Ove

Ndʷari is a constructed language created by 'Jessie M. Strickland. It is spoken by a group of people known as the N''dʷari, who inhabit the island kingdom of Aramos. They are a magically gifted people who seamlessly blend together magic and technology into their culture.'''

. Consonants
. Word final consonants : n s l r t th d g k h

. Onset clusters can be : stop + liquid, fricative + approximate, nasal + stop.

. Nucleus clusters can only be on syllable boundaries.

 . Coda clusters can only be stops, liquids + the glottal fricative (h).

Nouns
Nouns in Ove are declined by Gender, Case, and Number.

Gender
There are four grammatical genders.

Case
There are eleven grammatical cases


 * 1) Intransitive - the unmarked subject of an intransitive verb.
 * 2) Ergative - the marked subject of an transitive verb.
 * 3) Accusative - the direct object of a transitive verb.
 * 4) Dative - the indirect object of an transitive verb.
 * 5) Topical - the theme or topic of a sentence.
 * 6) Ablative - denotes movement.
 * 7) Genitive - denotes possession or origin.
 * 8) Essive - denotes a state of being.
 * 9) Lative - denotes a location.
 * 10) Instrumental - denotes the agent or tool used to complete an action.
 * 11) Comitative - denotes the one who accompanies the agent of said action at the time of.

Number
There are four grammatical numbers.
 * 1) Singular - denotes one of something. Ex (A person.)
 * 2) Dual - denotes two of something. Ex. (two horses.)
 * 3) Plural - denotes three or more of something. Ex. (Three people.)
 * 4) Paucal - denotes a few of something. Ex. (A few horses.)

Noun Declension

 * 1) Example : Danu - person

2. Example : Udwo - water

Verbs
Verbs in Ove are conjugated for Tense, Number, Person, Mood and Voice.

Tense
There are 9 compound tenses.
 * 1) Aorist - Denotes a general or timeless action. Ex. (I eat.)
 * 2) Present - Denotes an ongoing action currently taking place. Ex. (I am eating.)
 * 3) Perfect - Denotes a completed action in the present. Ex. (I have eaten.)
 * 4) Past - Denotes a timeless action that occured in the past. Ex. (I ate.)
 * 5) Imperfect - Denotes an ongoing action that was interupted. Ex. (I was eating.)
 * 6) Pluperfect - Denotes an previously completed action.  Ex. ( I had eaten.)
 * 7) Future - Denotes a general action yet to happen. Ex. (I will eat.)
 * 8) Near Future - Denotes an action to happen very soon.  Ex. (I will be eating.)
 * 9) Future Perfect - Denotes an action to be completed in the future by a specified time.  Ex. (I will have eaten.)

Number
There are only three numbers in verb conjugation.
 * 1) Singular
 * 2) Dual
 * 3) Plural

Person
There are four persons in Ove verb conjugation.
 * 1) 1st person - I
 * 2) 2nd person - you
 * 3) 3rd person - he/she/it
 * 4) Zero person - a person.

Mood
There are 7 Moods in Ove verbs.
 * 1) Indicative - Indicates something as a fact.
 * 2) Imperative - Indicates a command.
 * 3) Inferential - Indicates a statement for which the speaker was not preset for and cant be confirmed.
 * 4) Subjunctive - Indicates a conditional or hypothetical statement.
 * 5) Optative - Indicates a wish or desire.
 * 6) Necessitative - Indicates a need or desperation.
 * 7) Mirative - Indicates surprise or unreadiness.

Voice
There are two voices in Ove verbs.
 * 1) Active - Indicates that the subject of a sentence is performing the action. Ex. (The boy eats.)
 * 2) Medio-Passive - Indicates that the subject of a sentence is the recipient of said action. Ex. (The boy is being washed.) (The boy washes himself.)