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/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)
words:
0: zeru
1: iu
2: nu
3: wu
4: nau
5: ku
6: wau
7: raku
8: nanu
9: jiu
10: deku
100: hoku
1000: dehu
10000: yohu
100000: deyohu
1000000: miyonu
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