Nomnom

Alternate Names: Nnoomm Nom Nom

Also See: Noomn

Phonology and Restrictions
Consonants

Vowels

Tones: (in which the horizontal one comes first and the vowel is never lengthened)

/o/ becomes [ɔ] before /m/ and /ɴ/. /ø/ becomes [œ] before /m/.

The syllable structure is (C)CVC(C), so the word has to be surrounded by consonants.

The alphabet goes left to right, consonants before vowels.

Nomnom /nomnom/ is the name of the language.

History
Nomnom has been described as "like a cat meowing".

Nomnom is related to Noomn.

Stack Word Order
It is mildly stack-based, insofar as you have the power to end sentences and change the positions of words within a stack (even though you don't need to expressly do that for reasons described below).

Sentence Word Order
There are three cases: nominative (subject), accusative (direct object), and dative (indirect object).

The vertical one shows the case value assigned to the first word; the vertical one shows the value of the second word.

Word List
Alphabetical Word List

mom = NIP momn = cause mmfongnd = be.old.as mnenmf = red fruit mnenqny = terrible mem = own/keep menm = pillow meang = be.kind.to mfnemfm = consume npnon = be.large.as npnonnd = be.boring.to npnoang = idea npnenpn = be.happy.by npnen = SWAP npnenqn = difficult non= DUP noam = polymath nomnom = language nomneng = confusing.speech nond = belong.to nonym = COUNTERROTATE noangn = create nem = orange (color) nemfnd = be.magic.user.to (use magic on) nenpnp = be.far.from nen = END nengnp = resemble nengnd = blood nengng = water nmondng = strangle nmem = blanket, carpet nnonq = be.loyal.to nnom = activate nndemfn = be.yellow.as nnqendnd = be.red.as ndonym = ROTATE ndongnd = clothing ndemng = tree ndenng = saunter.on ndengng = end ndmenp = electric.thing nyeng = I/me nymong = good.memorizer nyndong = you ngemnp = understand ngmendn = metal ngndonn = star ngnyomn = talk.about ngnyemfn = talk.to ngngenq = be.funny ngendm = choke.on nqon = float.on nqend = be.given.to nqmonqm = sentence

Function Word List

nen = END mom = NIP npnen = SWAP non = DUP mfondng = DELETE ndonym = ROTATE nonym = COUNTERROTATE

Sample Sentences