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Permitted codas are any approximant, and /m n ɳ ŋ p t ʈ k/ | Permitted codas are any approximant, and /m n ɳ ŋ p t ʈ k/ | ||
==Morphology== | |||
The language is strongly analytic and isolating, so there is hardly any morphology. | |||
==Syntax== | |||
The basic word order is SOV. | |||
===Adjectives and Numerals=== | |||
Adjectives come before the noun: | |||
Pew cók | |||
wide man | |||
"A fat man" | |||
Adjectives can be stringed together without the need for a word like "and" | |||
Pew ǒl' cók | |||
wide angry man | |||
"An angry fat man" | |||
If reduplicated, the adjective is intensified: | |||
Pew ǒl' ǒl' cók | |||
wide angry angry man | |||
"A very angry fat man" | |||
The particle "Trok" can be put before a adjective to lessen it: | |||
Trok pew trok ǒl' cók | |||
few wide few angry man | |||
"A somewhat angry chubby man" | |||
The language has a base-5 numeral system | |||
Numbers 1-25: | |||
én-1 | |||
mën-2 | |||
pyǔl-3 | |||
oyk-4 | |||
trhavp-5 | |||
trhavp én-6 | |||
trhavp mën-7 | |||
trhavp pyǔl-8 | |||
trhavp oyk-9 | |||
mën trhavp-10 | |||
mën trhavp én-11 | |||
mën trhavp mën-12 | |||
mën trhavp pyǔl- 13 | |||
mën trhavp oyk-14 | |||
pyǔl trhavp- 15 | |||
pyǔl trhavp én-16 | |||
pyǔl trhavp mën-17 | |||
pyǔl trhavp pyǔl-18 | |||
pyǔl trhavp oyk - 19 | |||
oyk trhavp -20 | |||
oyk trhavp én-21 | |||
oyk trhavp mën-22 | |||
oyk trhavp pyǔl-23 | |||
oyk trhavp oyk-24 | |||
tow-25 | |||
For unspecified numbers, the following are substituted for the numbers: | |||
Trok- a few; used if the speaker knows that are more then one but less then five. | |||
Sǒl'm- some; used if the speaker knows that are more then five but less then 25. | |||
Vǎlrp- many; used if the speaker knows that are more then 25 | |||
Phe̋n- a number used for unspecified plural. | |||
For things that come in pairs reduplication is used: | |||
Móél- Eye | |||
Móél móél- pair of eyes | |||
Numbers come between the Adjectives and the noun: | |||
Pew pyǔl cók | |||
wide three man | |||
"3 fat men" | |||
===General Noun Syntax=== | |||
If there are more then one subject, the particle "Trï" is inserted between the subjects. It has the rough meaning of "And" | |||
This can go on for a many subjects the sentence has. Once there are 2 nouns not separated by "trï", the second noun is the object. | |||
cók trï lre̋lt pyïrp vae | |||
man and woman bread eat | |||
(The/A) Man and (the/a) woman eat bread" | |||
With multiple objects, no particle is necessary; they are just stringed together. | |||
cók trï lre̋lt pyïrp ya vae | |||
man and woman bread meat eat | |||
(The/A) Man and (the/a) woman eat bread and meat" | |||
===Tense and Mood=== | |||
Tense and Moodis marked by particles at the beginning of an utterance. | |||
There are 2 tenses, past and non-past. | |||
The Past marking is <L'oi> and non-past utterances are unmarked. | |||
Cók pyïrp vae | |||
man bread eat | |||
"(The/A) Man eats/ is eating bread" | |||
L'oi cók pyïrp vae | |||
PST man bread eat | |||
"(The/A) Man ate bread" | |||
Mood particles: | |||
Subjunctive (if): Pó | |||
Conditional: Nóin | |||
Potential: Ne | |||
Imperative: Vǎv | |||
Volitive: Ma | |||
Hortative: ïlr | |||
Dubtative: Lǎwn | |||
Mood particles come after the past tense particle. | |||
L'oi lǎwn cók pyïrp vae | |||
PST DUB man bread eat | |||
"I doubt(The/A) Man ate bread" | |||