Hohoho

General information
Hohoho was the language spoken in the land of Herrderrserr. It became extinct when the entire village was massacred by honey badgers.

Phonotactics
The syllable structure in Hohoho is CV(S), with C being any consonant and V being any vowel. S is any consonant except for /θʼ/ and /ɾ/. No consonant clusters are possible. Final consonants geminate when the next syllable has the same initial consonant. The first syllable of every word is stressed.

Nouns
The nouns decline with suffixes for case, gender, number and definiteness in that order. Noun phrases are formed with prepositional phrases after and determiners preceding. Nouns that have word modifying cases are treated as determiners.

Case/Gender
The case markers are initial consonants in the suffix. Some markers are required for certain postpositions. There are four genders marked by different vowels in the suffix and three optional sub-genders indicated by final consonants.

Number/Definiteness
Number is marked by suffixes that begin with /j/ but vary in the vowel. The number suffix may also be added to quantifiers. Definiteness is expressed by adding the prefix /ho/ to the word in question.
 * 1) Collective - unmarked
 * 2) Singulative - /je/
 * 3) Dual - /ju/
 * 4) Trial - /jae/
 * 5) Paucal (twelve or less) - /jo/
 * 6) Plural - /joth/

Determiners
There are many determiners that can be derived from the basic determiners listed here. Determiners can also be used as pronouns. The personal and impersonal interrogatives can be modified to inquire of possession by changing the vowels to /e/

Numerals
Hohoho uses a quaternary number system based on the number of legs of a honey badger. Most numbers larger than twenty are achieved by using the multiplicative word /de/ before the multiplier. The larger number is usually the multiplicand. The word for honey badger is /saettu/, which is often abbreviated to /sae/ without declination when speaking of numbers. The honey badger at the end of the cardinal numbers is usually truncated when used in higher numbers. Numbers are treated as determiners.

Prepositions
Postpositions are attached after a noun to form a postpositional phrase and then attached after the modified noun. The modified noun has a case corresponding to the type of postposition, but the modifier has a neutral case. Some motion prepositions can be used as temporal ones.

Adjectives
Adjectives in Hohoho are treated like determiners, but with the added ability to attach to verbs, filling the role of an adverb. The adjective order of Hohoho is this:
 * 1) Head
 * 2) Qualifier
 * 3) Quantifier
 * 4) Demonstrative

Syntax
The canon word order of Hohoho is OSV.