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! style="width: 80px;" | Case !! style="width: 80px;" | king (h) !! style="width: 80px;" | Non-h. !!  
! style="width: 80px;" | Case !! style="width: 80px;" | king (h) !! style="width: 80px;" | mother (h) !! style="width: 80px;" | tree (n) !! style="width: 80px;" | city (n) !!  
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! Genitive
! Genitive
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| lugala(k) || ama(k) || ĝeša(k) || eri(k)
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! Ergative
! Ergative
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| lugale || amae/amā || ĝeše || erie/erī
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! Absolutive
! Absolutive
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| lugal || ama || ĝeš || eri
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! Dative
! Dative
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| lugalra/lugalar || amar(a) || - || -
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! Directive
! Directive  
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| (lugalye) || (amaye) || ĝešye || eriye
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! Locative
! Locative  
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| (lugalya) || (amaya) || ĝešya || eriya
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! Locative 2
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! Terminative
! Terminative
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| lugalše/lugalaš || amaše || ĝešše/ĝešaš || eriše
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! Adverbiative
! Adverbiative
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| lugaleš || amaeš || ĝešeš || erieš
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! Ablative
! Ablative
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| (lugalta) || (amata) || ĝešta || erita
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! Comitative
! Comitative
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| lugalda || amada || ĝešda || erida
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! Equative
! Equative
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| lugalgen || amagen || ĝešgen ||  erigen
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Revision as of 18:20, 3 March 2014

Sumerian conlang

Phonology

Bilabial Alveolar Post-alveolar Palatal Velar
Nasal m [m] n [n] ĝ [ŋ]
Plosive p [pʰ/p] b [p/b] t [tʰ/t] d [t/d] k [kʰ/k] g [k/g]
Fricative s [s] š [ʃ] h [x]
Affricate z [t͡s] (r̂ [t͡sʰ])
Approximant (y/i [j] ?) (w/u [w] ?)
Trill r [r/ɾ]
Flap or tap (r̂ ?)
Lateral app. l [l]


Front Back
Close i [i] (ī [i:] ?) u [u] (ū [u:] ?)
Mid e [e] (ē [e:]?) (o [o] (ō [o:] ?) ?)
Open a [a] (ā [a:] ?)

Grammar

Nouns

Characteristics

NOMINAL CHAIN:
1) [NOUN] + [ADJECTIVE + POSSESSIVE/DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUN + PLURAL (e)ne] + [CASE]

2) [PRONOUN] + [CASE]

Cases
Substantives
Case Suffixes Notes
Human Non-h.
Genitive -ak/-a/-k
Ergative -e subject of transitive verbs (agent)
Absolutive subject of intransitive verbs (argument); object of transitive verbs (patient)
Dative -ra -/? indirect object; complementary with locative (or directive?) for non-human
Directive -/? -e > -ye? motion arriving at, position next to; indirect obejct (non-human)
Locative -/? -a > -ya? motion into, position inside; rarely used for human
Locative 2 -/? -ne
Terminative -še motion towards
Adverbiative -eš in the manner of < "how?"
Ablative -ta place/time from where (non-human); instrument; from the place of X (human)
Comitative -da with/and, in company
Equative -gen like/as
Declension
Declension
Case king (h) mother (h) tree (n) city (n)
Genitive lugala(k) ama(k) ĝeša(k) eri(k)
Ergative lugale amae/amā ĝeše erie/erī
Absolutive lugal ama ĝeš eri
Dative lugalra/lugalar amar(a) - -
Directive (lugalye) (amaye) ĝešye eriye
Locative (lugalya) (amaya) ĝešya eriya
Terminative lugalše/lugalaš amaše ĝešše/ĝešaš eriše
Adverbiative lugaleš amaeš ĝešeš erieš
Ablative (lugalta) (amata) ĝešta erita
Comitative lugalda amada ĝešda erida
Equative lugalgen amagen ĝešgen erigen

Pronouns

Adjectives

Numerals

Verbs

Other

Vocabulary