Lalakhmet

General Information
Lalakhmet (also known as Proto-Lalakhi) is an a priori lang. Its descendents will speak in (constate for Nomidian) where Nomidian is spoken.

Phonology
Phonology

 {m n ɳ p b p: t d t: k g k: s z s: ʂ ʐ ʂ: x ɣ x: h r r: l l: j j:} 



 {i i: e e: ø ø: ɛ ɛ: a a: u u: o o: ɔ ɔ: ʌ ʌ: m̩ m̩: n̩ n̩: l̩ l̩:} 



 {wɛ wɛ: wɑ wɑ: wɔ wɔ: wʌ wʌ: je je: jø jø: ja ja: ju ju: jo jo: jʌ jʌ:} 

 [ʐ] , [ʂ]
 * [jr] > [ʐ]

Roots
Lalakhi grammar is based upon roots which then form words (khanō- means food, to eat, to be full, contently lazy, full, &c). Each root has various related meanings depending on its part of speech and form thereof.

The root is taken, and suffixes and/or prefixes are added thereto to create verbs and nouns (suffixes are used to decline/conjugate the stem whereas prefixes are used to change the meaning of the root). However, not all roots share the same declensional/conjugational paradigm. For example, khanō- is an ō-stem word.

Nouns
Nouns decline to 3 things: case, definiteveness, and gender.

There are 6 cases: the nominative, accusative, dative, genitive, directional, and insturmental. The accusative, in addition to being the accusative, serves two other functions: a adpositional case for adpositions that do not signify movement and the vocative. The genitive case is for possession and is often used to make adjectives out of the noun (usually in meanings of "being full of __," "characterized by __," &c). The directional case is used for adpositions representing movement, and the insturmental case is for adpositions representing ownership, use, or method.

There are 3 levels of definitiveness: indefinite, definite, and mass. Indefinite means that the noun is any one of the noun. Definite means that the noun is a specific noun that is distinguished from or special compared to others of the same noun. Mass means the noun as a whole.

Each noun has a specific gender put to it. There is the masculine animate/inanimate, feminine animate/inanimate, and neuter. Animate nouns are those which are alive (not counting plants), and inanimate are those which are not alive, but act as if they were (such as ideas and gods).

Ō-Stem
These are tyically masculine inanimate but can be neuter.


 * khanō- [ˈxano:] : food m/in.

Adjectives
Adjectives decline to connotativeness, voice, and comparativeness, and they agree to gender.

Connotativeness has three levels, bad, neutral, and good. Connoativeness changes the semantics of the adjective (ex: you're crazy: if crazy were bad, a synonym would be evil, psychotic, or insane. If it were neutral, a synonym would be mentally-ill, medically insane, &c. If it were good, a synonym would be ingenious, outside-the-box thinker, clever, &c.).

Voice is active, passive, and mediopassive. An active adjective is a normal adjective where the quality is simply describing the noun (the pretty dress). A passive adjective is an adjective where the quality is put onto an outside source (the dress which makes things pretty). A mediopassive adjective an adjective where the quality is self-multuplying or causing itself (the everprettier dress - or - the dress which makes itself pretty).

Comparativeness comes in five levels: positive, positive/negative comparative, and positive/negative superlative.

Masculine Inanimate

 * khanō- [ˈxano:] : (g) contently lazy; (n) full; (b) in a state of have ate too much m/in

Verbial
redo

Adverbs
Both adjectives and nouns can become adverbs by placing the general adverbial suffix -nek. Nouns must be put in the insturmental case before placing the suffix, and adjectives must be non-compared. All other qualities (especially with adjectives: like voice) can count.

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Ideas:
 * Adjectives with degrees of connotativeness (heinous, bad, neutral, good, glorious) and voice (positive/negative, active/passive) with comparativeness made with another specifically declining adjective
 * Roots be at the base with verbs, noun, and adjectives being formed therefrom