Bujem

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Allophony
Phonemes in parenthesis are non-standard, but tend to occur as allophones. Allphones occur as such:

Phonotactics

 * Basic syllable structure is (C)(C)V(C).
 * Onset clusters follow this hierarchy: plosives -> fricatives -> nasals -> approximates; consonants can be followed by lower-order consonants but not higher-order consonants.
 * Plosives are only allowed in the onset.
 * In a plosive-nasal cluster, the nasal must match the plosive's place of articulation.

Stress
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Writing System
Bujem uses two writing systems: a Latin-based alphabet and a traditional alphabet.

Capitalization
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Grammar and Syntax
Bujem is an analytic language with semantic agglutination...

Parts of Speech
Bujem parts of speech are very different from typical linguistic elements. They can be divided into two umbrella categories: grammatical and semantic. Grammatical particles are highly-defined and define relationships between semantic words. Semantic words, by contrast, consist of abstract roots with categorical suffixes to provide more concrete meaning.

Semantic class endings are as follows:

Nouns
Nouns are preceded by a preposition for case which can be suffixed for defininteness.

Bujem has eight core cases: Case postpositions are made definite using the suffix -s, so ja becomes jas, ŋu becomes ŋus, etc.

Verbs
Verbs are arranged in separate clusters where each verb is set between a mandatory preposition for tense and an optional postposition for aspect.

Verbs take one of seven tenses: Three regular tenses, one potential tense and three hypothetical tenses.

Verbs can also take one of four special aspects, with imperfect being the default, unmarked aspect.

Syntax
Syntax is semi-flexible, with basic word order shifting to indicate grammatical mood and voice. Declarative sentences are SVO, interrogative sentences are VSO, and imperative sentences are VOS. Imperative sentences always have subjects in the vocative case and may drop the subject in informal speech. The order of words within basic sentence parts is more flexible but has conventions: adjectives precede nouns, adverbs follow verbs, indirect objects follow direct objects, and subordinate clauses follow main clauses.