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tekan
tekan
Type
Isolating
Alignment
Nominative-accusative
Head direction
Final
Tonal
No
Declensions
No
Conjugations
No
Genders
No
Nouns decline according to...
Case Number
Definiteness Gender
Verbs conjugate according to...
Voice Mood
Person Number
Tense Aspect



General information

Phonology

Consonants

Bilabial Labio-dental Alveolar Retroflex Velar Other
Nasal n
Plosive p t k

Sibilant fricative

f s
Non-sibilant fricative
Approximant ɻ ɥ

Vowels

Front Central Back
Close i u
Close-mid e o
Open ä

Alphabet

Roman Cyrillic Hangul Bopomofo IPA
a а ä
i и i
u у u
e э e
o о o
y я j
w в w
r р ɹ
h л h
n н n
s с s
k к k
p п p
t т t
f ф f

Phonotactics

The syllable structure is (C)V(n)

# k p t f s n r h y w
a ka pa ta fa sa na ra ha ya wa
i ki pi ti fi si ni ri hi yi wi
u ku pu tu fu su nu ru hu yu wu
e ke pe te fe se ne re he ye we
o ko po to fo so no ro ho yo wo
an kan pan tan fan san nan ran han yan wan
in kin pin tin fin sin nin rin hin yin win
un kun pun tun fun sun nun run hun yun wun
en ken pen ten fen sen nen ren hen yen wen
on kon pon ton fon son non ron hon yon won
#
ㄎㄚ ㄆㄚ ㄊㄚ ㄈㄚ ㄙㄚ ㄋㄚ ㄖㄚ ㄌㄚ ㄧㄚ ㄨㄚ
ㄎㄟ ㄆㄟ ㄊㄟ ㄈㄟ ㄙㄟ ㄋㄟ ㄖㄟ ㄌㄟ ㄧㄟ ㄨㄟ
ㄎㄡ ㄆㄡ ㄊㄡ ㄈㄡ ㄙㄡ ㄋㄡ ㄖㄡ ㄌㄡ ㄧㄡ ㄨㄡ
ㄎㄝ ㄆㄝ ㄊㄝ ㄈㄝ ㄙㄝ ㄋㄝ ㄖㄝ ㄌㄝ ㄧㄝ ㄨㄝ
ㄎㄛ ㄆㄛ ㄊㄛ ㄈㄛ ㄙㄛ ㄋㄛ ㄖㄛ ㄌㄛ ㄧㄛ ㄨㄛ
ㄎㄢ ㄆㄢ ㄊㄢ ㄈㄢ ㄙㄢ ㄋㄢ ㄖㄢ ㄌㄢ ㄧㄢ ㄨㄢ
ㄎㄦ ㄆㄦ ㄊㄦ ㄈㄦ ㄙㄦ ㄋㄦ ㄖㄦ ㄌㄦ ㄧㄦ ㄨㄦ
ㄎㄥ ㄆㄥ ㄊㄥ ㄈㄥ ㄙㄥ ㄋㄥ ㄖㄥ ㄌㄥ ㄧㄥ ㄨㄥ
ㄎㄣ ㄆㄣ ㄊㄣ ㄈㄣ ㄙㄣ ㄋㄣ ㄖㄣ ㄌㄣ ㄧㄣ ㄨㄣ
ㄎㄤ ㄆㄤ ㄊㄤ ㄈㄤ ㄙㄤ ㄋㄤ ㄖㄤ ㄌㄤ ㄧㄤ ㄨㄤ
# к п т ф с н р л я в
а ка па та фа са на ра ла яа ва
и ки пи ти фи си ни ри ли яи ви
у ку пу ту фу су ну ру лу яу ву
э кэ пэ тэ фэ сэ нэ рэ лэ яэ вэ
о ко по то фо со но ро ло яо во
ан кан пан тан фан сан нан ран лан яан ван
ин кин пин тин фин син нин рин лин яин вин
ун кун пун тун фун сун нун рун лун яун вун
эн кэн пэн тэн фэн сэн нэн рэн лэн яэн вэн
он кон пон тон фон сон нон рон лон яон вон

Grammar

Gender Cases Numbers Tenses Persons Moods Voices Aspects
Verb No No No No No No No No
Nouns No No No No No No No No
Adjectives No No No 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 No No No No No 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

Teru (Root words)

Teru are the basic root words they; can hold meaning and be used as nouns, verb roots, adjectives, and adverbs. A teru like nanka for example means food or eat. By default it means food, however, if it is preceded by a tense yanru (sa/po/fu) it becomes a verb and means eat/ate/will eat depending on which you used.

Plural

To form plural words you simply add the word "nan" before the word.

Examples
Tekan English
panana banana
nan panana bananas
ren person
nan ren people


Number

To form number forms or to make dual forms you simply place the number before the teru that you wish to modify; you don't have to add the plural maker.

Example
Tekan English
ren person
na ren two people
ti panana three bananas
fo wotu four dogs


Gender

There are 4 possible genders in Tekan, "i" male, "o" female, "yo" middle sex, and neutral. By default all words in Tekan are neutral; in order to form a gendered word you simply place the gender word before the word you wish to gender.

Example
Tekan English
ren person
i ren man
o ren woman
yo ren hermaphrodite person
wotu dog
i wotu male dog
o wotu female
yo wotu hermaphrodite dog

Cases

There are five cases in Tekan these being "u" nominative, "e" accusative, "to" genitive, "uto" nominative-genitive, "eto" accusative-genitive "ni" dative, and "yu" vocative. To apply a case to teru(noun) or stack you place the case word preceding it.

Example
Language Word Sentence
Tekan u wotu sa nanka u wotu.
English the dog The dog eats.
Tekan e panana po nanka u saru e panana.
English the banana The monkey ate the banana.
Tekan ni ota po ata u ita ni ota e pen.
English to her He gave her the pen.
Tekan uto ita wotu po nanka uto ita wotu e nanko.
English His Dog His Dog ate a mango.
Tekan eto ota nanko po nanka u wotu eto ota nanko.
English her mango The dog ate her mango.
Tekan yu ke yu ke!
English Hey you Hey you!

Stacks

Stacks are a feature that Tekan uses to form meaning that it does not have words for. There are two types of stacks, noun stacks and verb stacks; both function the same way and are made similary. Noun stacks start with a case yanru such as "u" nominative, "e" accusative, "to" genitive, "uto" nominative-genitive, "eto" accusative-genitive "ni" dative, and "yu" vocative, and end when you either hit another case or the end of a sentence. Verb stacks start with a tense yanru such as "sa" present-tense, "po" past-tense, and "fu" future tense, and end when it hits a case or the end of the sentence. Stacks are treated as if they were single words even though they more of a list of words that are interpreted to form a new meaning.

Example
Tekan English
fu ra nanka osi I will desire to eat
sa iki osi Desire to be big
u safe wotu The white dog
e yelo ara panana The yellow green banana
Structure
Type Syntax
Noun (case) (locative) (number) (gender) (other yanru) (teru1) (teru2) (main teru)
Verb (tense) (person) (number) (gender) (person) (other yanru) (teru1) (teru2) (main teru)


Yanru (Function words)

Yanru are function words that may hold meaning like teru and function as they do or a yanru may hold grammarical meaning such as tenses, person, pronouns, numbers among other things. Yanru are usually one syllable and precede the word that they operate on such as "nan panana" which means "bananas", "panana" by default simply refers to one, the "nan" makes it plural.

Numbers

# Cardinal Ordinal Multiplicative Partitive Grouping
0 on onse onwa onfun onpu
1 yi yise yiwa yifun yipu
2 na nase nawa nafun napu
3 ti tise tiwa tifun tipu
4 fo fose fowa fofun fopu
5 wu wuse wuwa wufun wupu
6 ro rose rowa rofun ropu
7 pa pase pawa pafun papu
10 ki kise kiwa kifun kipu
11 ki yi ki yise ki yiwa ki yifun ki yipu
12 ki na ki nase ki nawa ki nafun ki napu
13 ki ti ki tise ki tiwa ki tifun ki tipu
14 ki fo ki fose ki fowa ki fofun ki fopu
15 ki wu ki wuse ki wuwa ki wufun ki wupu
16 ki ro ki rose ki rowa ki rofun ki ropu
17 ki pa ki pase ki pawa ki pafun ki papu
20 na ki na kise na kiwa na kifun na kipu
100 yun yunse yunwa yunfun yunpu
1,000 wan wanse wanwa wanfun wanpu

Pronouns

Person Singular Plural Dual Number
First ra nanra na ra # ra
Second ke nanke na ke # ke
Third ta nanta na ta # ta
Third(Male) ita nanita na ita # ita
Third(Female) ota nanota na ota # ota
Third(Middlesex) yota nanyota na yota # yota
First & Second rake nan rake na rake # rake
First & Third rata nan rata na rata # rata
Second & Third keta nan keta na keta # keta
All Persons(Group) raketa nan raketa na raketa # raketa


Correlatives

Interrogative Proximal Medial Distal Existential Elective Universal Negative
Determiner ku pin tun yon sun lin fen no
what this that yon some any every no
Thing taku tapin tatun tayon tasun talin tafen tano
what this that yon something anything everything nothing
One yiku yipin yitun yiyon yisun yilin yifen yino
who/which this one that one yon one someone anyone everyone no one
Place seku sepin setun seyon sesun selin sefen seno
where here there yonder somewhere anywhere everywhere no where
Time waku wapin watun wayon wasun walin wafen wano
when now then yen sometime anytime everytime never
Manner fiku fipin fitun fiyon fisun filin fifen fino
how hereby thereby yonby someway anyway everyway no way
Reason woku wopin wotun woyon wosun wolin wofen wono
why herefore therefore yonfore somehow anyhow everyway no way
Quanity puku pupin putun puyon pusun pulin pufen puno
how much this much that much yon much some amount any amount every amount no amount
Association to taku to tapin to tatun to tayon to tasun to talin to tafen to tano
whose this one's that one's yon one's someone's anyone's everyone's no one's


Conjuctions

Cases

Case Yanru
Nominative u
Accusative e
Genitive to
Nominative-Genitive uto
Accusative-Genitive eto
Dative ni
Vocative yu

Vocabulary


No. English tekan
1Ira
2you (singular)ke
3heita
4wenanra
5you (plural)nanke
6theynanta
7thistapin
8thattatun
9heresepin
10thereseyon
11whoyiku
12whattaku
13whereseku
14whenwaku
15howfiku
16notsin
17allfen
18manypali
19somesun
20fewfiu
21otherana
22oneyi
23twona
24threeti
25fourfo
26fivewu
27bigiki
28longlanka
29wideunka
30thicktakun
31heavytopa
32smalloto
33shortlanpa
34narrowunpa
35thintinu
36womano ren
37man (adult male)i ren
38man (human being)ren
39childkiken
40wifeo yaka
41husbandi yaka
42mothero unan
43fatheri unan
44animaltonwu
45fishsakan
46birdsoran
47dogwotu
48louselosa
49snakesisu
50wormtuwa
51treeruka
52forestruruka
53stickrufun
54fruitpala
55seedfunla
56leaflufu
57rootperu
58barklaru
59flowerfula
60grasstafa
61roperope
62skinakon
63meatniku
64bloodpana
65boneanku
66fattipan
67eggofa
68hornroku
69tailfusuwa
70featherpero
71hairkani
72headnire
73earsani
74eyekone
75nosekona
76mouthkoti
77toothtifa
78tonguetilu
79fingernailrenweka
80footlefa
81legtale
82kneeleni
83handkoren
84wingsawen
85bellysaton
86gutsetonlen
87neckreku
88backpekuro
89breasttiten
90heartkokora
91livertisari
92drinksa turan
93eatsa nanka
94bitesa paitu
95sucksa suka
96spitsa yapure
97vomitsa fana
98blowsa palo
99breathesa pare
100laughsa tipa
101seesa fiten
102hearsa salen
103know
104think
105smell
106fear
107sleep
108live
109die
110kill
111fight
112hunt
113hit
114cutsa soka
115split
116stab
117scratch
118dig
119swim
120fly
121walksa sante
122comesa tuku
123lie
124sit
125stand
126turn
127fall
128givesa ata
129hold
130squeeze
131rub
132wash
133wipe
134pullsa tupan
135pushsa lapan
136throw
137tie
138sew
139count
140say
141singsa soku
142play
143float
144flow
145freeze
146swell
147sunutu
148moonlua
149starseren
150waterniri
151rainyune
152riverlikuwan
153lakerikuwe
154seanore
155saltnatu
156stonepokoru
157sandsuna
158dusttota
159earthkia
160cloudifu
161fogpoka
162skysora
163windfenra
164snowyuki
165icekori
166smokefuna
167fire
168ash
169burn
170road
171mountain
172redaka
173greenara
174yellowyelo
175whitesafe
176blacklaka
177night
178day
179year
180warm
181cold
182full
183new
184old
185good
186bad
187rotten
188dirty
189straight
190round
191sharp
192dull
193smooth
194wet
195dry
196correct
197near
198far
199rightrin
200leftkon
201atse
202inlen
203with
204andlan
205if
206because
207namenonen


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