Éket

General information
Eket is the sister language of Fèngë.

Consonants
/ʀ/ is allophone of /r/.

Vowels
/e/ is allophonically pronounced like /ɛ/.

Phonotactics
Consonant clusters of 2 consonants are allowed in beginning of the word.

Pronouns
The declension is same as for nouns ending in vowel. All languages of the family share this trait.

Nouns
Nouns have 6 cases: nominative, genitive, dative, accusative, instrumental, and postpositional. Fusion of many nouns is also included.

Here's the example declension of some nouns of different declensions, normal, ë last vowel, vowel ending, and a ending.

Verbs
Verbs have 2 different conjugations, -ek and -ok for imperfect and perfect. Perfect The moods and other features are indicated with prefixes. Example verb: kár- (to do)

Moods (explained with 3sg form):

Derived verbs
š(C)(V)(C)Vkar- (to cause), s(C)(V)(C)Vkar- (to be done), as(C)(V)(C)Vkar- (not to do)

The prefixes above can be replaced with eš- and other prefixes.

Derived nouns
káröm (thing that does;nonhuman), kárös (doer;human), aškár- (... that causes), ankár- (... that is done), askár- (... that doesn't do), takáröm (thing that did), yakaröm (thing that will do), dakaröm (thing that will do;perfect)...

Derived adjectives
kárep (that does)...

Derived adverbs
karáx (while doing)...

Note: all is also inflected by consonant harmony, e.g. *šdatakár becomes ždatakár and so on.

Adjectives
Adjectives are formed in many different ways and don't decline as nouns.

List of derivations
Under construction.

Example text

 * All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.

Še komš estákörömet gab ne dögorne e kágöt ne téxetöt. Nem stágaset ob ne dáxakas da në adatá tétam de táxar šöšörötes.


 * Literal: All men are born free and equal in dignity and rights. To them are given mind and conscience and they must act one another (dat) with spirit of brotherhood.