Verse:Hmøøh/Mohnahas

Yacavestub is an agglutinative language spoken on the conworld of Suvənub. It's inspired aesthetically by drug names (cf. Clofabosin), Estonian and Lushootseed. It has been influenced by Tingatkiramei.

Todo

• redup at the beginning of verbs?
• -mad (e.g. ololirmad)
• rotunu: 'sky'

Phonology

Consonants

m n ŋ p t k b d g f s h v z l r j ⟨m n ŋ p t c b d g f s h v z l r y⟩

(/ks/ is written ⟨x⟩.)

Vowels

i u e ə o a ⟨i u e ə o a⟩

Morphology

Nouns

Definiteness and possession

Nouns take a suffix for definiteness. Possessive suffixes are added directly to the noun for inalienable possession, and to the classifier for alienable possession.

vestu - 'language'
Number→ State↓	Singular	Plural
Indefinite	vestu	vestəl
Definite	vestub	vestələb
1sg possessor	vesteb	vestəleb
2sg possessor	vestux	vestəlux
3sg possessor	vestur	vestəlur
1pl possessor	vestebəd	vestəbəd
2pl possessor	vestuxəd	vestəluxəd
3pl possessor	vesturəd	vestəlurəd

Verbs

Present tense: -mad