Entesi

Welcome to the Entesi language. This language is also a Bantu conlang and is believed to have the same origin as the Fangwa language. These two languages are not mutually intelligible though. This is because Entesi has several characteristics that are not typically found in Bantu languages, the first difference is word order: Entesi has a SOV order instead of the expected SVO, secondly it is head final, so adjectives and numerals go before the nouns as well as the possessives. The third difference is that adverbs go before the verbs but the definite article comes after the noun and the conjugation particles for tense and person are attached as suffixes to the verbs; the counting system is also different instead of saying twenty two in Entesi you say: viri nga virigoma (litterally ''two and twenty). ''This very atypical grammar for a Bantu language has sparked a lot of controversy among linguists if this language should not be classified as Bantoid rather than a Bantu language, the debate is still ongoing.

Noun classes
Like other Bantu languages Entesi has a noun class system, the only thing is that Entesi employs suffixes instead of prefixes, examples: onto = person; óntomo = the person; óntova = the persons;

The indefinite articles go before the noun: mo onto = a person; va onto = persons.

The other classes are: taboki = the book/ tabovi = the books

ndzane/ ndzadi = the dog (s)

timu/timi = tree(s)

dzima = the water, indefinite form madzi = water ( general name)

tsekako = to laugh; bonako = to see; this suffix is used to mark verbs

bónavo = vision, view; tsékavo = laughter. This suffix converts a verb into an abstract noun.

Pronouns
These are the personal pronouns in Entesi: ení = I, ehó = you (sg), ehá =  he/she, eto =  we (incl), ewe = we (exclusive), evo = you (plur), eva =  they. The most obvious difference in pronouns is the two forms of the first person plural: the inclusive and the exclusive forms. This feature is absent in Fangwa and Zandi and Entegwa (a mixed language originating from Entesi with very strong influences of Fangwa).

Verbs
In Entesi verbs are marked for tense and person.The tense suffixes are: ''ye (present tense), li (past tense), zo (future tense). To conjugate for person you have to use the short form of the personal pronouns and attach that after the basic verb + tense form, eg: bonako = to see, bonáye ni = I see (present tense) [ see-pres-I], bonáli ni = I saw ( past tense), ''bonázo ni = I will see (future tense). So ni denotes the first person singular and is the short form of the personal pronoun used in conjugation. The short versions of the other personal pronouns are: o = you (sing), a = he/she/ (it), to = we (incl), we = we (excl), vo = you (plur), va = they.

Numbers
1 = mozi, 2 = viri, 3 = tato, 4 = nye, 5 = tano, 6 = tandato, 7 = sombo, 8 = none, 9 = kende,  10 = goma, 100 = kemi, 1000 = kale, 1000.000 = fuko.

20 = virigoma, 30 = tatogoma etc,, the number 12 is formed like this viri nga goma ( two and ten). All the numbers between 10 and 100 are formed this way so the lower number + nga + '''higher number. The number 101 is  kemi nga  mozi '( one hundred and one).'' Numerals go before the nouns that are counted, the first numeral takes the suffix of the noun that is being counted in the specified form. The unspecified number is the bare numeral + the noun class and the bare noun. Eg tátova kádziva = the 3 women (refering to specific 3 women), tato va kadzi = 3 women (unspecified).