Thorvas

Allophony
The palatal stops /c/, /cʰ/, /ɟ/ become /t͡ɕ/, /t͡ɕʰ/, /d͡ʑ/ in front of the front vowels.

/χ/ can also be pronounced /qʰ/

/v/ is in free variation with /ʋ/ and /w/, but it is mostly /ʋ/ behind sibilants.

Phonotactics
Syllable structure: CVC

If two stops come together, they should agree to their aspiration and voice.

Number
Thorvas has several methods of pluralization, which was derived from noun class markers, or even from older plural suffixes.

Most of the nouns get -(a)c as a plural marker

Some nouns, mostly humans and animals get -(a)j as a plural marker.

Some nouns get -(e)qhthe as a plural marker. Many nouns that fall into this category are monosyllabic.

Some nouns that are usually in pairs (ex. hands, feet, ears, necks...) takes -(u)r as a plural marker. -(u)r was derived from dual marker.

Some nouns end with -tha lost -tha when being plurals.

Ergative case
Ergative- Absolutive alignment only happens in Perfective aspect.

Absolutive case
Absolutive case is unmarked. Bur, if the object of the verb is the noun about humans, -tha is added.

Object form
-the is added when Pronouns are used as object of the sentence.

Possessive form
Possessive form is used when the pronoun is used as possessive. The pronoun attaches at the end of the noun.

Root
all verb roots end with vowels.

Perfective
Perfective aspect is used at the event that is already finished. Ergative-Absolutive alignment only occurs in Perfective aspect. It is marked with -n-.

Imperfective
Imperfective aspect is used at the event that is not finished. SVO word order is used in Imperfective and Progressive aspect. It is marked with circumfix e> <st.

Progressive
Progressive aspect is used at the event that is currently happening. It is only used in describing events in the present.

Copulative
Copulative -(i)nt- is used when making adjectives and nouns into stative verbs.

Adjectives
adjectives follows nouns' case and plurality.

Comparative and Superlative
Prefix ash(i)- acts as more, or -er. Postpositive mas /mas/ is used while comparing.

Prefix kharsh(i)- act as a superlative prefix.

Adverbs
Adverbs almost comes behind the verb/adjective/adverb it's describing.

Example text
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