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'''Yacavestub''' is a head-final ("Altaic") agglutinative language spoken in Eastern Talma and Northern Etalocin. It's inspired aesthetically by drug names (cf. [[Clofabosin]]), Estonian and [[w:Lushootseed language|Lushootseed]]. It also has clicks, from !Zoom.
'''Yacavestub''' is a head-final ("Altaic") agglutinative language spoken in Eastern Talma and Northern Etalocin. It's inspired aesthetically by drug names (cf. [[Clofabosin]]), Zulu, Estonian and [[w:Lushootseed language|Lushootseed]]. It also has clicks, from !Zoom.


''Yəl eŋcuvil dəgifam hərazu vestəmad.'' = ''Methavir nalaminyl mekerylide ester axoram.''
''Yəl eŋcuvil dəgifam hərazu vestəmad.'' = ''Methavir nalaminyl mekerylide ester axoram.''

Revision as of 02:51, 19 March 2022

Yacavestub/Lexicon

Yacavestub is a head-final ("Altaic") agglutinative language spoken in Eastern Talma and Northern Etalocin. It's inspired aesthetically by drug names (cf. Clofabosin), Zulu, Estonian and Lushootseed. It also has clicks, from !Zoom.

Yəl eŋcuvil dəgifam hərazu vestəmad. = Methavir nalaminyl mekerylide ester axoram.

Todo

  • redup at the beginning of verbs?
  • -mad (e.g. ololirmad)
  • -vab
  • -mob
  • -əl
  • -am
  • -xab
  • -mob
  • -ub
  • -ode
  • rotunu = 'world'
  • elir = 'one'
  • pelog (after pegol)

Phonology

Consonants

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

(/ks/ is written x.)

Vowels

Yacavestu vowels
Front Central Back
Close i, y /i/ u /u/
Mid e /e/ ə /ə/ o /o/
Open a /a/

Morphology

Nouns

Case suffixes

  • -ub: (definite)
  • -uvab: definite accusative suffix
  • -am: genitive
  • -zode:
  • -une:
  • -vil

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 vestel vestəlel
2sg possessor vestux vestəlux
3sg possessor vestun vestəlun
1pl possessor vestelod vestəlelod
2pl possessor vestuxod vestəluxod
3pl possessor vestunod vestəlunod

Verbs

Present tense: -mad