User:Chrysophylax/sketches/Nāqajt

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Background

Phonology

Vowels

Phonotactics

Orthography

Grammar

Pronouns

Nāqajt has six pronouns which inflect for five cases.

nom: dii, iqii, maa, diinit, qiinit, maanit
gen: diij, qiij, maaj, diijt, qiijt, maajt
acc: diin, qiin, maan, diinit, qiinit, maanit
abl: diit, qiit, maat, diidit, qiidit, maadit
loc: diik, qiik, maak, diigit, qiigit, maagit

Verbs

The pronominal endings for the verb in Nāqajt.

singular plural
first second third first second third
-di -tiq -ma -dit -tiqit -majt

Morphology

Syntax

Word order is strictly SVO but OVS when the sentence includes a pronoun.

E.g (Parass 2009:11).

uqjadi dééngon tuglat ('I bring the reindeer from home') vs. dééngon tuglat uqjadi dii ('It is I who brings the reindeer from home')