Yacavestu
Yacavestub is a head-final ("Altaic") agglutinative language. It's inspired aesthetically by drug names (cf. Clofabosin), Estonian and Lushootseed. It also has clicks.
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 r j ⟨m n ŋ p t c b d g f s h v z l r y⟩
(/ks/ is written ⟨x⟩.)
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