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==General information== | ==General information== | ||
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The coda may be any of the archiphonemes m*, t*, l*, h*, and q* or the plosives p and k. A coda is not required in a syllable. There is never more than one consonant in the coda. | The coda may be any of the archiphonemes m*, t*, l*, h*, and q* or the plosives p and k. A coda is not required in a syllable. There is never more than one consonant in the coda. | ||
===Alphabet=== | |||
===Phonotactics=== | |||
==Grammar== | ==Grammar== | ||
Metin is a polysynthetic, VSO language with most grammatical information indicated on the verb | |||
==Noun morphology== | |||
Metin numbers are divided into genders, which hold prefixes marking for the four cases and number. | |||
===Gender 1=== | |||
Gender 1 is exclusively for humans. It can be subdivided into 3 subgenders. | |||
{| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="article-table" style="width: 500px;" | |||
|+Subgender 1a: sui: example suimetin: metin person. | |||
|- | |||
! scope="row"| | |||
! scope="col"|Singular | |||
! scope="col"|Plural | |||
|- | |||
! scope="row"|Common | |||
|suimetin | |||
|okametin | |||
|- | |||
! scope="row"|Genitive | |||
|soometin | |||
|okoometin | |||
|- | |||
! scope="row"|Dative | |||
|sweemetin | |||
|okeemetin | |||
|- | |||
! scope="row"|Locative | |||
|swalmetin | |||
|okaalmetin | |||
|} | |||
{| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="article-table" style="width: 500px;" | |||
|+Subgender 1b: fi: example fii'ts'ei'n: her/his brother | |||
|- | |||
! scope="row"| | |||
! scope="col"|Singular | |||
! scope="col"|Plural | |||
|- | |||
! scope="row"|Common | |||
|fii'tsei'n | |||
|fiokai'ts'ei'n | |||
|- | |||
! scope="row"|Genitive | |||
|fyoou'ts'ei'n | |||
|fiokoou'ts'ei'n | |||
|- | |||
! scope="row"|Dative | |||
|feei'ts'ei'n | |||
|fiokeei'ts'ei'n | |||
|- | |||
! scope="row"|Locative | |||
|fyai'lts'ei'n | |||
|fiokaalts'ei'n | |||
|} | |||
{| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="article-table" | |||
|+Subgender 1c: Tr: example Trhalna: pilot | |||
|- | |||
! scope="row"| | |||
! scope="col"|Singular | |||
! scope="col"|Plural | |||
|- | |||
! scope="row"|Common | |||
|Trhalna | |||
|okahalna | |||
|- | |||
! scope="row"|Genitive | |||
|TOOhalna | |||
|okoohalna | |||
|- | |||
! scope="row"|Dative | |||
|TEEhalna | |||
|okeehalna | |||
|- | |||
! scope="row"|Locative | |||
|TAlhalna | |||
|okaalhalna | |||
|} | |||
Subgender 1a is mostly used for generic people terms, like suisui: person, suime: child, or suibi'al: woman. It is also used to produce resident names from a nationality, for example: suimetin: metinperson, from metin: relating to metin. | |||
Subgender 1b is used for relational terms, like mother, father, or friend. 1b nouns always take a posessive suffix indicating the gender and number of the posessor, for example: fii'ts'ei'n: her/his brother, fii'ts'u': my brother, fii'ts'ou': your brother. | |||
Subgender 1c is used to nominalize verb roots, for example, Trhalna: pilot, from haln*, to fly. | |||