Verse:Lõis/Qivattutannguaq
Qanngurtatunnguaq ('refined language'; cf. Sanskrit saṃskṛtam) is an Indo-European language. It's an Inuit giblang.
1: ainaq (m.)/ainaa (f.)/ainun (n.) 2: tuvaa 3: tiqariq 4: kituariq 5. pinngi 6: quiq 7: qippun 8: atsaa 9: nivun 10: tisun 100: sunnun
tiuq / tiivaq / taivaq = god
Phonology
l before voiceless consonants = /ɬ/
Nouns
allows sanskrit style compounds
-r > -q: patiaq, maatiaq, vuraatiaq, quiqtiaq, zukatiaq = father, mother, brother, sister, daughter
qaulluq = sun
Singular | Plural | |
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Nominative | ulkaq | ulkaaq |
Genitive | ulkaa | ulkuun |
Dative | ulkai | ulkamaq |
Accusative | ulkun | ulkuuq |
Ablative | ulkiat | ulkamaq |
Locative | ulkiat | ulkami |
Vocative | ulki! | ulkaaq! |
Singular | Plural | |
---|---|---|
Nominative | vukaa | vukaaq |
Genitive | vukaaq | vukuun |
Dative | vukaai | vukaamaq |
Accusative | vukaan | vukaaq |
Ablative | vukaat | vukaamaq |
Locative | vukaat | vukaami |
Vocative | vukaa! | vukaaq! |
Singular | Plural | |
---|---|---|
Nominative | -tuq | -tiiq |
Genitive | -tiuq | -tuun |
Dative | -tii | -tumaq |
Accusative | -tun | -tuuq |
Ablative | -tut | -tumaq |
Locative | -tut | -tumi |
Vocative | -tu! | -tiiq! |
* Sometimes reflected as -nuq or -Cuq.
Verbs
vilkaa, vilkiq, vilkit, vilkamaq, vilkiti, vilkuut = shines
"to be":
- -ingmi, -ingiq, -ingit, -ingmaq, -ingiti, -inguut
- Ulkaqingmi = I am a wolf.
- Vukaangit = It's a city.
- Zumua zumnii ulkaqingit = Homo homini lupus.
An athematic verb:
Singular | Plural | |
---|---|---|
1 | tituami? | titumaq |
2 | tituaq? | tituti |
3 | tituat? | tituut? |
Singular | Plural | |
---|---|---|
1 | titaa | tituamaq |
2 | tituaq? | tituati |
3 | tituat? | tituut |
A thematic verb:
Singular | Plural | |
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1 | viraa | viramaq |
2 | viriq | viriti |
3 | virit | viraat |
Singular | Plural | |
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1 | viraa | viraamaq |
2 | viriiq | viriiti |
3 | viriit | viruut |
Passive forms are formed with reflexive pronoun + verb.