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Name: Bâgnam
Type: Isolated Alignment: Head Direction: Number of genders: 3 Declensions: Yes Conjugations: No
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Classification and Dialects[]
This language vocabulary is similar to Vietnamese but the grammar is different.
Phonology[]
Consonants[]
Bilabial | Labio-dental | Alveolar | Post-
alveolar |
Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | |||
Plosive | b p | d t | c ɟ | g k | |||
Fricative | f v | h | |||||
Affricate | s z | ʃ | |||||
Approximant | j | ||||||
Trill | r | ||||||
Lateral app. | l |
Vowels[]
Front | Near-front | Back | |
---|---|---|---|
High | i y | u | |
High-mid | e | ɛ | o |
Low | a | ɑ |
Phonotactics[]
Dî and gî has the same sound. Dî is always when the word begins with. Gî is in or at the end of the word.
Writing System[]
Letter | Aa | Ââ | Bb | Dd | Ee | Ěě | Ff | Gg | Hh | Ii | Îî | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sound | a | ɑ | b | d | ɛ | e | f | g | h | i | j | k |
Letter | Ll | Mm | Nn | Oo | Pp | Rr | Ss | Xx | Tt | Uu | Yy | Vv |
Sound | l | m | n | o | p | r | s | ʃ | t | u | y | v |
Letter | Zz | Dî | Gî | Ng | Nî | Tî | ||||||
Sound | z | ɟ | ɟ | ŋ | ɲ | c |
Grammar[]
Nouns[]
Plural forming: qulo (friend) ---> sa|qulo (friends)
Articles: nga (the) and lěn (a,an) --> nga|qulo (the friend) and lěn|qulo (a friend)
Verbs[]
Bagnamese don't know tenses. They use adverbs to describe the tense.
Adverbs of present: - měngnîo (never), měngmu (rarely), měngxang (sometimes), qengxang (usually), qengnîo (always) Note: měng means 'no', qeng means 'yes'.
- něî (now), ngegnaî (today), sâng (morning), trong nam (before-noon), nam (noon), song nam (afternoon), trong xon [eve(ning)], xon (night), trong sâng (dawn)
Adverbs of past: - dyng (was), trong naî (yesterday), trong sâng trong (last morning), trong nam trong (last before-noon), trong song nam (last afternoon), trong xon trong [last eve(ning)], xon trong (last night), trong tîeng (last week), trong tan ngaî (last month), trong nyî (last year)
Adverbs of future: - song dy (will be), baî (then), song ngaî (tomorrow), song maî ngaî (after tomorrow), song trong sâng (next morning), song trong nam (next before-noon), song nam song (next afternoon), song trong xon [next eve(ning)], song xon (next night), song tîeng (next week), song tang ngaî (next month), song nyî (next year).
Example:
S | Adtime | Verb | Adplace |
---|---|---|---|
Tîen | trong ngaî trong nam | dîong dan | ngalangqoh |
I | yesterday before-noon | go to | the market |
Tîen | ngengaî song nam | dîong dan | ngalangqoh |
I | today afternoon | go to | the mall |
Tîen | song ngaî trong nam | dîong dan | ngalangqoh |
I | tomorrow before-noon | go to | the shop |
Syntax[]
Subject-Adverb of time-Verb-Object
Rule: You have to use the adverbs of time in every sentence in Bagnamese!!