňi "house"
  • sud (m) < sutʼ "man"
  • σai (adj) < łaj "good"
  • mugu (adj) < mukʼu "bad"
  • vəjāz (adj) < wəjhāḍẓ "small"
  • ʔaimu (v) < ʔaymu "eat"
  • zə̄ŋauz (f) < tsʼə̄ŋawtsʼ "lightning"
  • buoƛūf (intj) < buyƛūxʷ "hello! greetings!"
  • qintais (m) < "film, screen"
  • nuchsi (m) < nuxci 'hand'
  • hei (intj) < qʼəy "Oh! Ah!"
  • xʷłāləy > flāleiʔ (m) = spring
  • gə̄gay > gə̄gaiʔ (m) = summer
  • x̌īɭay > chīḷaiʔ (m) = autumn
  • xʷnaw > fnauʔ (m) = winter
  • kəːtsʼaː > kə̄zā- = blue
  • ŋqʼəjuː > əŋŋəjū
  • χpʼiw > chbie
  • ɭɖiw > əḷḍie
  • pɭəχɬig > pḷəchlig
  • tʂajhawp > saihaup
  • ʈajqʼiʂ > ṭaihis
  • dzxʷaj > sfai
  • tɬʼɲawŋip > λňauŋip
  • tsuj > suo
  • tsʼpʼipdzajɬ > zbibzaił
  • tɬuːxʷtʼuː > ƛūfdū
  • tɬʼu > λu
  • gəw > gou
  • ɟiː > ďī
  • xʷaːtsʼɲəː > fāzňə̄
  • qṭaumeiʔ > chṭaumeiʔ

qsamňuo ďə̄ sai fie hū schau sadijə̄ muo vī pchai bou ṭa ḷou buchou ťchə̄ṭāb zṇiepsai łaisəṭ łuchṭi panāch zoudū ʔidieb sie pouňuob ḷu būďīz əŋʔī za ƛauchkīb sgi hichsaim huŋei fŋieŋŋuo tuo fsīzie bīpchou zmaiṭcha chṇə ba ŋou ňī ḍuofďəƛ luťi suojau łei sə̄ zou ƛeizbouď əňchāƛmāḍ kə̄ buoḷə̄ łūknu kḍaďə̄ schā chuopḍei slī vaiṭṇə̄ snuo dbou souṇəz vəbeib gouchuḷ ňu pūntū tchai əṇsausied stabaiλ jāffīṭ əlsou pgaiheiʔ sachna tfə nałchuos ʔī əlsie sībī ňūdies guo ūtti zə̄sň­ə̄ň hu ʔei zuku huchduod bouhaun gemcheib tā hi miƛū mou hə̄ smie ňai ʔauppəʔ zai qṭaumeiʔ baiqī qəʔeib souhies ďū chiʔou ṇū əltaifsous ʔeitbā ʔuoʔə̄ʔ ʔə fuoffouṭ ki buo bou ʔūmə qū ʔie mau ʔə̄chpāb ṇā łai pṇīhə̄ zə̄ chlai łgouzīp dou λāsūs ḍou baimpai lə̄ ƛəňňu ťu łou beiλə ḍīzuoʔ zīʔuo bi ṭa sū ṇī klə̄ʔouḷ chie zi simie ʔai zu chougə̄ hīsau əlgə̄ chə̄suʔ qāvei paibīʔ pḍū fsuosiez ʔīfdə̄ λə̄chsī ʔachauf ḍubbai mā əlʔəqīʔ λḍeichḍāz łqeiḍaḷ ʔeibə̄ dachbaup chzū zu sbə bā sniefŋi łū viemied chdazzau buoʔūk łulqām ʔau kai λau ḷā hūvau chaubu ďibə̄ liebāň tlai zuchzauḍ buḍā pə̄mpieb sou hāmī chei łoubuo təʔū ʔałach pəfei əltou sū zna hā juopəg əŋməgzeich ʔuoṇḍū ƛəziḍ lə pouffī zau ŋə sa deichsouď ʔuchiej schīʔouz kłəzai jāpnəŋ guovə̄ chḷīłuk sū łāggād guonā lie bābūch gī ʔousə λṇei zī sāvū ta zmi ƛətpūs ənmei chi ḍie pu lieheich zu gissai λuƛuo sgou λəplai hietňei pie chḍə̄ pṭuo ƛā sei ŋeipu λū suosūs fə fouŋkauf fei əňďāňňūʔ biepau zāsai ənʔə̌ʔuʔ zūkā na ƛūŋŋaiq qā ʔie zouḷḷuol bī əňʔa mjusi ƛouṇṇou pikie sāṇṇei deizuo hachāʔ əňʔie ənnuomuo ʔauďāp ṭuŋmoul guṇma zāʔi hāŋŋa ṭu ʔə bu fou ʔouʔei gə̄ ʔəzə ʔīḷə̄s λə̄ chu misuʔ chou saiŋnə̄ sə̄ ʔau ŋə əŋmuosei łū gau ƛu gī əŋgāḷīb ʔī baiṇu hinmū hā ṭūbə pə̄ḍeig əlneinsaz mīgə ṭei ʔəlŋie hi ṭuogūλ əŋnə fie λī zie həsei əḷṇinzī veihāz λou vou belŋīch nou əmbə̄ zə̄ďau keichie tiebieď lulmauṭ mləqəʔ əlnuozou ənzaʔā ňou najə̄ʔ mi əmbailʔə̄p ənƛiṭuo łou ŋa pumbaud ʔaṭīλ ḍu bie bou ḍai ʔa ʔīgā əlŋei dou fāʔū mlilňie ḍuo əṇṭə zou vuḷu ʔəʔib suƛou kə̄ dāzie ṭə əḷḷie ṭə ḍūŋŋad ba mu ʔū qinsais ʔaunsaich ʔā zaiza zə̄ŋauz sū əmbau ʔailuň ʔaimmu zau fou ʔai əňťei bə̄kous suo əňňauʔu jeihāʔ əṇḍau λī hie chə jə əňňū λitouł pau ťuo łiʔie λai ňā hīňďəd vū piełať səduḷ λeimīf jai jīʔə̄ƛ ti ŋai sainə̄ch əlnei zī fə̄ʔəʔ ʔou dou əňňə chə̄mpəʔ dəḍā haiguo nūṭə̄ʔ ŋei di ʔə̄llub ňā die qei əlʔu əntievi qu əlʔa jaiďəʔ ŋaiňaiʔ zī ənzəʔaip ṭuo zāŋkuď jeiṭauḍ feiňňūd əṇsuo λuombīb vu mŋīzāp mňūsiʔ

Phonology

Consonants

/m n ɳ ɲ ŋ p t tɬ ʈ c k q ʔ b d dɮ ɖ ɟ g f s̠ ɬ x h z̠ ɮ ʋ l ɭ j/ m n ṇ ñ ŋ p t ƛ ṭ ť k q ʔ b d λ ḍ ď g f s σ ch h z ʒ v l ḷ j

Vowels

/i iː u uː ə əː a aː ai au ei ou ie uo/ i ī u ū ə ə̄ a ā ai au ei ou ie uo

Orthography

Prosody

Stress

Stress falls on the first heavy (CV̄, CVV or CVC) syllable, if it is not the final syllable. If no syllables are long, the first syllable is stressed.

Intonation

Phonotactics

Morphophonology

Morphology

Pronouns

  • 1sg, 2sg, 3sg, 1pl, 2pl, 3pl: sƛī, ŋə̄, bəʔ, bau, zas, chau, bəbuo, bəbəv

Nouns

Nouns are reduplicated for plural, and take possessive prefixes. They do not decline for case, unlike adjectives and determiners. When nouns are preceded by a determiner or an adjective, they (even if plural) do not take a plural form.

chnousaṭ - 'cloud'
Number→
State↓
Singular Plural
Indefinite chnousaṭ chəchnousaṭ
1sg possessor łichnousaṭ łichəchnousaṭ
2sg possessor ŋəchnousaṭ ŋəchəchnousaṭ
3sg.m possessor səchnousaṭ səchnousaṭ
3sg.f possessor sūchnousaṭ sūchəchnousaṭ
1pl possessor zdəchnousaṭ zdəchəchnousaṭ
2pl possessor hauchnousaṭ hauchəchnousaṭ
3pl.m possessor səŋchnousaṭ səŋchəchnousaṭ
3pl.f possessor səstchnousaṭ səstchəchnousaṭ


mich sud sə·tətāňi
DEF-ACC man 3SG-PL-house
the man's houses

Adjectives

Adjectives precede nouns and inflect for gender, number and case. Demonstratives and determiners also inflect as adjectives.

zviṭ 'big' (masculine)
State Singular Plural
Nominative zviṭ zviṭuo
Object zviṭəʔ zviṭəŋ
zviṭ 'big' (feminine)
State Singular Plural
Nominative zviṭəʔ zviṭə̄b
Object zviṭə̄ zviṭə̄ŋ

The definite article inflects as follows:

ki 'definite article' (masculine)
State Singular Plural
Nominative ki kuo
Object kiʔ kiŋ
ki 'definite article' (feminine)
State Singular Plural
Nominative kəʔ kə̄b
Object kie kə̄st

Verbs

  • vimaḷch = I sit
  • ŋəmaḷch = you sit
  • ʔəmaḷch = he sits
  • ʔūmaḷch = she sits
  • zamaḷch = we sit
  • chamaḷch = you people sit
  • ʔəmmaḷch = they sit
  • sīk vimaḷch = I do not sit

Numerals

IlL/Spare pages 1/6 uses a base-12 numeral system. Numerals are indeclinable.

  • 1: seiďu /ˈseiɟu/
  • 2: bli /bli/
  • 3: sqā /sqaː/
  • 4: māvi /ˈmaːʋi/
  • 5: paiku /ˈpaiku/
  • 6: ə̄ƛich /ˈəːtɬix/
  • 7: zətə̄ /ˈzətəː/
  • 8: baŋud /ˈbaŋud/
  • 9: ďavuň /ˈɟaʋuɲ/
  • 10: fqāchṭī /ˈfqaːxʈiː/
  • 11: bə̄zie /ˈbəːzie/
  • 12: zie /zie/
  • 144: ʔənƛə̄ḷ
  • 1728: chapkit

The ordinal numbers are adjectives:

  • 1: ləʔtmu
  • 2: ləʔbli
  • 3: ləʔsqā

etc.

Syntax

Constituent order

Noun phrase

Verb phrase

Sentence phrase

Dependent clauses

Example texts

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