Niyykhołab

Niyykhołab /njɨːkʰɘɮɐb/ is a collaborative conlang created by members of the Toilet of Babel Discord server. It is intended to be a proto-language that will eventually evolve into a tonal polysynthetic language.

Phonotactics
(C)(L)V(F) C - nasals, plosives, affricates, fricatives L - liquids, approximants V - vowels F - f š s x h n m p t k b d g

Nouns
Noun classes: Human - includes names, professions, family members. Kinetic - includes animals, forces of nature e.g. fire, rivers, wind, sun. Tool - includes tools, weapons, cookware. Consumable - includes food, drink, other single use items. Material - other miscellaneous, less useful items. Conceptual - abstract ideas.

Verbs
Tentative tense-aspects: simple past, habitual past (or iterative past?), present perfect continuous, inchoative present, continuous present, future (also indicates gnomic).

Syntax
Primary word order is VSO.

Relative clauses are formed using a participle form of the verb, which agrees with the head noun for class, and is marked by the possessive suffix corresponding to the head of the subordinate clause.

tbd

1S eat-PST apple-DEF.CONS-ACC pick-PTCP-CONS-1S.POS

'I ate the apple that I picked.'

Example text
 HUM:human gender KIN:kinetic gender INS:instrumental gender CONS:consumable gender MAT:material gender CONC:conceptual gender 