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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
ametdantar was created by Marlowe Clark. | |||
===Goals=== | ===Goals=== | ||
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===Orthography=== | ===Orthography=== | ||
ametdantar has a mostly phonemic alphabet -- each monograph stands for exactly one sound, and each digraph stands for exactly one sound. | ametdantar has a mostly phonemic alphabet -- each monograph stands for exactly one sound, and each digraph stands for exactly one sound. ametdantar uses only lowercase letters. | ||
====Monographs==== | ====Monographs==== | ||
a /a/ <br> | a /a/ <br> | ||
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The vast majority of roots in ametdantar are nouns. Subject agreement particles and the infinitive suffix -ad also function as verbalizers. There is no distinction between adjectives and adverbs, but both are placed immediately before the element they modify -- so adjectives will always be before nouns and adverbs will usually be before verbs. | |||
ametdantar has four cases: nominative, accusative, dative, and genitive. The nominative is unmarked. The accusative and dative are optionally marked, as they can also be determined by word order, and their markings when used are -ku and -kul respectively. The genitive is marked by -sia. | |||
===Syntax=== | ===Syntax=== | ||
Word order in ametdantar is SOV, with the indirect object preceding the direct object. Modifiers, including elements in the genitive case, precede the element they modify. | |||
[[Category:Conlangs]] | [[Category:Conlangs]] | ||