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Phonotactics
Syllables follow one this simple pattern: (C)(/j/, /l/, /ɬ/, /s/, /z/)(Plosive)

Any single consonant may appear as an onset. The possible initial syllable clusters can be a (plosive/affricate)(fricative) or (plosove/affricate)(approximant).

V is any vowel.

The coda can be a plosive.

Writing System
The Ogolo writing system is completely phonetic.

Nouns
Nouns decline according to case, number, and definiteness. Here is the declension of book:

When a noun ending in á is declined, á is dropped and the suffix is added (Shown above).

When a noun ending in ú followed by a consonant is declined, the ú becomes á if the suffix starts with a vowel (Shown below is the declension of table).

Mass Nouns
Mass nouns behave exactly like normal nouns do except they are always in singular form.

Verbs
The infinitive form of a verb is formed by adding the suffix -pa or -pá. The standard negative form of verb can be achieved by adding the prefix zo-, the habitual suffix is -in or -ín.

Here is the conjugation of bring/carry:

Participles
The participle of a verb can be formed by adding the suffix: -úna to the present tense form of the verb.

Copula
There is a zero-copula system: the copula can be excluded as long as it is present tense indicative; the copula is needed for all other conjugations.

These conjugations are as follows including the present tense indicative:

Example of zero-copula: Coco wĩlámel. (Coco is at the table.)

While "Coco wĩlámel kĩ." means the same thing and is perfectly valid, but speakers tend to eliminate the copula, although not using zero-copula is often used to emphasis a statement, and is used in formal language.

Derivation
Verbs can be derived into nouns.

Adjective Derivation
The suffix -ante can be added to nouns and the present form of verbs to form an adjective the acts like without or less. For example mundél (sound) can be used to form mundálante (quiet).

Agentive Derivation
The suffix for agentive derivation is -ír or -dam, -ír is thing that does and -dam is one who does. The suffix is added to the present form of the verb. For example, wífolcír (door) can be derived from the verb wífolc (close).

Patientive Derivation
The suffix for patientive derivation is -ar which is thing which something is done to. The suffix is adding to the present form of the verb.

Adjuncts
Conotashus has both adjectives and adverbs.

Adjectives follow the noun that they describe.

Adverbs that describe adjectives go infront of the adjective but behind the noun.

Adverbs that describe verbs follow the verb.

Ideophones
Ideophones are words that express feelings and emotions. Ideophones do multiple things in Conotashus. Ideophones can commonly be used on there own in certain contexts or senarios. Ideophones can be used as adjectives except they precide the noun they describe. Ideophones can also be used to form compound words, the ideophone is then put after the noun; For example: zgogarwabá means jungle. Here are some ideophones:

Syntax
The head-direction is final. The general word order is SOV, Although case allows for some variation.

Noun Phrases
A noun phrase consists of a noun optionally followed by modifiers (adjuncts), and that optionally has a relative clause. Although all modifiers follow the noun there is a proper order that they should be placed in. The order of modifiers and relative clauses is shown below, and further description is provided below.

Determiners such as numbers follow the noun, adjectives also follow the noun, and adverbs that are effecting adjectives precede them, going between them and the noun. If there are adjectives, adverbs and numbers, numbers precede adverbs and adverbs precede adjectives. If there is any kind of possesion, in particular genitive the genitive noun precedes numbers, adverbs and adjectives. Relative clauses are placed after all of the modifiers of a noun and marked with 'tlúná'. Note: Adverbs need to remain precedeing the adjective they effect, and multiple adjectives and adverb-adjective pairs can be added but must always preced any relative clause.

Relative Clauses
Relative clauses allow you to describe things with more detail than you could with modifiers. A relative clause is housed within a noun phrase and preceded by the relativizer  tlŭnă. Relative clauses consist of a statement that describes more information about a noun. Often, the job of a relative clause is to have the effected noun phrase perform an action that is seperate from the main verb of the statement. Sometimes this action can be a relation with usage of the copula, which is often excluded because of the zero copula system (which is explained above). Here is an example of a simple relation:

Adpositional Phrases
Postpositional phrases can be formed using nouns, the adposition is placed after all of the modifers and before any relative clauses.