Proto-Pola

General information
This is the reconstructed language of the Pola Languages. It has been assumed to have been spoken in nearly all of California before splitting into the four languages spoken there today. It is the parent language of all eight Pola languages. It has been assumed that the language may be distantly be related to Japanese. Some also compare the language to Afro-Asiatic as well as Indo-European.

Neo-Pola, Proto-Pola with an extended vocabulary, is a recent invention used for literature.

Phonology
Proto-Pola has two dialects easily distinguished from the other.

Polamira

Poladira

The difference being that Poladira has "d" where Polamira has "m," as can be seen in their names.

Consonants
Additionally, Proto-Pola had the following palatalized consonants, ny, py, ky, cy, ly, ry, & hy.

Vowels
Proto-Pola destinguashes between short & long vowels.

Diphthongs
Ai

Au

Ei

Oi

Ou

Alphabet
Proto-Pla does not have a standard way of writing, while Neo-Pola uses the Pola Alphabet, just as every other Pola language. The Pola-Alphabet is very distinct & is inrelated to any known writing system. It is written from left to right.

Latinized Neo-Pola uses Ao for Au, Th for T', Kh for K', & uses vowels with a horizontal line over them instead of using :.

Phonotactics
The basic word structure is (C)(C)V(C).

There are only two possible clusters, "tr" & "sr".

Final consonants include n, ng, p, t, & k. Ng is only found on endings.

Case
Nouns uses prefexes for case.

Nominative: Wa-

Accusative: Ma- / Da-

Ablative: Ha-

Dative: Ya-

Locative: Ye-

Prepositional: Ki-

Genitive: Shi-

Number
Nouns have a complex list of numbers.

Minus: -mu- / -du-

Add: -ku-

Absent: -co

Singular: -ki

Dual: -ma / -da

Tripple: -wa

Quadruple: -cya

Quintepple: -ba

Few: -su

Moderate: -tsa

Many: -yai

Very lage amount: -gura

Uncountable: -gara

Unlimited: -kama / -kada

Uncertain: -gen

Tense
Adjectives have five tenses.

Remote Past: -tu

Recent Past: -ta

Present: -wan

Near Future -ya

Remote Future -hu

Personal Pronouns
I/me: Wak

you (singular): Kuma / Kuda

he/she/her: Yang

we/us: Huwa

Demonstrative & Interrogative Pronouns
This: Han

That: Aku

Which: San

Number
Pronouns uses the same prefixes for nouns for plurality.

Adverbs
The advverbial form of an adjective uses the prefix "No-." Adverbs uses the same tenses as adjectives.

Verbs
Verb put addfixes in the following order.

Root-Negative-Tense-Mood-Aspect-Voice-Number

Negative
The negative is "-na-."

Voice
Active: -zai-

Stative Passive: -ra-

Dynamic Passive: -li-

Causative: -se-

Reciprocal: -to-

Reflexive: -gun-

Antipassive: -hap-

Mood
Realis: -lei-

Indicative: -ket-

Conditional: -ba-

Jussive: -fu-

Inferential: -fo-

Potential: -ri-

Interrogative: -so-

Number
Verbs uses the same prefixes for numbers as nouns do.

Tense
Verbs uses the same prefixes for tense as adjectives do.

Aspect
Perfective: -ta-

Imperfective: -hai-

Continuous: -wei-

Progressive: -mi- / -di-

Stative: -len-

Cessative: =tung-

Defective: -she-

Pausative: -ruk-

Experiential: -ga-

Intentional: -bau-

Articles
Definitive: Ta

Indefinitive: Ka

Cardinal
0:

1:

2:

3:

4:

5:

6:

7:

8:

9:

10:

11:

12:

20:

26:

30:

40:

50:

60:

70:

80:

90:

100:

374:

1,000:

10,000:

100,000:

1,000,000:

10,000,000:

0.1:

0.01:

0.001:

356,677.6,785,432:

Ordinal
1st:

2nd:

3rd:

4th:

5th:

6th:

7th:

8th:

9th:

10th:

Word-Order
Word order is free, though a Verb-Subject-Object, Possessed-Possesser, & Noun-Adjective are common.