Onkhara

Onkhara is JEMCDLX Epsilon's personal language which was created for him by JEMCDLX Alpha.

Classification and Dialects
Onkhara does not have distinct dialects. Its morphology is somewhat similar to the North Germanic languages, but its vocabulary is unique.

Phonotactics
Syllable structure is (C)(C)V(C). There are no diphthongs and vowels are separated by a glottal stop. Stress is always on the first syllable of a word.

Adjectives
Adjectives are inflected for animacy. Consonants in roots and adjective endings are separated by adding -ë-

Case
Nouns are declined according to four cases: nominative, accusative, genitive, and dative.

Definiteness and Number
The indefinite article za is placed before nouns and not inflected. Nouns are declined for two grammatical numbers: singular and plural.

Gender
All nouns are either animate or inanimate. Some nouns, such as psa (fish), can either be animate or inanimate.

Verbs
Onkhara has two tenses: past and nonpast. The infinite ending is -e.

Syntax
Onkhara has subject-verb-object word order. Adjectives and determiners are placed before nouns.

Full Lexicon

 * Aŕa: dog
 * Æň: long
 * Beme: be born
 * Be: they (inanimate)
 * Bif: they (animate)
 * Bva: not
 * Bvim: small
 * Ha: it
 * Hø: he/she
 * Im: big
 * Ǩo: all
 * La: you (singular nominative informal)
 * Ljë: free
 * Maso: you (plural nominative formal)
 * Nol: what
 * Nuĺ: we
 * Ňir: who
 * Ø: as
 * Psa: fish (noun)
 * Rëma: bird
 * Ŕo: you (plural nominative informal)
 * Sa: I
 * Saʼa: person
 * Siʼa: woman
 * Soʼa: man
 * Ti: this
 * Tjå: that (nearby)
 * Tjefa: that (far away)
 * Ula (singular nominative formal)
 * Vå (no infinitive ending): be
 * Za: a
 * Zaʼ: many