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== SIDENOTE ==
 
== SIDENOTE ==
 
The language is in progress, so don't interpret the state of the pages as it was shitpost, also I am new and don't speek English natively, so if you can help me with translations, you can modify the page or ask me. - MS
 
The language is in progress, so don't interpret the state of the pages as it was shitpost, also I am new and don't speek English natively, so if you can help me with translations, you can modify the page or ask me. - MS
 
==Classification and Dialects==
 
 
 
 
==Phonology==
 
==Phonology==
===Consonants===
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=== Consonants===
 
{| class="wikitable article-table" border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" style="width: 660px; text-align:center;"
 
{| class="wikitable article-table" border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" style="width: 660px; text-align:center;"
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |
 
! colspan="4" |Frontal
 
! colspan="3" |Dorsal
 
 
|-
 
|-
  +
!
 
! style="width: 68px; " |Bilabiodental
 
! style="width: 68px; " |Bilabiodental
!Gloto-
 
siblant
 
 
! style="width: 68px; " |Dental
 
! style="width: 68px; " |Dental
 
! style="width: 68px; " |Alveolar
 
! style="width: 68px; " |Alveolar
  +
!Postalveolar
!Post-alveolar
 
 
! style="width: 68px; " |Palatal/
 
! style="width: 68px; " |Palatal/
 
Velar
 
Velar
 
! style="width: 68px; " |Uvular
 
! style="width: 68px; " |Uvular
  +
!Glotal
 
|-
 
|-
  +
!Plosives
! rowspan="3" |Obstruent
 
  +
|p, b
!Unvoiced Plosives
 
  +
| colspan="3" |t, d
|p
 
  +
|k, g
| rowspan="3" |
 
  +
|q,qg/ɢ/
| colspan="2" |t
 
  +
|
| rowspan="2" |
 
|k
 
|q
 
|-
 
!Voiced
 
Plosives
 
|b
 
| colspan="2" |d
 
|g
 
|qg /ɢ/
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
!Nasals (and r's)
 
!Nasals (and r's)
 
|m
 
|m
| colspan="2" |n, r
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| colspan="3" |n, r
|
 
 
|ny/ñ /ɲ/
 
|ny/ñ /ɲ/
 
|qn /ɴ/, qr /ʀ/
 
|qn /ɴ/, qr /ʀ/
  +
|
 
|-
 
|-
  +
!Fricatives (+aproximant's)
!Sonorants
 
  +
|f, v, w
!Fricatives (+l)
 
|f, v
+
|z /θ/
  +
|s, l
  +
|x /ʃ/
  +
|y /j/
  +
|j /χ/
 
|h
 
|h
  +
|}
  +
{| class="article-table"
  +
|Frontal
  +
|p
  +
|b
  +
|t
  +
|d
  +
|m
  +
|n
  +
|r
  +
|f
  +
|v
 
|s
 
|s
|
+
|h
  +
|w
|z /θ/, x /ʃ/, l
 
  +
|-
| colspan="2" |j /χ/
 
  +
|Dorsal
  +
|k
  +
|g
  +
|q
  +
  +
  +
  +
  +
  +
|l
  +
  +
  +
|j
 
|}
 
|}
   
 
===Vowels===
 
===Vowels===
{| class="wikitable article-table" style="width: 540px; text-align:center;"
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{| class="wikitable article-table" border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" style="width: 660px; text-align:center;"
 
! style="width: 90px; " |
 
! style="width: 90px; " |
 
! style="width: 90px; " |Front
 
! style="width: 90px; " |Front
! style="width: 90px; " |Central
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! style="width: 90px; " | Central
! style="width: 90px; " |Back
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! style="width: 90px; " | Back
 
|-
 
|-
 
!High
 
!High
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|
 
|
 
|}
 
|}
Schwa can't have any dipthongs:
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ë /ə/ can't have any dipthongs:
{| class="article-table"
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{| class="wikitable article-table" border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" style="width: 660px; text-align:center;"
 
|+Dipthongs
 
|+Dipthongs
 
!
 
!
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|-
 
|-
|a
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!a
 
|X
 
|X
 
|ae
 
|ae
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|X
 
|X
 
|-
 
|-
|e
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!e
 
|ea
 
|ea
 
|X
 
|X
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|eä
 
|eä
 
|-
 
|-
|i
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!i
 
|ia
 
|ia
 
|ie
 
|ie
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|iä
 
|iä
 
|-
 
|-
|o
+
!o
 
|oa
 
|oa
 
|oe
 
|oe
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|X
 
|X
 
|-
 
|-
|u
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!u
 
|ua
 
|ua
 
|ue
 
|ue
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|uä
 
|uä
 
|-
 
|-
|ï
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!ï
 
|aï
 
|aï
 
|eï
 
|eï
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|X
 
|X
 
|-
 
|-
|ä
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!ä
 
|X
 
|X
 
|äe
 
|äe
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===Phonotactics===
 
===Phonotactics===
   
The sylable structure is (O)(S)V(S)(O), when O stands for Obstruents, S is for Sonorants.
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The sylable structure is (O)(S)V(S)(O), when O stands for Obstruents, S is for Sonorants. V stand for vowel.
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  +
Some sylables have more than one vowel, creating a dipthong, that's because a sylable with no coda and another with no onset, merge together.
   
 
Also, the language has a feature called "place harmony":
 
Also, the language has a feature called "place harmony":
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This cause that any prefix or sufix that have a consonant, to have two versions: A Frontal and a Dorsal
 
This cause that any prefix or sufix that have a consonant, to have two versions: A Frontal and a Dorsal
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  +
<br />
 
==Grammar==
 
==Grammar==
   
 
==="Nouns"===
 
==="Nouns"===
  +
  +
==== Inflections ====
  +
All nouns doesn't inflect for number, gender or person. Instead there can have a article before than instead get's the inflection.
  +
{| class="wikitable article-table" border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" style="width: 660px; text-align:center;"
  +
|+
  +
Article Table
  +
!
  +
!Cl.
  +
!Nm.
  +
! colspan="3" |Singular
  +
! colspan="3" |Plural
  +
|-
  +
!Ps.
  +
!Gd.
  +
!Md.
  +
!M
  +
!N
  +
!F
  +
!M
  +
!N
  +
!F
  +
|-
  +
! rowspan="6" |1º
  +
! rowspan="3" |E
  +
!I
  +
| colspan="3" |qaqnonyi
  +
|qaqnonyijo
  +
|qaqnonyij
  +
|qaqnonyija
  +
|-
  +
!N
  +
| colspan="3" |nonyi
  +
|nonyijo
  +
|nonyij
  +
|nonyija
  +
|-
  +
!F
  +
| colspan="3" |fanonyi
  +
|fanonyijo
  +
|fanonyij
  +
|fanonyija
  +
|-
  +
! rowspan="3" |I
  +
!I
  +
| colspan="3" |pesonye
  +
|pesonyejo
  +
|pesonyej
  +
|pesonyeja
  +
|-
  +
!N
  +
| colspan="3" |sonye
  +
|sonyejo
  +
|sonyej
  +
|sonyeja
  +
|-
  +
!F
  +
| colspan="3" |fasonye
  +
|fasonyejo
  +
|fasonyej
  +
|fasonyeja
  +
|-
  +
! colspan="2" rowspan="3" |2º
  +
!I
  +
|qeqro
  +
|qeqrï
  +
|qeqra
  +
|qeqrïjo
  +
|qeqrïj
  +
|qeqrïja
  +
|-
  +
!N
  +
|ergo
  +
|ergï
  +
|erga
  +
|ergïjo
  +
|ergïj
  +
|ergïja
  +
|-
  +
!F
  +
|zeqro
  +
|zeqrï
  +
|zeqra
  +
|zeqrïjo
  +
|zeqrïj
  +
|zeqrïja
  +
|-
  +
! colspan="2" rowspan="3" |3º
  +
!I
  +
|perabfa
  +
|pedïtav
  +
|pededev
  +
|perabfaso
  +
|pedïtavuj
  +
|pededevuja
  +
|-
  +
!N
  +
|rabfa
  +
|dïtav
  +
|dedev
  +
|rabfaso
  +
|dïtavuj
  +
|dedevuja
  +
|-
  +
!F
  +
|zeqragfa
  +
|fadïtav
  +
|fadedev
  +
|fadïtavujo
  +
|fadïtavuj
  +
|fadedevuja
  +
|-
  +
! colspan="2" rowspan="3" |4º (Art.)
  +
!I
  +
|qeqgëxo
  +
|qeqgëx
  +
|qeqgëxa
  +
|qeqgëjo
  +
|qeqgëj
  +
|qeqgëja
  +
|-
  +
!N
  +
|eqgëxo
  +
|eqgëx
  +
|eqgëxa
  +
|eqgëjo
  +
|eqgëj
  +
|eqgëja
  +
|-
  +
!F
  +
|zeqgëxo
  +
|zeqgëx
  +
|zeqgëxa
  +
|zeqgëjo
  +
|zeqgëj
  +
|zeqgëja
  +
|}
  +
  +
==== Derivation ====
 
Nouns can also be adverbs and both can be verbs or adjetives with the apropiate sufix
 
Nouns can also be adverbs and both can be verbs or adjetives with the apropiate sufix
   
 
[-(u)ʃ, -(u)t ] "-(u)x, -(u)t" - Noun to Verb
 
[-(u)ʃ, -(u)t ] "-(u)x, -(u)t" - Noun to Verb
   
[-(o)q, -(o)h] "-(o)q, -(o)h" - Noun to Adjective<br />
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[-(o)q, -(o)h] "-(o)q, -(o)h" - Noun to Adjective
   
  +
====Animacy====
  +
There are 8 types of animacy, each name will have a animacy class, but if the animacy class is needed to be other than the animacy it has, you can add prefixes to the referant:
  +
  +
{| class="wikitable article-table" border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" style="width: 660px; text-align:center;"
  +
! A. Type
  +
! Frontal
  +
!Dorsal
  +
|-
  +
|Ethereal
  +
| -izq
  +
| -ist
  +
|-
  +
|Syntetic
  +
| -ilq
  +
| -ivt
  +
|-
  +
| Elemental
  +
| -izk
  +
| -ifp
  +
|-
  +
|Behaviourus
  +
| -ast
  +
| -axk
  +
|-
  +
|Kinetic
  +
| -ahp
  +
| -ajk
  +
|-
  +
|Person
  +
| -asd
  +
| -axg
  +
|-
  +
|Unknowed (Eth,Syn,Elm)
  +
| -uzq
  +
| -uft
  +
|-
  +
| Unknowed (Bhv,Knt,Prs)
  +
| -usp
  +
| -uxp
  +
|}
 
===Verbs===
 
===Verbs===
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All the verbs are derivate with the "Noun to Verb" suffix, also the verbs can inflect by tense and verbal mood
/WIP/
 
   
=== Animacy ===
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==== Verbal System ====
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The first thing that is necesary to do is to put a vowel sufix, marking tense and aspect
There are types of animacy, each name will have a animacy class, but if the animacy class is needed to be other than the animacy it has, you can add prefixes to the referant:
 
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{| class="wikitable article-table" border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" style="width: 660px; text-align:center;"
 
  +
!
Ethereal
 
  +
!Past
 
  +
!Present
Systetic
 
  +
!Future
 
  +
|-
Postelemental
 
  +
!Perfect
 
  +
| -é
Elemental
 
  +
| -o/ø
 
  +
| -ua
Behaviourus
 
  +
|-
 
  +
!Imperfect
Kinetic
 
  +
| -eï
 
  +
| -ï
Unknowed
 
  +
| -aï
 
  +
|}
Person
 
  +
Then the verb is modified with a verb case sufix
  +
{| class="wikitable article-table" border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" style="width: 660px; text-align:center;"
  +
!
  +
!Frontal
  +
!Dorsal
  +
|-
  +
!Modal
  +
| colspan="2" | -ø
  +
|-
  +
!Near
  +
| -r
  +
| -qr /ʀ/
  +
|-
  +
!Far
  +
| -n
  +
| -qn /ɴ/
  +
|-
  +
!Imperative (Modal/Near/Far)
  +
| -f/-fr/-fn
  +
| -z/-zqr/-zqn
  +
|-
  +
!Intentional/Subjuntive (Modal/Near/Far)
  +
| -h/-hr/-hn
  +
| -j/-jqr/-jqn
  +
|-
  +
!Potential/Conditinal (Modal/Near/Far)
  +
| -s/-sr/-sn
  +
| -x/-xqr/-xqn
  +
|}
   
  +
==== Evidentiallity ====
==Lexicon==
 
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The verbs evidenciallity is optional, and its marked with gramatical particles that also can be glued by removing the first consonant.
WARNING If you can, please translate the entrys, because there are to many.
 
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{| class="article-table"
 
  +
|+
[ɲago] "ñago, nyago" - 1 (ñ)
 
  +
!Type
 
  +
!Frontal
   [deehiɲa] "deehinya, deehiña" - 11
 
  +
!Dorsal
 
  +
!Meaning
[ɢəθa] "qgaza"- 2 (qg)
 
  +
|-
 
  +
!Self-Evident
   [deehiɢə] "deehiqgë" - 12
 
  +
|wafada
 
  +
|yazaga
[upra] "upra" - 3 (p)
 
  +
|Is self-evident and/or
 
  +
the verb implicit's it
   [deehipχa] "deehipja" - 13
 
  +
|-
 
  +
!Evident
[θeuh] "zeuh" - 4 (z)
 
  +
|wata
 
  +
|yaqa
   [deehiθuh] "deehizuh" - 14
 
  +
|Is evident because the subjects know the topic's evidence
 
  +
(both heard, saw and/or comunicated)
[faib] "faib" - 5 (f)
 
  +
|-
 
  +
!Pseudoevident
   [deehifa] "deehifa" - 15
 
  +
|wasto
 
  +
|yaxqo
[goyɢ] "goïqg" - 6 (g)
 
  +
|The sentence's meaning is firmly
 
  +
plausible based on the current evidence
   [deehigo] "deehigo" - 16
 
  +
|-
 
  +
!Plausible
[ʃaθɲy] "xazñï, xaznyï" - 7 (x)
 
  +
|womas
 
  +
|yonya
   [deehiʃa] "deehixa" - 17
 
  +
|The sentence's meaning is plausible
 
  +
based on the current evidence
[qNa'ky] "q'qnakï" - 8 (q)
 
  +
|-
 
  +
!Thinkable
   [deehiqχa] "deehiqja" - 18
 
  +
|womit
 
  +
|yonyiq
[loʃuχ] "loxuj" - 9 (l)
 
  +
|The sentence's meaning is
 
  +
thinkable based on the current evidence
   [deehiloʃ] "deehilox" - 19
 
  +
|-
 
  +
!Theoric
[hiɲu] "hinyu, hiñu" - 0 (h)
 
  +
|winais
 
  +
|yixaig
[deeh] "deeh" - 10 (d)
 
  +
|The topic is fundamented in previous evidence
 
  +
that could be wrong and/or is a well-base theory
[teʃiʃ] "texix" - 100 (t)
 
  +
|-
 
  +
!Speculative
[kχiif] "kjiif" - 1000 (k)
 
  +
|witow
 
  +
|yiqoy
[usgi] "usgi" - 1000000 (s)
 
  +
|The topic is fundamented in previous non-checked evidence
 
  +
that could be wrong and/or is an ADHOC-based theory
['θəʃfu] "zëxfu" - casa (Durativo)
 
  +
|-
 
  +
!Ironic
   [θəʃfut] "zëxfut" - acoger (Durativo)
 
  +
|wereto
 
  +
|yeqreqo
   [θəʃfoh] "zëxfoh" - casero
 
  +
|The sentence is completely
 
  +
ironic, don't take it serious
[om'gy] "omgï" - camino
 
  +
|-
 
  +
!Superficial
   [omguʃ] "omgush" - caminar (Durativo)
 
  +
|wuno
 
  +
|yuqno
   [omgoq] "omgoq" - transitable
 
  +
|You know the stereotypical
 
  +
information about the topic
['tursi] "tursi" - sol
 
  +
|-
 
  +
!Unknowed
   [tursiut] "tursiut" - iluminar (Durativo)
 
  +
|wuwu
 
  +
|yuyu
   ['tursoq] "tursoq" - cegador
 
  +
|You dont know anything about the topic
 
  +
|}
[moχiθdab] "mojizdab" - persona
 
 
   [moχiθdabut] "mojizdabut" - personalizar (Puntual)
 
 
   [moχiθdaboh] "mojizdaboh" - carismático (con destacada personalidad)
 
 
   [moχiθdabutoh] "mojizdabutoh" - personalizado, personal
 
 
[kaga'ɢoχne] "kagaqgojne" - elecricidad
 
 
[θo'ʃaʀlu] "zoxaqrlu" - Objeto
 
 
['hyke] "hïke" - agua
 
 
   [hykeut] "hïkeut" - mojar (Estativo)
 
 
   [hykeq] "hïkeq" - mojado, (Inf.) estropeado
 
 
['χoeq] "joeq" - fuego
 
 
   ['χoeqoq] "joeqoq" - quemado
 
 
   ['χoequʃ] "joequx" - quemar, prender (Puntual)
 
 
[χo'ɲuk] "jonyúk, joñúk" - calor
 
 
   [χoɲu'koq] "jonyukoq, joñukoq" - con calor
 
 
[ol'ʀunep] "olqrunep" - piedra
 
 
   [ol'ʀunepoh] "olqrunepoh" - petreo, estático
 
   
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== Writing System ==
   [ol'ʀuneput] "olqruneput" - parar, petrificar (Puntual)
 
  +
[[File:Characters Dïtavxaj.png|thumb|335x335px]]
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In the Writing system, there are 2 types of characters:
   
  +
Unitals (1 consonants) characters.
[χadiloiv] "jadiloiv" - moderno (sustantivo)
 
   
  +
Dual (2 consonants) characters.
   [χadiloivoh] "jadiloivoh" - innovador, moderno (adjetivo)
 
   
  +
| is a place holder for anything
   [χadiloivut] "jadiloivut" - innovar, renovar, modernizar (Puntual)
 
   
  +
The vowel diacritics are readed bottom to top, a.k.a.: the top diacritics put his vowel after the consonant and the bottom diacritics put his vowel before the consonant.
   
  +
Dual characters are formed by puting a "header" char. and a "final" char.
==Example text==
 

Revision as of 12:18, 26 February 2021


SIDENOTE

The language is in progress, so don't interpret the state of the pages as it was shitpost, also I am new and don't speek English natively, so if you can help me with translations, you can modify the page or ask me. - MS

Phonology

Consonants

Bilabiodental Dental Alveolar Postalveolar Palatal/

Velar

Uvular Glotal
Plosives p, b t, d k, g q,qg/ɢ/
Nasals (and r's) m n, r ny/ñ /ɲ/ qn /ɴ/, qr /ʀ/
Fricatives (+aproximant's) f, v, w z /θ/ s, l x /ʃ/ y /j/ j /χ/ h
Frontal p b t d m n r f v s h w
Dorsal k g q ɢ ɲ ɴ ʀ θ l ʃ χ j

Vowels

Front Central Back
High i · ï /y/ u
Mid e /e̞/ ë /ə/ o /o̞/
Low a /ä/ · ä /ɒ̈/

ë /ə/ can't have any dipthongs:

Dipthongs
a e i o u ï ä
a X ae ai ao au X
e ea X ei eo eu
i ia ie X io iu X
o oa oe oi X ou X
u ua ue ui uo X X
ï X X X X
ä X äe äi X äu X X

Phonotactics

The sylable structure is (O)(S)V(S)(O), when O stands for Obstruents, S is for Sonorants. V stand for vowel.

Some sylables have more than one vowel, creating a dipthong, that's because a sylable with no coda and another with no onset, merge together.

Also, the language has a feature called "place harmony":

It dishtinguish beetween Frontal and Dorsal consonants and syllables can't have both types of consonants at once

This cause that any prefix or sufix that have a consonant, to have two versions: A Frontal and a Dorsal


Grammar

"Nouns"

Inflections

All nouns doesn't inflect for number, gender or person. Instead there can have a article before than instead get's the inflection.

Article Table
Cl. Nm. Singular Plural
Ps. Gd. Md. M N F M N F
E I qaqnonyi qaqnonyijo qaqnonyij qaqnonyija
N nonyi nonyijo nonyij nonyija
F fanonyi fanonyijo fanonyij fanonyija
I I pesonye pesonyejo pesonyej pesonyeja
N sonye sonyejo sonyej sonyeja
F fasonye fasonyejo fasonyej fasonyeja
I qeqro qeqrï qeqra qeqrïjo qeqrïj qeqrïja
N ergo ergï erga ergïjo ergïj ergïja
F zeqro zeqrï zeqra zeqrïjo zeqrïj zeqrïja
I perabfa pedïtav pededev perabfaso pedïtavuj pededevuja
N rabfa dïtav dedev rabfaso dïtavuj dedevuja
F zeqragfa fadïtav fadedev fadïtavujo fadïtavuj fadedevuja
4º (Art.) I qeqgëxo qeqgëx qeqgëxa qeqgëjo qeqgëj qeqgëja
N eqgëxo eqgëx eqgëxa eqgëjo eqgëj eqgëja
F zeqgëxo zeqgëx zeqgëxa zeqgëjo zeqgëj zeqgëja

Derivation

Nouns can also be adverbs and both can be verbs or adjetives with the apropiate sufix

[-(u)ʃ, -(u)t ] "-(u)x, -(u)t" - Noun to Verb

[-(o)q, -(o)h] "-(o)q, -(o)h" - Noun to Adjective

Animacy

There are 8 types of animacy, each name will have a animacy class, but if the animacy class is needed to be other than the animacy it has, you can add prefixes to the referant:

A. Type Frontal Dorsal
Ethereal -izq -ist
Syntetic -ilq -ivt
Elemental -izk -ifp
Behaviourus -ast -axk
Kinetic -ahp -ajk
Person -asd -axg
Unknowed (Eth,Syn,Elm) -uzq -uft
Unknowed (Bhv,Knt,Prs) -usp -uxp

Verbs

All the verbs are derivate with the "Noun to Verb" suffix, also the verbs can inflect by tense and verbal mood

Verbal System

The first thing that is necesary to do is to put a vowel sufix, marking tense and aspect

Past Present Future
Perfect -o/ø -ua
Imperfect -eï -aï

Then the verb is modified with a verb case sufix

Frontal Dorsal
Modal
Near -r -qr /ʀ/
Far -n -qn /ɴ/
Imperative (Modal/Near/Far) -f/-fr/-fn -z/-zqr/-zqn
Intentional/Subjuntive (Modal/Near/Far) -h/-hr/-hn -j/-jqr/-jqn
Potential/Conditinal (Modal/Near/Far) -s/-sr/-sn -x/-xqr/-xqn

Evidentiallity

The verbs evidenciallity is optional, and its marked with gramatical particles that also can be glued by removing the first consonant.

Type Frontal Dorsal Meaning
Self-Evident wafada yazaga Is self-evident and/or

the verb implicit's it

Evident wata yaqa Is evident because the subjects know the topic's evidence

(both heard, saw and/or comunicated)

Pseudoevident wasto yaxqo The sentence's meaning is firmly

plausible based on the current evidence

Plausible womas yonya The sentence's meaning is plausible

based on the current evidence

Thinkable womit yonyiq The sentence's meaning is

thinkable based on the current evidence

Theoric winais yixaig The topic is fundamented in previous evidence

that could be wrong and/or is a well-base theory

Speculative witow yiqoy The topic is fundamented in previous non-checked evidence

that could be wrong and/or is an ADHOC-based theory

Ironic wereto yeqreqo The sentence is completely

ironic, don't take it serious

Superficial wuno yuqno You know the stereotypical

information about the topic

Unknowed wuwu yuyu You dont know anything about the topic

Writing System

Characters Dïtavxaj

In the Writing system, there are 2 types of characters:

Unitals (1 consonants) characters.

Dual (2 consonants) characters.

| is a place holder for anything

The vowel diacritics are readed bottom to top, a.k.a.: the top diacritics put his vowel after the consonant and the bottom diacritics put his vowel before the consonant.

Dual characters are formed by puting a "header" char. and a "final" char.