Rowiktob

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Rikutsaren/Rowiktob Rowiktob
Type	Fusional
Alignment	Nominative-accusative
Head direction	Initial
Tonal	No
Declensions	No
Conjugations	Yes
Genders	None
Nouns decline according to...
Case	Number
Definiteness	Gender
Verbs conjugate according to...
Voice	Mood
Person	Number
Tense	Aspect
Meta-information
Progress	0%
Statistics Nouns 0% Verbs 0% Adjectives 0% Syntax 0% Words of 1500
Creator	OrangeHills

Rowiktob /roˈwɪkˈt̪ob/ is an Asermian language descended from Proto-Asermian. It is related to Rikučreb via Late Ꝛakwikt̠hr̠æb.

Phonology

Consonants

	Bilabial	Labio-dental	Dental	Alveolar	Post-alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Labio-velar	Uvular	Glottal
Nasal	m			n			ŋ
Plosive	b p			t d			k g
Fricative		f v	θ	s z	ʃ ʒ		x			h
Approximant						j		w ʍ
Trill				r
Lateral app.				l

Vowels

	Front	Near-front	Back
Close	i		u
Near-close		ɪ
Close-mid	ø e		o
Open-mid	ɛ		ʌ
Near-open
Open			ɑ

Phonotactics

Allophony

1. the [æ] rule:
   [æ] occurs when "/ɑ/" is stressed, but ONLY when between the start and end of a word, & when followed by a plosive consonant (unless preceded by a semi-vowel). This is an allophone of /ɑ/.
2. the [ɑː] rule:
   [ɑː] occurs before a consonant and after /dʒ/, but ONLY when in syllable coda. [ɑː] also occurs at the end of a word. This is an allophone of /ɑ/.
3. the [eɪ] rule:
   [eɪ] occurs when final "/ɛ/" is stressed, or when stressed in syllable coda. This is an allophone of /ɛ/.
4. the [ʒ] rule:
   [ʒ] (which is an allophone of /dʒ/) occurs if preceded by a vowel while either of the following are also true:
   1. It is before a consonant and is in syllable coda.
   2. It is final.

Stress Rules

1. The second vowel in a word is always stressed.

Writing System

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Modern Rowiktob is written by its native speakers using the Rowiktob Alphabet. However, most linguists, especially those who are used to the latin alphabet, prefer to use the Standardised Orthography for Asermian (SOA).

Grammar

Nouns

Nouns are the base unit of Rowiktob grammar. Various suffixes and prefixes are added onto the noun to form various different words. When forming count nouns from mass nouns, -ze is added to the end of the mass noun. Rowiktob nouns do not decline. Instead of plurals being a declension, nouns have a plural particle, "ku". To represent a plural that is also a definite, the word "ik" comes before the word.

Pronouns

Personal Pronouns

Řowiktob has standalone pronouns. Unlike in other languages, there is no distinction between subject and object pronouns. Instead, they occur in either case. However, similar to Řowiktob verbs, pronouns exhibit clusivity. The Personal Pronouns used in Řowiktob are listed below.

	Singular		Plural
	Inclusive	Exclusive	Inclusive	Exclusive
1st	nâz		sâz	čâz
2nd	vâz		lâz	bâz
3rd	xâz	kâz	fâz	mâz

• The exclusive 1st plural personal pronoun, čâz, is used to refer to "each one of us" as opposed to "all of us collectively".
• The exclusive 2nd plural personal pronoun, bâz, is used to refer to "each one of you" as opposed to "all of you collectively".

Correlative Pronouns

	Interrogative	Proximal	Medial	Distal	Existential	Negatory	Universal	Elective	Alternative
Determiner	nede	edo	idu	edso	osku	ba	re	bev	sež
Human	nedôn	edôn	idun	edsôn	oscun	bâbu	rekîn	beven	sežôn
Non-Human*	neze	eze	izu	edse	oskuþe	baþibî	reþibî	bevî	sežî
Idea	netze	eto	itu		oskutat	baþat	reþat	bevat	sežet
Location	nežub	ežu	ižub	eǯet	oskuž	babaž	režub	bevež	sežeb
Time	nedø	edø	idø	edsø	oskø	baþø	regø	bevø	sežø
Source	nežun	ežun	ižun	edžun	ožkun	babun	rebun	vebun	sezun
Destination (Goal)	nežul	ežul	ižul	edžul	ožkul	babul	rebul	vebul	sezul
Manner	netôn	etôn	itôn		oskul	babel	rel	vel	sel
Reason	nedev	edev	jedev		oskev	bav	rev	vev	sev

*Non-Human is also used for the English dual and plural correlatives ("which").

Adjectives

Adjectives are formed by adding the suffix -nev to the end of a noun. When conjugating into the degrees of comparison, the adjectival suffix is shortened to -n, thus forming the adjectival root. The comparative suffix is then placed onto the end of the adjectival root.

Adverbs

Adverbs are formed by adding the suffix -gev to the end of a noun. When conjugating into the degrees of comparison, the adverbial suffix is shortened to -g, thus forming the adverbial root. The comparative suffix is then placed onto the end of the adverbial root.

Degrees of Comparison

The Rowictob language uses 6 Degrees of Comparison, as opposed to the 2 used in English. The prefixes that are added onto the adjectival or adverbial root when using the Degrees of Comparison are listed in the chart below.

Degrees of Comparison in Rowictob

Inferlative		-ezokø
Proclivitive		-ezok
Contrary		-ezo
Negative		-ba
Positive		-nev
Comparative		-ezlu
Superlative		-ezluk
Hyperlative		-ezlukø

Comparatives and Contraries do not use "i" before them unless the subject uses it anyways (ex. "The better man" > "I jasunezlu kob". All other degrees of comparison do use "i" unless they are referring to a possessive (ex. "My best friend" > "Na jasunezluk ǯitubu").

The comparative degrees that are unique to Rowiktob and Rikučreb are described in detail below.

1. The Contrary is the opposite of the Comparative, and is used to represent the shortage of something or the lack of a certain quality.
2. The Proclivitive is the opposite of the Superlative, and is used to represent the complete absence of a thing or quality.
3. The Hyperlative and the Inferlative refer to the absolute most or least amount of something possible, respectively (ex. "The best possible thing" "I jasunezlukø editbî"). These forms can also be used in exaggerations (ex. "The best day ever!" I jasunezlukø uŕav!").

Verbs

Verbs are formed by adding the infinitive -řī to the end of a mass noun, if there is a corresponding mass noun. Verbs are conjugated into the following conjugation table.

infinitive		rī
present participle/gerund		ẘa
past participle		ẘo
	indicative				imperative				conditional
	inclusive		exclusive		inclusive		exclusive		inclusive		exclusive
	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
preterite	ña		sa	ča
	va		la	ba
	xa	ka	fa	ma
present	n		s	č	nu		su		nî		sî	čî
	v		l	b	vu		lu		vu		lî	bî
	x	k	f	m					xî	kî	fî	mî
future	no		so	čo
	vo		lo	bo
	xo	ko	fo	mo

Proximate and Obviate Persons

In the Rowiktob language, all plural persons, as well as the singular 3rd, exhibit clusivity.
The Inclusive Singular 3rd person is used in the following cases:

1. In the present indicative when addressing a 2nd party and referring to a 3rd party that is present (ex."He was not speaking to you." "Ba ox doŋẘo re vaz.").
2. In any tense when referring to an absent 3rd party verb that affects a non-absent 3rd party personal pronoun. (ex. "They (Those things) cause them (these people) to talk." "Kredoŋef laz.")

The Exclusive Plural 1st person is used in the following cases:

1. In any tense when addressing a 2nd person and referring to a group that you are a part of but whose other members are absent.
2. In any tense when relaying a message to a 3rd party that is absent at the time but will be present at a time that you and your group are absent. In this case, the absent 3rd party is referred to in the direct plural 2nd person. (ex. "We are sorry that we were not able to attend, but we have brought to you this gift." "Oč calinev nedas ba oča pobnev rotogrî, ozê doč oltabiẘa re laz edo iwiregze.")

Perfect

The perfect is created by conjugating Dorî and adding that before the past participle of the verb in question. Dorī is conjugated into the Past Indicative to form the Present Perfect, Present Indicative to form the Pluperfect, Future Indicative to form the Future Perfect, and the Conditional to form the Conditional Perfect.

Continuous

The continuous is created by conjugating Orî and adding that before the gerund of the verb in question. Orī follows the same conjugation procedure as Dorî follows when conjugated into the Perfect. However, Orī is only conjugated into the Indicative, and therefore the Continuous only has 3 tenses.

Syntax

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Rowiktob is a head-initial language, and all modifiers precede the words the modify. It has the basic word order Subject-Verb-Object. Rowiktob is a null-subject language.

Lexicon

Juiscal Particle

The juiscal particle, go, is a concept unique to the Asermian languages, specifically Rowiktob and its sister language Rikučreb, as well as the Asermo-Khronic language Karbash. It is used to imply or invoke sexual arousal, and is usually used in familiar conversation. When in formal conversation, one will often use the non-juiscal definition of a word or an entirely different word that cannot be made juiscal. The juiscal particle occurs before the word it affects, and is attached to the word via a dash "-". It is derived from the Karbash juiscal particle гo, which is in turn derived from the Early Rikučreb singular 3rd person juiscal additive ga.

Example text

Rowictob

Nidu taba i pazikuze su ewilokobnev ku sipelze, owisežk bupukornev ǯal abu ewilokobze uburî i hibečebnev ku jasbuze netak dof katibẘa maz niþi absedul, ñ natemtrî tabniþi ik lazul su i ewilo, i ololenev ñ weznev kerit es neda ik Gon su Ewilote i su Ewilotene Gad jiribef maz, ab uwižbenev iwolžigẘa es ik altabze su ewilokob ǯatik nedas êgem nupugolurî ik kohuze netak telugif maz es i olole.

English

When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.