Txakanese

Gua is a language that I am making for an another world in a story that I am making

Classification and Dialects
this is the main dialect of Gua, Zhuak Gua/國語- country language the one that is spoken in Huo Dzom and the forest area. the other dialect is Chuak Gua/ 砂語 and it's spoken in the desert area, and that were its name comes from- sand language

Phonotactics
word structure- (c)v(c), (c)v, v(c), v

every consonant can be at the onset except ŋ

only the consonants m, n, ŋ, t, p, k can be at the coda.

when p, t, and k are at the coda they become unreleased- [p̚, t̚, k̚]

when there are two or more syllables with the vowel "ə" in a row all the vowels turn into "ɛ" except for the last one

writing system
Gua can be written three writing systems
 * 1) 漢字 Hànzi- Chinese characters, used by both dialects
 * 2) A vertical writing system that based on traditional Mongolian writing I made up- used in Zh. Gua
 * 3) A horizontal version of the second writing system- used in Ch. Gua

Nouns
pluralization- add "dua 々" after the noun examples:

dog- hau, dogs- hau dua. color- shieng, colors- shieng dua

accusative case
to show the direct object/s of the verb.

nominative case
shows who did the thing

nominative and accusative cases example:
ehn an ut am nu zheh/你題昨吃牛有- you ate the cow. literal translation- you TheOneThat PastTense ToEat cow AccusativeCase

genitive case
shows possession like the 's in English

locative case
shows were the thing happened

instrumental case
shows with what the thing happened

genitive, locative and instrumental cases example:
yan ding an ut shang sheng shehng eht hi shi ga mau tseh dua yoi/目口題昨殺木木在火同我貓嬰々的- Yan Ding killed my kittens with fire at the forest. literal translation- Yan Ding TheOneThat PastTense ToKill forest LocativeLase fire InstrumentalCase I kittens GenitiveCase

Example text
romanization- ga an ut bing： hau oa go shieng zheh u bik deung deung hoing yoi zheh

Chinese characters- 我題昨見犬大零色有和鳥長長頸的有

IPA- ga an ut̚ bɪŋ: haʊ oa go ʃjɛŋ ʒə u bɪk̚ dəʊŋ dəʊŋ hoɪŋ yoɪ ʒə

literal translation- I TopicMarker PastTense ToSee: dog big No Color(black) DirectObjectMarker and bird long long neck ToHave DirectObjectMarker

English- I saw: a big black dog and a bird with a very long neck