Gęčokaxʔa

Gęčokaxʔa, literally "our language", is a polysynthetic language.

Consonants
Consonants are romanised as in IPA unless stated otherwise.

Vowels
Ogoneks indicate nasal vowels.

Phonotactics
The general syllable structure is CV(C), without any restrictions on what consonants can appear as onset or coda. Geminated consonants are however impossible; wherever any would occur due to affixation, it becomes a single consonant. Furthermore, adjacent plosives have to agree in voicing.

Aspect
An oddity of Gęčokaxʔa morphology is that there are two types of aspect markers: a prefix indicating inceptive/cessative aspect and a suffix indicating perfect/imperfect. These can be combined to form a total of six aspects. The aspect markers are:
 * męk- (inceptive)
 * ča- (cessative)
 * -ʔin (perfect)
 * -mi (imperfect)

Pronominal suffixes
There is also an indefinite suffix -ʔąʔ, which can only be used as subject.

Noun incorporation
Nouns can be incorporated into the verb. Depending on their placement, incorporated nouns can serve as either a subject or an object. Incorporated subjects follow the verb root; objects precede it.

Examples
Čakaʔinþųloh? ča-kaʔ-ʔin-þų-loh stop-know-PERF-1SG-Q Have I forgotten anything?