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====Long vowels==== | ====''Long vowels''==== | ||
Unlike consonants, vowel elongation is found in all vowels | Unlike consonants, vowel elongation is found in all vowels | ||
====Diphthongs==== | ====''Diphthongs''==== | ||
Short diphthongs are formed by a central or back vowel followed by an equal or closer vowel: /ae/, /ao/, /ai/, /au/, /oe/, /oi/, /ou/, /ui/ | Short diphthongs are formed by a central or back vowel followed by an equal or closer vowel: /ae/, /ao/, /ai/, /au/, /oe/, /oi/, /ou/, /ui/ | ||
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! style="width:90px" | Metative | ! style="width:90px" | Metative | ||
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! | ! Ø | ||
! o | ! o | ||
! oe | ! oe | ||
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! Nominative | ! Nominative | ||
! style="width:40px" | | ! style="width:40px" | Ø | ||
| | | Ø | ||
| -o | | -o | ||
| -oe | | -oe | ||
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==== ''Obviative'' ==== | ==== ''Obviative'' ==== | ||
Riagi has three levels of obviative/proximate distinctions | Riagi has three levels of obviative/proximate distinctions | ||
*Proximate '''- | *Proximate '''-Ø''' | ||
*:The most salient or proximate entity, unmarked | *:The most salient or proximate entity, unmarked | ||
*Obviative ({{smallcaps|obv}}) '''-ge''' | *Obviative ({{smallcaps|obv}}) '''-ge''' | ||
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==== ''Number'' ==== | ==== ''Number'' ==== | ||
Riagi has number marking for both count and mass nouns. Number is marked after cases. | Riagi has number marking for both count and mass nouns. Number is marked after cases. | ||
*Singular ({{smallcaps|sg}}) '''- | *Singular ({{smallcaps|sg}}) '''-Ø''' | ||
*:The singular form is the default number for count nouns, it indicates a single element (i.e. A pen. A book) | *:The singular form is the default number for count nouns, it indicates a single element (i.e. A pen. A book) | ||
*Singulative ({{smallcaps|svg}}) '''-'e''' | *Singulative ({{smallcaps|svg}}) '''-'e''' | ||
*:The singulative form marks a single unit of a mass noun, the unit is culturally and contextually determined (i.e. A drop of water. A grain of salt) | *:The singulative form marks a single unit of a mass noun, the unit is culturally and contextually determined (i.e. A drop of water. A grain of salt) | ||
*Collective ({{smallcaps|col}}) '''- | *Collective ({{smallcaps|col}}) '''-Ø''' | ||
*:The collective form is the default number for mass nouns (i.e. Water. Salt) | *:The collective form is the default number for mass nouns (i.e. Water. Salt) | ||
*Plural or Plurative ({{smallcaps|pl}}) '''-'o''' | *Plural or Plurative ({{smallcaps|pl}}) '''-'o''' | ||
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! Present | ! Present | ||
! | ! Ø | ||
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| i- | | i- | ||
| ao- | | ao- | ||
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*'''Hore''' | *'''Hore''' | ||
*:Used as coverb of action verbs | *:Used as coverb of action verbs | ||
===Determiners=== | |||
{{Construction}} | |||
====''Demonstratives''==== | |||
*Proximal | |||
*Medial | |||
*Distal | |||
*Personal (people) | |||
*Semipersonal (non-human animates + machines) | |||
*Impersonal (inanimates + abstracts) | |||
====''Possessives''==== | |||
Genitive particle? | |||
=====Possessive Pronouns===== | |||
{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="text-align:center;" | |||
|- | |||
! colspan="2" | First Person (1) | |||
! colspan="2" | Dual Person (D) | |||
! colspan="2" | Second Person (2) | |||
! colspan="2" | Third Person (3) | |||
|- | |||
! style="width: 80px;" | Singular | |||
! style="width: 80px;" | Plural | |||
! style="width: 80px;" | Singular | |||
! style="width: 80px;" | Plural | |||
! style="width: 80px;" | Singular | |||
! style="width: 80px;" | Plural | |||
! style="width: 80px;" | Singular | |||
! style="width: 80px;" | Plural | |||
|- | |||
| ē | |||
| ō | |||
| na | |||
| nao | |||
| sa | |||
| sano | |||
| rage | |||
| rago | |||
|- | |||
! colspan="4" | Fourth Person (4) | |||
! colspan="4" | Fifth Person (5) | |||
|- | |||
! colspan="2" | Singular | |||
! colspan="2" | Plural | |||
! colspan="2" | Singular | |||
! colspan="2" | Plural | |||
|- | |||
| colspan="2" | nae | |||
| colspan="2" | nae'o | |||
| colspan="2" | re | |||
| colspan="2" | re'o | |||
|- | |||
! colspan="8" | Zero Person (0) | |||
|- | |||
! colspan="4" | Singular | |||
! colspan="4" | Plural | |||
|- | |||
| colspan="4" | anga | |||
| colspan="4" | anga'o | |||
|} | |||
====''Interrogatives''==== | |||
*Personal (people) | |||
*Semipersonal (non-human animates + machines) | |||
*Impersonal (inanimates + abstracts) | |||
*Manner | |||
*Time, Place | |||
*Origin, Reason | |||
*Goal, Objective | |||
====''Quantifiers''==== | |||
*Universal | |||
*Existential | |||
**Much | |||
**Some | |||
**Little | |||
*Elective | |||
*Alternative | |||
*Negatory | |||
===Conjunctions=== | |||
===Particles=== | |||
===Numerals=== | |||
Riagi uses a base-20 numeric system (similar to the mayan numerals) | |||
[[Category:Languages]][[Category:Conlangs]][[Category:A priori]] | [[Category:Languages]][[Category:Conlangs]][[Category:A priori]] | ||