Proto-Vamynouyynem

=Brief Overview= This is the language of the Vamynouyyn, the first people of Anmarla. My other conlang, Ancient Qâêr is descended from this language.

=Phonology=

Diphthongs

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! Diphthong ! English Pronunciation
 * ay
 * ɑi
 * aey
 * æi
 * ou
 * əʊ
 * }
 * ou
 * əʊ
 * }

Vowels
=Phonotactics=

Syllable Structure
All syllables in Vamynouyynem consist of one vowel and one consonant. The only syllable clusters that have a vowel before a consonant are the following;
 * an, aen, on, yn, un

All other syllables start with a consonant and end in a vowel, and the above mentioned syllables only appear at the beginnings of words, for example;
 * Anmarla
 * /ɹ/ is the only consonant that can occur without a vowel, as seen in the above example.

Therefore, the syllable structure is simply;

=Grammar= Vamynouyynem is a poly-synthetic language and therefore, sentences are often all one word. For example the following sentence;
 * naronaa'anmarla
 * Which translates to I love our world
 * The  '  is a glottal stop, which appears between affixes which share the same vowel, or, in some cases, between a long vowel and a short vowel of the same type.

Syntactic constructions in Vamynouyynem follow this strict layout;

Pronoun Marking
All of these are suffixes which attach to the verb

Examples
The following are examples of different pronouns in a standard transitive construction.

naronaa'anmarla
 * I love our world

naronwaanmarla*
 * Me love our world

naronreanmarla
 * My love for our world

naronooanmarla*
 * Our world is love to me

narontaa'anmarla
 * Our world is loved by me

naronsaanmarla
 * We love our world

naronymanmarla*
 * Us love our world

naronlaanmarla
 * Our love for our world

naronouanmarla*
 * Our world is love to us

naronouanmarla
 * Our world is loved by us

naronpaa'anmarla
 * You love our world

naronsesanmarla
 * He/She loves our world

naronmaanmarla
 * It loves our world

naronnalanmarla
 * They love our world

NB * indicates this meaning is ungrammatical

Cases
Vamynouyynem has a Tripartite system.

Examples
 * Ergative Case
 * naronnaanaeyanmarla
 * The man loves our world


 * Nominative Case
 * Vamynouyy
 * People of the Stars
 * Noun - Lit. Star-People


 * Absolutive Case
 * naronaa'anmarla
 * I love our world


 * Dative Case
 * vabannaanaeyrylaarovayynaal
 * The man gave the boy the spear


 * Genitive Case
 * anmayyla
 * Our World


 * Possessive Case
 * rylaayyvayynay
 * Spear of the Boy OR The Boy's Spear