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==Names==
'''Qivattutannguaq''' is a diachronic IE conlang created by a 19th-century Lõisian fantasy author.
* ___ Råmånujan, mathematician
 
==Phonology==
==Phonology==
Qivattutannguaq has a rather small phonology.
Vowels: i u a ii uu ee aa ai au iu ui
Vowels: i u a ii uu ee aa ai au iu ui


Consonants: p v t d s z k g h m n ng l r j w /p v t ð~d s z k ɣ~g χ m n ŋ l (uvular R) j w/
Consonants: p v t d s z k g q m n ng l r j w /p v t ð~d s z k ɣ~g q~χ m n ŋ l (uvular R) j w/


Voiceless stops are unaspirated.
Voiceless stops are unaspirated.
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==Derivation==
==Derivation==
*''-isúr'' = forms adjectives (< -ik'os)
*''-isúq'' = forms adjectives (< -ik'os)
*Verb prefixes: ''in-'', ''at-'', ''attir-'', ''pi-'', ''su-'', ''san-'', ''ik(s)-'', ''pir-'', ''hupir-'', ''huu-'', ...
*Verb prefixes: ''in-'', ''at-'', ''attir-'', ''pi-'', ''su-'', ''san-'', ''ik(s)-'', ''pir-'', ''hupir-'', ''huu-'', ...
**Ex. from ''wiutit'' 'he sees': ''ikwiitit'' 'he identifies, he susses out', ''atwiitit'' 'he sees to it that', ''piwiitit'' 'he sees fit'; ''attirwiitit'' 'he agrees'; ''suwiitit'' 'he witnesses'
**Ex. from ''wiitit'' 'he sees': ''ikwiitit'' 'he identifies, he susses out', ''atwiitit'' 'he sees to it that', ''piwiitit'' 'he sees fit'; ''attirwiitit'' 'he agrees' (negative polarity item like the English ''see eye to eye''); ''suwiitit'' 'he witnesses'
*''-inur'' = agent
*''-inuq'' = agent
*''-nir'' (from *-nih2) = feminine agent
*''-niq'' (from *-nih2) = feminine agent
**''reezinir'' = queen, from ''reezar'' king
**''reeziniq'' = queen, from ''reezaq'' king
*''-allún'' (from *-tlóm) = instrument
*''-allún'' (from *-tlóm) = instrument


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Adjectives and genitives precede nouns, and relative clauses follow nouns.
Adjectives and genitives precede nouns, and relative clauses follow nouns.


==Sample texts==
===Schleicher's Fable===
''Awir iswårki''
''Awir, juhmai walinå nēm issi, iwiti iswūr, ainų garų waznų tinngantą, ainunki mizalų kråmą, ainunki zamuną asu virantą. Awir nū iswavur iwaki: "Sartar anngitur mai, witantī zamuną iswūr azantą." Iswår nū awī iwakēr: "Asauhē, awi, sartar anngitur angmai witantavur citut: Zamū, tēmputir, ut awijūm walinåt karnit hai girmų wingmą. Awī nū walinå nēm eht." Awir nū citut slauhåwur į plānų ivuki.''


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