Meula

Vowels
Vowels can be long or short. Long vowels are spelled with an acute.

Phonotactics
Only /l/, the affricates, approximants and the fricatives can be in coda position. Only /l/ can only be followed by an affricate or a fricative.

Intervocalically, /l/ is pronounced /ɾ/. This consonant can only start a non-stressed syllable if it is the last of the word or preceeded by another consonant.

The voiced fricatives have mutaded when in coda (before a voiced consonant) or between vowels (in the old language): They have become voiceless in initial position, which is why no word starts with /β̞/ or /ɰ/.

Nouns
Nouns do not decline for number, but some words are used in the plural exclusively. There are 4 cases: Nominative, Accusative, Dative, and Prepositional, and a predicative form.

Declensions:

A hyphen means the consonant takes it affricate form, assuming it has one.

Paratheses mean the vowel is taken away.

1.: Most words ending on consonant.

2. Ending on consonant and having one syllable, usually with o or u.

3. Ending on a vowel that is not a and having two or more syllables.

4. Ending on a and having two or more syllables.

5. Ending on a vowel and having one syllable.

Some irregular nouns:

All words ending on L follow this pattern.

Most words containing a long vowel or/and a hiatus and ending on an affricate follow this pattern.

Most words ending on stop+vowel+fricative follow this pattern.

Adjectives
Adjectives agree to their nouns and go after them. The chart above applies to them.

Verbs
Verbs have polypersonal agreement. There are no intransitive verbs, motion verbs need no preposition. Verbs agree to person, number and mood. The tense is made with an auxiliar verb.

Examples of verbs conjugation:

Conditional: Ketemiska mo iomifpi batá suts. ( I would sit down if there were a chair.)

Potential: Bataefápi koade ta déiej. ( There is probably a man in there.)

Negative: Fitoxkets pso bisikletes. ( I don't like bikes.)

Imperative: Maǵadétṡérel toṡ tuqref! ( Buy the fish!)

Syntax
There is no fixed word order, although usually the structure is VSO.

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