Éket

General information
Eket is the sister language of Fèngë. It was extinct in Eketöd since the 1598 Aban siege of Bratafer, but is still spoken (albeit with a lot of Fenge influence) in the eastern part of Fèngëden.

Consonants
/ʀ/ is allophone of /r/.

Vowels
/e/ is allophonically pronounced like /ɛ/.

Phonotactics
Consonant clusters of 2 consonants are allowed in beginning of the word.

Pronouns
The declension is same as for nouns ending in vowel. All languages of the family share this trait.

Nouns
Nouns have 6 cases: nominative, genitive, dative, accusative, instrumental, and postpositional. Fusion of many nouns is also included.

Here's the example declension of some nouns of different declensions, normal, ë last vowel, vowel ending, and a ending.

Verbs
Verbs have 2 different conjugations, -ek and -ok for imperfect and perfect. Perfect The moods and other features are indicated with prefixes. Example verb: kár- (to do)

Moods (explained with 3sg form):

Derived verbs
š(C)(V)(C)Vkar- (to cause), s(C)(V)(C)Vkar- (to be done), as(C)(V)(C)Vkar- (not to do)

The prefixes above can be replaced with eš- and other prefixes.

Derived nouns
káröm (thing that does;nonhuman), kárös (doer;human), aškár- (... that causes), ankár- (... that is done), askár- (... that doesn't do), takáröm (thing that did), yakaröm (thing that will do), dakaröm (thing that will do;perfect)...

Derived adjectives
kárep (that does)...

Derived adverbs
karáx (while doing)...

Note: all is also inflected by consonant harmony, e.g. *šdatakár becomes ždatakár and so on.

Adjectives
Adjectives are formed in many different ways and don't decline as nouns.

Alternative verb mood conjugation
The prefixes in the more analytic Fengeden dialect variety are turned into separate words, which can be attached to the verb either with a maqqef thing (in this case it's romanized - and the particle is before the verb) or be separate.

Example text

 * All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.

Še komš estákörömet gab ne dögorne e kágöt ne téxetöt. Nem stágaset ob ne dáxakas da në adatá tétam de táxar šöšörötes.


 * Literal: All men are born free and equal in dignity and rights. To them are given mind and conscience and they must act one another (dat) with spirit of brotherhood.