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| Name: Dragon
Type: Agglutinating Alignment: Nominative-Accusative Head Direction: Final Number of genders: 3 Declensions: Yes Conjugations: Yes
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General information[]
| Gender | Cases | Numbers | Tenses | Persons | Moods | Voices | Aspects | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verb | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| Nouns | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| Adjectives | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Numbers | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Participles | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Adverb | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Pronouns | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| Adpositions | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Article | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Particle | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Phonology[]
Consonants[]
| Alveo-Dental | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | n | ɲ | ŋ | |||
| Plosive | Voiceless | t | c | k | q | ʔ |
| Voiced | d | ɟ | g | |||
| Fricative | Voiceless | s | ç | χ | h | |
| Voiced | z | ʝ | ||||
| Approximant | j | ɰ | ʁ | |||
| Lateral | ʟ |
Vowels[]
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Closed | i | ɨ | ɯ |
| Mid | ɛ | ə | ʌ |
| Open | æ | a | ɑ |
Diphthongs are /ɑi/, /ɛi/, and /æɯ/.
Phonotactics[]
Onset[]
[nasal]-[fricative]-[plosive]-[approximant] as the most complex onset, though any or all of these may be omitted. Example onsets include /nskl/, /ŋkj/, /st/, /q/ or null.
Alveo-dental affrication: /t/ > /ts/ and /d/ > /dz/ immediately before a high vowel. i.e. /ti/ > /tsi/, /dɯ/ > /dzɯ/
Nasal regressive adjacent assimilation: If a nasal is immediately before an obstruent, it must be in the same place of articulation as the obstruent. i.e. /nka/ is not acceptable, but /ŋka/ is.
Coda[]
[nasal]-[fricative]-[plosive]-[fricative] as the most complex coda, though any or all of these may be omitted.
Word-final devoicing: A word ending in a voiced obstruent has that obstruent devoiced. i.e. /ʟɑd/ > /ʟɑt/, /zdag/ > /zdak/
Morphology[]
Nouns[]
Nouns are declined for class (dragon, living non-dragon, nonliving), case (nominative, accusative, genitive, dative, ablative), number (singular, plural) and possessive person.
Singular Nouns[]
| Dragon | Nondragon | Nonliving | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | |||
| Accusative | |||
| Genitive | |||
| Dative | |||
| Ablative |
Plural Nouns[]
| Dragon | Nondragon | Nonliving | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | |||
| Accusative | |||
| Genitive | |||
| Dative | |||
| Ablative |
Adjectives[]
Adjectives agree with nouns in class, case and number.
Singular Nouns[]
| Dragon | Nondragon | Nonliving | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | |||
| Accusative | |||
| Genitive | |||
| Dative | |||
| Ablative |
Plural Nouns[]
| Dragon | Nondragon | Nonliving | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | |||
| Accusative | |||
| Genitive | |||
| Dative | |||
| Ablative |
Possessive Person[]
| 1s | |
|---|---|
| 1p | |
| 2s | |
| 2p |
Verbs[]
Verbs are conjugated for tense (past, present, future) and aspect.
Tense[]
| Past | |
|---|---|
| Future |
Syntax[]
SVO word order. Postpositions. Head-final noun phrase (adjectives precede nouns).
Lexicon[]
Pronouns[]
| English | Dragon |
|---|---|
Postpositions[]
| English | Dragon |
|---|---|
Numbers[]
Base-10
| # | Dragon |
|---|---|
| 1 | |
| 2 | |
| 3 | |
| 4 | |
| 5 | |
| 6 | |
| 7 | |
| 8 | |
| 9 | |
| 10 | |
| 11 | |
| 20 | |
| 100 | |
| 1,000 | |
| 9,999 |
Open Class[]
| English | Dragon | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| be | ||
| breathe (flame) | ||
| dragon | ||
| flame | ||
| go |