/p t k b d g s z ts ʃ  ʒ h w r j m n ŋ/
<p t k b d g s z ts sh j h w r y m n n>
/a e i o u/
<a e i o u>

/ŋ/ can be optionally disambiguated from /n/ as <n'> or <ń>

phonology:
	(C)V(ŋ)

	mora timed.
	ŋ → may only appear in coda; is one mora. assimilates aggressively, including across word boundaries

	unvoiced plosives and fricatives (except for h) may be geminated. the extra consonant comprises a mora, e.g.
	(k)(ka) ← each mora is parethesized


prosody:
	the first syllable of a word is pronounced at a higher pitch
	the last syllables of a word at the end of a sentence are pronounced at a lower pitch
	
typology:
	SOV

pronoun:
	ka  → 1s
	kai → 1p
	ta  → 2s
	tai → 2p
	na  → 3s
	nai → 3p
	ra → demonstrative (singular/plural)
	raie → reflexive
	toshu → interrogative

verb conjugation:
	-i  → intransitive
	-a  → transitive
		an transitive verb has a subject and object, whereas an intransitive verb only has a subject.
		verbs in these conjucations can be used
			* as the main verb of the sentence
				"ka kinegi toa" → "I am eating plants"
			* to modify nouns in the sentence
				"ka kinegi rezi toa" → "I am eating good plants"
				"api surusukiń tinońmi teja saa" → "bees are insects that make a sweetner"
	-u  → infinitive
	-ui → infinitive intransitive
	-ua → infininive transitive
		the infinitive conjugations allow a verb to act as a noun. verbs conjugated with "-u" stand on their own, and those with "-ui" or "-ua" accept subjects and objects
			"ka hosekui api herissa" → "my existence is related to bees"
			"hoseku tou retu zea no hassa" → "eating is necessary for living"
			"resha raie suttua rezi" → "people talking with each other is good"
	-e  → imperative intransitive
	-ea → imperative transitive
		an imperative verb may only be used as the main verb of the sentence. the subject is omitted, as it is implicitly the listener.
			"kumań toea" → "eat food"

verb suffixes:
	-tese → irrealis
		to be added to anything that hasn't or isn't happening, which includes the future, possibilities, and hypotheticals.
	-kka → passive
	-seń → negative
	-doma → comparative/superlative
	-ppihu → excessive (rezu → "good"; rezuppihu → "too good")

sentence/verb conjunction particles:
	these particles may be placed between two verb phrases to coordinate them. the subject of the coordinated verb phrases is the same:
		"api kinetoi me tinońmi teja" → "bees pollinate and make a sweetener"
	these particles may also be placed between two complete sentences to coordinate them:
		"api kinetoi taso ka ra igaseń" → "bees pollinate, but I do not"
	me → and
	ni → or
	iti → because
	koń → so/and thus
	taso → yet

misc particles:
	no → adverbialize
		"no" followed by a verb phrase will modify the postceding verb adverbally, with the modified verb acting as the subject in the adverbial phrase.
			"ka no kussi hoseki" → "I pitifully exist"
			"ka api no zoyai no hańshi ya saa" → "I am only a bee in reality"
	to → interrogative
		"to tai api soa?" → "are you bees?"
	tososeń → tag question
		"na yasa tososeń?" → "it's funny, isn't it?"

numbers:
	a base 10 number system is utilized. there are words for 0-9 and powers of 10. to express a multiple of a power of 10, adverbialization is utilized.
		deku → 10
		no nani deku → 80
	a number with multiple digits can be expressed by modifying the subject with multiple numbers corresponding to the digit:
		api no nani deki jii → 89 bees
	a number with multiple digits can be expressed as a single noun in much the same manner via "ketu"
		no ni hoki no nani deku keta jiu keta → 389 (noun)