Gęčokaxʔa

Gęčokaxʔa, literally "our language", is a polysynthetic language.

Consonants
Consonants are romanised as in IPA unless stated otherwise.

Vowels
Ogoneks indicate nasal vowels.

Diphthongs consist of any vowel+i or u. /ii/ and /uu/ are however not possible.

Phonotactics
The general syllable structure is CV(C), without any restrictions on what consonants can appear as onset or coda. Geminated consonants are however impossible; wherever any would occur due to affixation, it becomes a single consonant. Furthermore, adjacent plosives have to agree in voicing.

Aspect
An oddity of Gęčokaxʔa morphology is that there are two types of aspect markers: a prefix indicating inceptive/cessative aspect and a suffix indicating perfect/imperfect. These can be combined to form a total of six aspects. The aspect markers are:
 * męk- (inceptive)
 * ča- (cessative)
 * -ʔin (perfect)
 * -mi (imperfect)

Pronominal suffixes
There is also an indefinite suffix -ʔąʔ, which can only be used as subject.

These suffixes can be attached to nouns as well, which in English would mean "X is a Y". However, if the pronominal suffix is followed by the possessive suffix -ʔa, it means "X's Y".

Noun incorporation
Nouns can be incorporated into the verb. Depending on their placement, incorporated nouns can serve as either a subject or an object. Incorporated subjects follow the verb root; objects precede it.

Negatives and questions
Negatives and questions are made with the suffixes -ki and -loh respectively.

Examples
Čakaʔinþųloh? ča-kaʔ-ʔin-þų-loh stop-know-PERF-1SG-Q Have I forgotten anything?

Hupotʔalęxčočʔinaupotʔaki. Hu-pot-ʔa-lęxčoč-ʔin-nau-pot-ʔa-ki brother-2SG-POSS-eat-PERF-father-2SG-POSS-NEG Your father hasn't eaten your brother.

Lexicon
bek v to be sad bǫj n water čui n man, human dąuku v to be blue fat n bear gęčo n language goč n house hąči v to love hu n brother kaʔ v to know laj n mother lęxčoč v to eat kiþu v to be big mąki v to greet mot n fish nau n father ŋox v to see sįč v to be white šąla v to be happy toþ n child xaʔ v to be yellow ʔeþ n sister