Elite Vamapaskian

Elite Vamapaskian is a language spoken by the Vamapaskians as lingua franca.

General information
In context, Elite Vamapaskian is spoken around 5000 BC in the Fertile Crescent by a group of tribes called the Vamapaskians as a lingua franca, because it was the language spoken by the most powerful tribe of them all.

Phonotactics

 * The onset can have a maximum of 3 consonants and is obligatory.
 * The coda can only contain 2 consonants.
 * The nucleus can only contain a vowel sound.
 * (C)(C)CV(C)(C)
 * If a nasal or [t], [d], [θ], or [ð], or by a combination of those sounds, is succeded by an [s], the former consonant (cluster) will be dropped and the preceding vowel will be lengthened.

Nouns
For the nouns, there are 2 kinds of declensions: thematic and athematic, each having 3 declensions. There are 8 cases: nominative, vocative, accusative, genitive, dative, allative, instrumentalis, and locative. There are also 4 grammatical genders: masculin, feminine, unspecified, neuter. And latsly, there are 3 grammatical numbers: singular, dula, and plural.

Cases
Nominative (NOM): can be used to express the subject or predicative complement following a copular verb.

Vocative (VOC): used to adress someone or something.

Accusative (ACC): used to mark the direct object or subject of an accusative cum infinitivo or expresses an adverbial clause of time.

Genitive (GEN): expresses the source or possessor of something or someone.

Dative (DAT): marks the indirect object.

Allative (ALL): marks the motion towards something or someone.

Instrumentalis (INS): marks the instrument or tool.

Locative (LOC): marks the location (in; near; on; by...)

Diminutive
To convey the smallness of a noun, the affix -it- is placed right after the stem, before a possible thematic vowel, and before the case ending.

létel (rock) -> létitel (small rock, pebble)

orno (bird) -> ornito (little bird)

But some words have a stem which ends in -it- and thus are not diminutive.

tyrsitar (mountain) -> tyrsititar (small mountain, hill)

Adjectives
Unlike with the nouns, there is only 1 declension for the adjectives, a mixed thematic declension.

Articles
There are only definite articles in Elite Vamapaskian; if a noun is indefinite, there will be the noun itself.