Nebdas

Nebdas is a language spoken in Republic of Nebdasina, which is a fictional country that was deleted in my novel in second draft.

Classification and Dialects
Nebdas is a Tharsian language, but shows lots of different features from other thulasian languages. The language is mainly spoken in Nebdasina, but there are some speakers in neighboring nations.

Phonotactics
Syllabic structure: (C)V(S|R)(C), where S is sibilant fricative, and R is approximants and rhotic consonants.

If two plosive consonants follow each other, second one follows the first one's voiceness and aspiration.

example:

paɾakʰ + deɾ ⇒ paɾakʰtʰeɾ

/χ/ is considered as aspirated consonant, and /ʁ/ is considered as voiced consonant.

Nouns
There are no noun classes in Nebdas, unlike other Tharsian languages or its ancestor.

Number
Dual numbers are quite strictly marked, especially referring for body parts that come in two. Some nouns have special plural marker, resulted by the noun class of proto-Nebdas language.

Case
There are 5 cases in Nebdas language.

If the word ends following consonants, the final consonant changes when genetive marker -hən attatched. -

Isolated Form
Isolated form is used when the pronoun is used separately. There are no dual form of pronouns

Attached form
Attached form is used when it is used with prepositions. This form is resulted from interacting with many neighboring languages.

Accusative form of Pronouns
They are from pronouns attached with direct article, which has disappeared. -

Verbs
Verbs of Nebdas conjugates for subject, tense, aspect, and voice.

Verb Structure
All components of Nebdas language follows the following order.

Verb root
Verb roots are consist of more than one syllable, and always ends with a vowel. Roots of 2~3 syllable are the most common ones.

Examples

Subject marker
Subject markers usually comes at the end of the word, but they come at the beginning of the word in the imperfect/progressive aspect.

Verbal noun
Verbal noun is formed by adding -r at a root verb.

Modals
Nebdas has lots of modal particles.

Copula
Copula a acts like any verbs, except in perfect, imperfect and progressive aspect.

Verb saħt́o
saħt́o (to have) is originally a preposition, but it was reinterpreted as a verb.