Emmut language Ral'ęmyt syr'atkan | |
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Writing systems: | Latin, Neo-emmut script |
In real life | |
Created by: | Milya0 in 2009 |
Reason: | artistic |
In the Pears in the Willows conworld | |
Used in: | Ral'ettoh |
Other regions: | Baucasia, Khomonto |
Codes | |
Conlanger–3 | gnw.em.mil |
List of conlangs | |
Emmut language (from ęmyt - 'associated with being') - a polysynthetical language used by Eths in the Pears in the Willows conworld.
Sentences
Emmut is polysynthetic: some words in a sentence are combining to one polysynthesed word. If there are no adjuncts on the subject, it can be optionally combined.
Structure
- subject (if not polysynthesed) - Nominative case
- personal adverbials - Postpositive cases
- polysynthesed word
- adjunct of object - Genitive case
- object - Genitive case
- predicative - Formal case
- verb endings
- polysynthesed subject
- impersonal adverbials - Postpositive cases
Naming a personal adverbial at the end of the sentence indicates contempt. In official documents it is used only for Nommip hamsters.
Question
Questions are formed by intonation. There are no special particles or inversion. At the end of a sentence can be used ker? (Isn't it? Doesn't it?) or sar? (Is it? Does it?) for emphasis
Negation
In case of negation, the suffix kiś- is added to predicative. If there are pronouns, negated forms of them aren't used.
Numbers
Cardinal numerals:
- keh
- guh
- kekuh
- ryh
- mikan
- śoh
- keśoh
- veh
- keveh
- mah
- kemah
- majguh
- kemajguh
- majryh
- kemajryh
- majśoh
- kemajśoh
- majveh
- kemajveh
- gųmah
- gųmah keh
- gųmah guh
- gųmah kekuh
- gųmah ryh
- mikmikan
- etc.
For numbers: 2-4, 6-20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, ordinal numerals are formed by replacing -h with -tot, and multiplying prefixes: with -w̃ (ogonek or tilde). Multiples of 10 and 100 are formed by multiplying prefixes. Multiples of 10 000, 1 000 000 and more - by describing.
Irregular numerals
Number | Cardinal numeral |
Ordinal numeral |
Multiplying prefixes |
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0 | ah | (atǫ-) | |
1 | keh | ekmyt | |
5 | mikan | mikantot | mik- |
25 | mikmikan | mikmikantot | mikmik- |
100 | sit | sįmyt | sit- |
1000 | mąsit | mąsįmyt | mąsit- |
10 000 | zot | zotǫmyt | zot- |
1 000 000 | milzun |
Numbers 5, 25, 100 (from 125) i 10 000 (from 3125) are relicts of a quinary numeral system.