Omves

Consonants
Fricatives and affricates are voiced intervocalically or following a nasal, such as the /v/ in omves.

Consonants are romanized as their IPA symbols, except for  ʃ ('sh', when voiced 'zh'),  ç ('c', when voiced 'j'),  ɾ ('r'),  ɺ ('rl'), j ('y') and  ʔ (' ' ').

/ ɺ/ is a rare consonant and only found in certain dialects while most speakers pronounce as / ɾ /; in the dialects that produce it as / ɺ/, /l/ is commonly /ɮ/.

Vowels
A front vowel will become rounded before a bilabial consonant, unless it is preceded by an velar consonant. [+front] > [+rounded] / _{mpb} ! {kg}_. Close-mid vowels become near-close in unstressed syllables. e [-stressed] > ɪ and o [-stressed] > ʊ.

These changes are not shown in the romanization.

There is vowel harmony shown in the verb morphology. The first vowel in the root or derived word is used to determine whether the front or back agglugnating prefixes are used.

Phonotactics
(C)V(C) structure. Words have a tendency to start with a vowel that is followed by two consonants. For example, omv in omves.

Stress
Stress lands on the first syllable of the main morpheme.

Examples
Omves - [omvɪs]

Rla'ep - [ɺaʔʏp]

Pronouns
Using the first person nominative pronouns can be considered self-centered and rude. Instead, it is preferred for one to use the passive voice.

Pro-forms
Pro-forms are created by combining two stems, and adding a -n- infix to show the past tense.

The pronoun forms are treated like regular inanimate nouns during declension. For example, ikuau means that in the accusative singular, and oitsoua means nobody/thing in the nominative singular.

Verbs
Verbs are usually constructed by adding suffixes to other words. For example, on means speech and su means to do, so to speak/say is onzu. Verbs conjugate to show mood, voice, negativity and speed, and agree in number with the main argument. Each suffix has two forms which are chosen depending on the last vowel in the root.

Here is a fully conjugated verb: onzulkorof speech.do.IND.REP.PAS.PLU.SLOW

Because verbs do not conjugate to show tense, the third person pronouns are instead used to show the past tense. The pronoun is put after the main argument with which it agrees in number. This is usually only done for the past, but in special cases it may be done for the non-past as well.

Negative clauses are created by adding the prefix tsof(p)- e.g. tsofponzul. Both subject and object are placed in the accusative case in negative clauses. The p is included if the phonotatics allow it. This is done similarly for questions, but with the prefix kof(p)-.

Adding -(e)s to a verb root makes the action involuntary. For example, onko means to listen and onkos means to hear.

Word Order
SOV. Pronouns may be put after the verb on dropped entirely if their meaning is clear from context. Descriptors being used as adverbs go before the verb.

Nouns
Restrictive descriptors go before a noun, and unrestrictive descriptors go after a noun.

Nouns decline for several cases and three numbers. They do not show any kind of vowel harmony, unlike the verb conjugation. For example, omvesyau is omves in the accusative plural.

Some descriptors can only go with animate nouns; to solve this problem an -i can be added to an inanimate noun to allow it to be used with an animate-only descriptors. This suffix can also be a method of expressing personification. For example, aras means happy, but since inanimate objects cannot literally be happy, the noun phrase the happy book would be aras isi.

Possession is shown by either placing the possesser into the genitive case, or by placing the possessed into the possessed case, depending on which one wants to emphasize. For example, tejeis is and izu tec both mean the boy's book.

Particles
There are some particles that can have a noun phrase before or after them which adjusts their meaning. For example, the particle ufko means to for a noun phrase before it, or from for a following noun phrase. These particles can have a noun phrase both before and after it, as well. For example, from the tall boy to the person would be sonvau ufko sereli tec. Nouns are left in their plain form when used with a particle.

If a noun has particles on either side, it is possible that the noun could have both particle meanings applied to it, but this can be worked out from how many connected noun phrases the particles in question may take.

Descriptors
TODO -i makes descriptors animate unless the descriptor is animate only

Copula
The copula i is used just like a normal verb. It is, however, irregular.

Relative Clauses
Relative clauses function like descriptors and as such can be placed before or after a noun/descriptor to indicate restrictiveness. A relative clause is closed with a relative particle shown in the table below.

The top row is for the function in the main clause and the left column is for the function in the suboodinate clause. If the relative particle needs extra particles to show the relationship, these are affixed onto the main particle. To create a relative clause between two descriptors, one may use the relative particle rlo.

Example: ''I am the boy who reads books. ''ed  isyau iskol rlau tejau i.

Example: ''I read as fast as you read. ''ed  rlo kova iskol ofta iskol.

Indirect Objects
There is no simple way for adding indirect objects like a particle or affix, but instead one must add an extra verb to describe the indirect object's relationship to the main action. For example, this English sentence has ambiguity: ''I read the book to the boy. ''Did the boy just hear what I was saying, or was he listening? In Omves, one must carefully choose the verb to express an indirect object.

To add an indirect object, one adds the verb after the main verb followed by the indirect object in the accusative case: '''amni izau iskol onkol tejau. 'I read the book to the boy (who listened)''.

Example Text
I want to read books. ash isyau iskogul.

(Notes: causatives, change noun declension, deep relative clauses, because I killed him, because I kill (habitual) him, because I may kill him, so that I kill him, so that I may kill him)