Nòcara

Nòcara is very much a just-getting-started language at the moment. Massive changes are likely to occur frequently.

Phonology
Nòcara has 10 vowels, and 18 consonants. In Nòcaran alphabetical order, they are è, ù, a, u, e, i, o, à, ò, ì, l, r, m, n, p, t, c, b, d, g, f, s, š, v, z, ž, č, j.

Vowels
è - as in feet

ù - as in boot

a - as in ah

u - as in plus

e - as in bed

i - as in bit

o - as in frog

à - as in play

ò - as in row

ì - close front rounded

Consonants
Consonants without diacritical marks are pronounced as in English.

š - pronounced like the English sh

č - pronounced like the English ch

ž - pronounced like zh

Phonotactics
The usual syllable structure is a simple CV. However, affixes deviate from this. Prefixes are allowed to be simply V, and suffixes are usually CVC.

Nouns
Nouns have at least five cases, plus any more that I decide would work nicely, which will be added then. Cases are marked with vowel prefixes.

Intransitive/Absolutive Case
Unmarked case (dictionary word), used for the arguement of an intransitive verb.

Ergative Case
Marks the subject of a transitive verb.

Accusative Case
Marks the object of a transitive verb.

Postpositional Case
This marks the object of a postpositional phrase.

Genitive Case
A noun modifying another noun to indicate a relationship, frequently posession.