Old Aspatese

General Information
Old Aspatese (/ˈæspətiz/, natively Epsöy Arhi [ˈæpsøj ˈaɹ̥i] lit. "Fluid Speech") was spoken in the country of Besörüg.

Vowel Harmony
All vowels of a word must be of the same backness except for the neutral vowel /i/. For example, the agentive suffix is -hhan in whalhhan "hunter", and -hhen in keyühhen "worker". These changing vowels in suffixes are represented as uppercase back vowels (so the agentive suffix would be represented -hhAn).

Conjugations
All verbs end in /A/, /O/, or /i/.

Present tense

 * In the A conjugation, the 1p.ex ending becomes -Us.
 * In the O conjugation, the 2p ending becomes -As.

Nonfinite forms

 * infinitive: -t
 * active participle: -yh
 * passive participle: -lh
 * contemporary transgressive: -Ag, -Ug in the A conjugation
 * anterior transgressive: -mbO, -mbA in the O conjugation

Passive
The passive gives a perfective meaning to a verb. It's formed by using the passive participle plus the conjugated copula.

Examples
biyet "to trek, hike" (biyeyh, biyelh, biyeüg, biyembö) ksunot "to scald" hhaidit "to love"

Copula
löt "to be" (löyh, lülh, löeg, lömbe)

Numbers

 * nai
 * 1) kemk
 * 2) kwharh
 * leg
 * 1) lugal
 * düs
 * 1) krhia
 * 2) dulha
 * 3) whit
 * 4) raso
 * 5) renö
 * 6) wölh