Asuma

Classification and Dialects
This language was once an agglutinative language. It has gradually turned into a fusional one.

Phonotactics
Syllable structure: A nucleus consisting in a vowel is always mandatory.

V = vowel, W = approximant, N = nasal consonant, C = any other consonant than W or N

V, WV, CV, NV, CWV, NWV

The Asumanese language has a front/back vowel harmony.

Nouns
Nouns decline in number, gender and case. They are either in singular or plural. They come in three different genders: neuter or mixed, feminine and masculine.

Number
For plural /u/ or /i/ is suffixed to the noun depending on vowel harmony contraints. Before a vowel the markers are reduced to /w/ and /j/. That is the usual case.