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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===


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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]]
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