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==Basic Grammar== | ==Basic Grammar== | ||
Sceptrian is a fusional language with large morpheme per word ratio, but the morphemes themselves convey more information. The primary word order of the language is verb- | Sceptrian is a fusional language with large morpheme per word ratio, but the morphemes themselves convey more information. The primary word order of the language is verb-agent-object while antipassive constructions use agent-verb-object. Sceptrian has two numbers, three persons, three noun classes with nine inflectional cases, and an absolutive-ergative morphosyntactic alignment. Verbs are conjugated for three tenses, additional aspects and various moods. These all will be discussed below. | ||
==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
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Ideas: Instrument and turning it into an agent. Here I used the object-agreement (if it stays, remember to update the examples above) | Ideas: Instrument and turning it into an agent. Here I used the object-agreement (if it stays, remember to update the examples above!) | ||
* ''Ónzaiton dothee pof vakuhos sur.'' (...with his hand) | * ''Ónzaiton dothee pof vakuhos sur.'' (...with his hand... (should come up with the personal affixes since now you can interpret him using someone else's hand)) | ||
**''Ónzaiton pof vakuhos dothir.'' | **''Ónzaiton pof vakuhos dothir.'' | ||
**''Ónzaiton pof tiph dothi'''sh''' suwi.'' (A feather is being lifted with the man's stick for them.) DAT inflected! | **''Ónzaiton pof tiph dothi'''sh''' suwi.'' (A feather is being lifted with the man's stick for them.) DAT inflected! | ||
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===Word order=== | ===Word order=== | ||
* | *VAO usually, SV(O) in antipassive | ||
*adjectives precede nouns while possessives follow | *adjectives precede nouns while possessives follow | ||