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Pew cók
Pew cók
wide man
wide man
"A fat man"
"A fat man"


Adjectives can be stringed together without the need for a word like "and"
Adjectives can be stringed together without the need for a word like "and"
Pew ǒl' cók
Pew ǒl' cók
wide angry man
wide angry man
"An angry fat man"
"An angry fat man"


If reduplicated, the adjective is intensified:
If reduplicated, the adjective is intensified:
Pew ǒl' ǒl' cók
Pew ǒl' ǒl' cók
wide angry angry man
wide angry angry man
"A very angry fat man"
"A very angry fat man"


The particle "Trok" can be put before a adjective to lessen it:
The particle "Trok" can be put before a adjective to lessen it:
Trok pew trok ǒl' cók
Trok pew trok ǒl' cók
few wide few angry man
few wide few angry man
"A somewhat angry chubby man"
"A somewhat angry chubby man"
The language has a base-5 numeral system
The language has a base-5 numeral system
Numbers 1-25:
Numbers 1-25:
én-1
én-1
mën-2
mën-2
pyǔl-3
pyǔl-3
oyk-4
oyk-4
trhavp-5
trhavp-5
trhavp én-6
trhavp én-6
trhavp mën-7
trhavp mën-7
trhavp pyǔl-8
trhavp pyǔl-8
trhavp oyk-9
trhavp oyk-9
mën trhavp-10
mën trhavp-10
mën trhavp én-11
mën trhavp én-11
mën trhavp mën-12
mën trhavp mën-12
mën trhavp pyǔl- 13
mën trhavp pyǔl- 13
mën trhavp oyk-14
mën trhavp oyk-14
pyǔl trhavp- 15
pyǔl trhavp- 15
pyǔl trhavp én-16
pyǔl trhavp én-16
pyǔl trhavp mën-17
pyǔl trhavp mën-17
pyǔl trhavp pyǔl-18
pyǔl trhavp pyǔl-18
pyǔl trhavp oyk - 19
pyǔl trhavp oyk - 19
oyk trhavp -20
oyk trhavp -20
oyk trhavp én-21
oyk trhavp én-21
oyk trhavp mën-22
oyk trhavp mën-22
oyk trhavp pyǔl-23
oyk trhavp pyǔl-23
oyk trhavp oyk-24
oyk trhavp oyk-24
tow-25
tow-25


For unspecified numbers, the following are substituted for the numbers:
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.
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.
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
Vǎlrp- many; used if the speaker knows that are more then 25
Phe̋n- a number used for unspecified plural.
Phe̋n- a number used for unspecified plural.


For things that come in pairs reduplication is used:
For things that come in pairs reduplication is used:


Móél- Eye
Móél- Eye
Móél móél- pair of eyes
Móél móél- pair of eyes


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Pew pyǔl cók
Pew pyǔl cók
wide three man
wide three man
"3 fat men"




"3 fat men"


===General Noun Syntax===
===General Noun Syntax===
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