Speedlanging weekend V: 22th April

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Speedlanging weekend V: 22th April

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Hello everyone (:

I wanna propose a speedlang challenge for you all. I will post the details on 22th April if I still remember, does anyone want to participate in?

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Welcome to speedlang weekend V! sorry for the late, below are the constraints for making speedlangs.

Phonemic Constraints:
Spoiler:
- your language must be able to be spoken orally by human beings.
- your language must have at least a three-way contrast in at least some plosives and affricates.
- your language must have syllable codas allowing consonants other than nasals.
- the following sounds are banned: /f/, /v/, /ɸ/, /β/, /θ/, /ð/, /p͡f/, /b͡v/, /p͡ɸ/, /b͡β/, clicks, front-rounded vowels, diphthongs.
- the following sounds must be contained: /p/, /t/, /k/, /m/, /n/, /ŋ/, labialized consonants.
- the following combinations of vowels are disallowed: /a i o/, /a i u/, /a ə i u/, /a e i o/, /a e i o u/, /a e ə i o u/, /a e ɨ i o u/.
- maximum six vowels.
- minimum 25 phonemes, maximum 50 phonemes.(allophones are not counted).
- you are free with allophones.
Grammatical Constraints:
Spoiler:
- your language must have inclusive and exclusive forms for 1st person non-singular pronouns.
- your language can't have European-style relative pronouns.
- your language can't use SVO as the basic word order.
- your language can't have stem changes of any kind, including ablauts and semitic-like triliteral roots.
- your language must have a productive use of full and partial reduplications.
- isolating morphology with serial verb construction is encouraged, but not required.
Lexical Constraints:
Spoiler:
- all indefinite pronouns(somebody, something, etc.) must be derived from interrogative pronouns.
- universal quantifiers and conjunctions must be related.
- no m-T pronouns or n-m pronouns, specifically:
-- 1st person pronouns can't contain labials, labialized consonants, rounded vowels or nasals.
-- 2nd person pronouns can't contain coronal obstruents, front vowels or /m/.
- the formation of numerals can't be completely regular, there must be some irregular numerals(e.g. English eleven and twelve) whose forms can't be simply interfered by the root, and numerals below the number base can't exclusively monosyllabic.(numeral compounding is not banned).
- first cannot be derived from one using regular means for ordinal numbers.
Not required:

- post the time you used for making the language.
- register your language on CALS( http://cals.conlang.org )
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I prefer to not be referred to with masculine pronouns and nouns such as “he/him/his”.
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Re: Speedlanging weekend V: 22th April

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Well, in the past we've waited at least three months since the announcement of the previous speedlanging weekend before announcing another, but I don't think there's anything stopping you from holding another one so soon. I'll definitely participate.
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Re: Speedlanging weekend V: 22th April

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I agree it is rather soon. That said, I would participate when I am able. I don't think I'd be able to on the first weekend due to all that I have going on.
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As I didn’t have time last time round, I’ll gladly participate this time.
At kveldi skal dag lęyfa,
Konu es bręnnd es,
Mæki es ręyndr es,
Męy es gefin es,
Ís es yfir kømr,
Ǫl es drukkit es.
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Re: Speedlanging weekend V: 22th April

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I won't be able to participate much like the prior speedlanging contest. [:(]
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My minicity is [http://zyphrazia.myminicity.com/xml]Zyphrazia and [http://novland.myminicity.com/xml]Novland.

Minicity has fallen :(
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Re: Speedlanging weekend V: 22th April

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Since my last sketch was a fiasco, I'd give it another go if I find the time (which I probably won't.)
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If I can't participate this weekend, over the next week I will be able to.
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No gig this weekend, so I should be good to go this time.
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Re: Speedlanging weekend V: 22th April

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I am going to show the topic of this weekend now.

Below is the topic of this weekend:

Phonemic Constraints:
Spoiler:
- your language must be able to be spoken orally by human beings.
- your language must have at least a three-way contrast in at least some plosives and affricates.
- your language must have syllable codas allowing consonants other than nasals.
- the following sounds are banned: /f/, /v/, /ɸ/, /β/, /θ/, /ð/, /p͡f/, /b͡v/, /p͡ɸ/, /b͡β/, clicks, front-rounded vowels, diphthongs.
- the following sounds must be contained: /p/, /t/, /k/, /m/, /n/, /ŋ/, labialized consonants.
- the following combinations of vowels are disallowed: /a i o/, /a i u/, /a ə i u/, /a e i o/, /a e i o u/, /a e ə i o u/, /a e ɨ i o u/.
- maximum six vowels.
- minimum 25 phonemes, maximum 50 phonemes.(allophones are not counted).
- you are free with allophones.
Grammatical Constraints:
Spoiler:
- your language must have inclusive and exclusive forms for 1st person non-singular pronouns.
- your language can't have European-style relative pronouns.
- your language can't use SVO as the basic word order.
- your language can't have stem changes of any kind, including ablauts and semitic-like triliteral roots.
- your language must have a productive use of full and partial reduplications.
- isolating morphology with serial verb construction is encouraged, but not required.
Lexical Constraints:
Spoiler:
- all indefinite pronouns(somebody, something, etc.) must be derived from interrogative pronouns.
- universal quantifiers and conjunctions must be related.
- no m-T pronouns or n-m pronouns, specifically:
-- 1st person pronouns can't contain labials, labialized consonants, rounded vowels or nasals.
-- 2nd person pronouns can't contain coronal obstruents, front vowels or /m/.
- the formation of numerals can't be completely regular, there must be some irregular numerals(e.g. English eleven and twelve) whose forms can't be simply interfered by the root, and numerals below the number base can't exclusively monosyllabic.(numeral compounding is not banned).
- first cannot be derived from one using regular means for ordinal numbers.
Not required:

- post the time you used for making the language.
- register your language on CALS( http://cals.conlang.org )
I prefer to not be referred to with masculine pronouns and nouns such as “he/him/his”.
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Spoiler:
k1234567890y wrote:- your language can't have European-style relative pronouns.
Can you clarify this please?
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CT = Classical Ĝare n Tim Ar
Kg = Kgáweq'
PB = Proto-Beheic
PO = Proto-O
PTa = Proto-Taltic
STK = Sisỏk Tlar Kyanà
Tm = Təmattwəspwaypksma
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There are a few things I'd like to clarify as well:
k1234567890y wrote:- your language must have at least a three-way contrast in at least some plosives and affricates.
Probably a silly question, but what exactly do you mean by this? What kinds of contrasts did you have in mind? Would you consider having just /p t k/ to be a three-way POA contrast in stops?
k1234567890y wrote:- your language must have syllable codas allowing consonants other than nasals.
Does this mean that nasals are not allowed in syllable codas, or that nasals cannot be the only legal coda consonants?
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shimobaatar wrote:There are a few things I'd like to clarify as well:
k1234567890y wrote:- your language must have at least a three-way contrast in at least some plosives and affricates.
Probably a silly question, but what exactly do you mean by this? What kinds of contrasts did you have in mind? Would you consider having just /p t k/ to be a three-way POA contrast in stops?
I think he means you have to have a three-way voicing contrast: Plain, voiced, breathy, creaky, ejective, prenasalized, preaspirated, whatever.
shimobaatar wrote:
k1234567890y wrote:- your language must have syllable codas allowing consonants other than nasals.
Does this mean that nasals are not allowed in syllable codas, or that nasals cannot be the only legal coda consonants?
I read it as the latter.
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CK = Classical Khaya
CT = Classical Ĝare n Tim Ar
Kg = Kgáweq'
PB = Proto-Beheic
PO = Proto-O
PTa = Proto-Taltic
STK = Sisỏk Tlar Kyanà
Tm = Təmattwəspwaypksma
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to Shimobaatar: Linguifex is correct
Linguifex wrote:
Spoiler:
k1234567890y wrote:- your language can't have European-style relative pronouns.
Can you clarify this please?
relativizers that inflect or take adpositions according to the role of the head noun in the relative clause.
I prefer to not be referred to with masculine pronouns and nouns such as “he/him/his”.
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Was kind of rushed due to circumstances I didn't expect occurring.

/m n nʷ ŋ ŋʷ/
/p b b̤ t tʷ d dʷ d̤ d̤ʷ k kʷ g gʷ g̈ g̈ʷ ʔ/
/tʃ tʃʷ dʒ dʒʷ d̤ʒ d̤ʒʷ/
/s sʷ ʃ ʃʷ h/
/ʜ ʜʷ ʢ ʢʷ ʢ̤ ʢ̤ʷ/
/w ɹ j/

/a aː ə əː ɨ ɨː/

a ə ɨ → ɑ ʌ ɤ / {ʜ,ʢ,ʢ̤}_
a ə ɨ → ɒ ɔ o / {ʜʷ,ʢʷ,ʢ̤ʷ}_
a ə ɨ → ɔ o u / {P,w,Kʷ}_
a ə ɨ → ʌ ɤ ɯ / {ɹ,K}_
a ə ɨ → œ ø y / Tʷ_
a ə ɨ → ɛ e i / {T,j}_

g̈əːʢ '1SG'
ʜɨʔ '2SG'
tʃʷəːgʷam '3SG.M'
ɹəʃʷ '3SG.F'
nʷɨd̤əːb '3SG.3'
kʷɨːɹanʷ '3SG.4'

g̈əːʢg̈əːʢ '1PL.EXCL'
dɨːʔɨ '1PL.INCL'
kaːʜ '2PL'
ɨʔʃʷɨ '3PL.M'
əːŋʷɹəw '3PL.F'
tɨʔaː '3PL.3'
mag̈ '3PL.4'

nʷahəːɹ 'one'
d̤ʷəjhə 'two'
b̤ɨːʔ 'three'
tʃʷɨːwaw 'four'
hɨsʷ 'five'
hɨːtʷəm 'six'

hɨːtʷəm hɨ nʷahəːɹ 'seven'
hɨːtʷəm hɨ d̤ʷəjhə 'eight'
hɨːtʷəm hɨ b̤ɨːʔ 'nine'
hɨːtʷəm hɨ tʃʷɨːwaw 'ten'
hɨːtʷəm hɨ hɨsʷ 'eleven'
d̤ʷəjhəkʷənd̤ək 'twelve' = 'two-hands'

b̤əɹɨməːɹɨːd̤ʒʷ 'eighteen' = "half of thirty-six"

ɨtʷaːɹɹɨːd̤ʒʷ 'thirty' = 'weak thirty-six'

ɹɨːd̤ʒʷ 'thirty-six'

kʷəːjnʷək 'first' = 'top, highest'
ajʃʷɨŋ 'second' = 'sitting below, lying below'
məːb̤ɨːʔŋəm 'third' = 'of-three-spot'
məːtʃʷɨːwawŋəm 'fourth' = 'of-four-spot'
məːhɨsʷŋəm 'fifth'
məːhɨːtʷəmŋəm 'sixth'

Direct-inverse alignment, typically "SOV" word order

-g̈ʷ DIR.SG
-wəːn DIR.PL
-ʃ IND.SG
-bɨː IND.PL

-wɨ DIR.SG
-tʷ DIR.PL
-sʷəj IND.SG
-ʜ IND.PL

-d̤ DIR.SG
-ŋʷ DIR.PL
-dʷəːg̈ IND.SG
-sʷɨdʷaʔ IND.PL

-a DIR.SG
-~~ DIR.PL
-ɹəːʔ IND.SG
-əɹjə IND.PL

-kʷɨ DIR.SG
-nʷ DIR.PL
-d̤ʒʷə IND.SG
-j IND.PL

-aʔ DIR.SG
-həːʔ DIR.PL
-ʢ̤ʷaːɹ IND.SG
-məkʷhəːj IND.PL

-ʢɨw DIR.SG
-ɹaːʔ DIR.PL
-ʔəhəːj IND.SG
-b̤əːɹ DIR.PL

-ajʔə DIR.SG
-ɨːsʷ DIR.PL
-əːmɨ IND.SG
-aːʔa IND.PL

-wə DIR.SG
-~ DIR.PL
-ŋʷkʷɨs IND.SG
-tʃʷ IND.PL

-p DIR.SG
-kʷ DIR.PL
-ŋ IND.SG
-ɹɨʔ IND.PL

b̤ɨɹ 'who, what'
+ kʷaʔ 'person' → b̤ɨɹkʷaʔ 'somebody, someone'
+ aʔtʷəːg̈ʷ 'place' → b̤ɨɹaʔtʷəːg̈ʷ 'somewhere'
+ jəʔa 'way of doing something' → b̤ɨɹjəʔa 'somehow, some way'
+ ɨtʃwɨ 'tool' → b̤ɨɹɨtʃwɨ 'something'

d̤ʒʷɨnʷ 'also; all, whole' (+ kʷaʔ 'person' → d̤ʒʷɨnʷkʷaʔ 'everybody', etc.)
əːŋ 'inclusive or; any' (+ kʷaʔ 'person' → əːŋkʷaʔ 'anybody', etc.)
tʷɨj 'nor; no' (+ kʷaʔ 'person' → tʷɨjkʷaʔ 'nobody', etc.)
paʔə 'exclusive or; a certain' (+ kʷaʔ 'person' → paʔəkʷaʔ 'a certain somebody')

Partial reduplication is used on verbs to represent a continuous aspect.

ənʷtʷɨj 'eat' → ənʷtʷɨjtʷɨj 'still eating, in the middle of eating'

Partial reduplication can be used on -wə nouns to mark the direct plural.

ŋʷɨʔ-wə 'tree.DIR.SG' → ŋʷɨʔ~ŋʷɨʔ 'tree.DIR.PL'
kaːʔɨjə-wə 'mouse.DIR.SG' → kaːʔɨjə~jə 'mouse.DIR.PL'

Full reduplication can be used on stems of nouns in -a to mark the direct plural.

d̤əːntaʔ-a 'termite mound.DIR.SG' → d̤əːntaʔ~d̤əːntaʔ 'termite mound.DIR.PL'

Full reduplication can be used on whole nouns to make some sort of verb out of them, typically one involving possession or association.

d̤əːntaʔ-a~d̤əːntaʔ-a 'be lousy with termite mounds'

The head of a relative clause is marked by a clitic suffix =ʃah, with the argument in the relative clause always taking the direct case:

d̤əːntaʔ-a=ʃah g̈əːʢ-nɨ tʃʷəːgʷam-Ø kəːʃʷɨktɨw-b̤ə
termite.mound-DIR.SG=REL 1SG-IND 3SG.M-DIR destroy-P
'the termite mound I'm destroying'
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Kg = Kgáweq'
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PO = Proto-O
PTa = Proto-Taltic
STK = Sisỏk Tlar Kyanà
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Re: Speedlanging weekend V: 22th April

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Wow, I didn't see this at all and was very busy this weekend. Wish I'd thought to check here. But I might come up with something for it this week, maybe on the plane Thursday or Saturday.
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I am still working on something.
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I will have to come back to this to finish off the universal quantifier/conjunction thing and produce some sample sentences.
Update: *phew* I got some samples sentences in now :)

Phonology:
Spoiler:
/m n ŋ/ <m n g>
/p pʰ pˣ pʷ t tʰ tˣ tʷ k kʰ kˣ kʷ/ <p ph px pw t th tx tw k kh kx kw>
/tʃ tʃʰ tʃʷ/ <c ch cw>
/s x h/ <s x h>
/l l̥ w w̥/ <l hl w hw>

m > ᵐb word finally
n > ⁿd word finally
ŋ > ᵑɡ word finally
Nasals do not assimilate to the point of articulation of adjacent consonants.
s > z intervocalicly
x > ɣ intervocalicly

/i ʊ u æ ɒ/ <i y u a o> (maybe could have gone <i o u e a>)

CVN
C= Any consonant
V= Any vowel
N= Any non-approximant
Word Order:
Top clauses: S O V
Dependent: V S O

Dependent clauses start with the verb with a prefix "kxu"
Vowels blend together into diphthongs when next to each other instead of remaining distinct.

Personal pronouns
Spoiler:
Two types exist: Universal and Genitive
First person
singular: pas phal
inclusive: pasykx phasykx
exclusive: pkyw phykw

Second Person
Singular: sykx sykhal
Plural: sysykx sysykxal

3rd Animate:
Singular: Hwin hwinal
Plural: hwinin hwininal

3rd Inanimate:
Singular: Gab gabno
Plural: Gagab Gagabno

The genitive pronoun may modify a noun by preceding it or stand on its own with the suffix "niha"
Interrogative Pronouns
What/which: gothic
Who/whom: panic

Noun Phrase Composition
Prepositions - genitive noun - attributive adjectives and colours -base noun - articles - post positions

Articles
Articles follow the noun they modify. It is not always necessary to use articles however if the context does not require them.

There are two definite articles. One for singular and one for plural.
Singular definite: so
Plural definite: soc

Indefinite articles are derived from interrogative pronouns.
Something: Goth
Someone: pan

Noun Adpositions:
Spoiler:
Adpositions generally mark the role of a noun and exist as prepositions and postpositions.
Role Prepositions:
Allative: cwa
Ablative: Xyn
Locative: Ci
Genitive: Wal
Terminative: Cug
Perlative: Lakw

Role Postpositions:
Benefactive: Pxu
Malefactive: lukx
Inessive: Thi
Adessive: Sukx
Comitative: Wy
Instrumental: Phitx
Conjunctions and universal quantifiers
And: yg

All/every: tyg

Verb Morphology:
Spoiler:
Verbal Prefixes, in the order they can be attached to verb.
Chu: This is a reletaviser prefix used when the verb is the first element in a dependent clause. This is helpful as it distinguishes it from a normal verb if it should modify the subject or object in a clause.
Hwa: Intentionality prefix. This is used to emphasise that an action was intentional. This is optional.
Twoc: Accidental prefix. This is used to indicate an action was unintentional.

The perfect aspect is created by fully duplicating the verb stem where affixes occur on the new unit. Example: prefix-stem-conjugation = prefix-stem-stem-conjugation

Verbs are conjugated for person and to an extent animacy.

Present Imperfective
1st person: unmarked
2nd person: sy
3rd animate: in
3rd inanimate: ga

Past Imperfective
1st person: ha
2nd person: syn
3rd animate: inin
3rd inanimate: gan

Past Perfective
1st person: hakh
2nd person: sykh
3rd animate: inikh
3rd inanimate: ganikh

The infinitive and dictionary form of a verb is: verb+sas
Numbers
Spoiler:
This language's number system is base 8. Here are the first 20 numerals:
1: ho
2: li
3: xi
4: cwal
5: kuly
6: pxu
7: lokwu
8: mykx
9: hlas
10: litax
11: kotw
12: twu
13: mykxkuly
14: mykxpxu
15: mykxlokwu
16: limykx
17: limykxho
18: limykxli
19: limykxxi
20: limykxcwal
Ordinal numbers are created by giving a cardinal number the genitive adposition.
Verb Inventory
Spoiler:
ahlasas: To see or look.
cwysas: Alienable possession verb.
hlaksas: To build something.
kwahlisas: To chase something
mosas: Basic copula used for predication.
litasas: To eat
somysas: To carry or hold something
sysas: Basica locational copula. Used to indicate a noun is in a specified location.
txansas: To speak
wiluksas: to stab/skewer with a spear
Noun Inventory
Spoiler:
cahlas:
hos: man
hlus: water or river
ganos: child
hwintha: forest
kaku: woman
kho: land
mapokx: beast
pi: wall
put: house
putput: village or town
suly: clothing
wiluk: spear
Xi hos soc mapokx goth wilukinikh ci hwintha so
three man(men) Def.plur beast indef.sing speared.pst.prfctv prep.locative forest. def.sing
"The three men speared a beast in the forest."

<mapokx so cwa put goth thi hwasysyinikh yg ganos goth litalitainikh wal putput so>
beast def.sing towards house def.sing inside deliberate.be.perfect.past and child indef.art eaten prep.genitive village def.sing
"The beast had entered a house and eaten one of the village's children."

<hos soc mapokx so kwahliinikh lakw kuly hlus soc cwa hwinal so hwintha so>
men def.plur beast def.art along five waters def.plur genitive forest def.sing forest def.sing
"The men chased the beast along five rivers to the forest of the beast."

<Kaku so phasykx xi ganos txaninin>
woman def.sing our.inclusive three child speak.past.imperfective
"The woman was speaking to our three children."
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Re: Speedlanging weekend V: 22th April

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Hey Linguifex, nice work. What does it mean when a consonant has two dots under it?
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Re: Speedlanging weekend V: 22th April

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Nachtuil wrote:What does it mean when a consonant has two dots under it?
Breathy/murmured voicing, I'd assume.
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Re: Speedlanging weekend V: 22th April

Post by idov »

As the minor bitch I am, I've tried to almost break the rules, but without going all the way. This might seem hopelessly unfinished for being submitted this late.
Working name: Xenjeiñ
Phonology:
Spoiler:
i ɛ ʊ ɔ

/m mˀ n nˀ ŋ/ <m m' n n' ñ>
/p ʰp t ʰt tʼ k ʰk kʼ/ <p hp p' t ht t' k hk k'>
/k͡p k͡ʰp/ <kp khp>
/s x/ <s x>
/j ɥ ɰ w/ <j y g w>

/p,t/→[b,d] inter-vocally
Nasals are devoiced word-finally
/x/→[ç] before non-velar consonants
/sj/→[ç]
/u,o/→[ɯ,ʌ] between two consonants, neither labial.

Labials: /m mˀ p ʰp k͡p k͡ʰp ɥ w/

(O)V(C)
O Any nonpreaspirated consonant
V Any vowel
C Any consonant, except ejectives and glottal nasals.
VOS
Object must immediately follow the verb except if an oblique using an emphatic pronoun is inserted between them. Interrogative pronouns go into this spot too; they are considered emphatics always. Emphatics must be placed here.
In all other cases, obliques follow the object and subject.
Pronouns:
Spoiler:
The second form is the emphatic.

1s je/jeke
2s nu/nu
3s xe/xa
EXCL ges/ges
INCL eset/eset
INCL.DUAL tes/tes
2pl woj/wok
3p xeht/xesek

Interrogatives:
Who ki
What mumi
Where ehkti
Which ehke
Why ehkut
By adding <-je> to <ki> and <mumi>, we get the genitive forms. By prefixing the definitive article <t'e>(, <t'ey> in plural,) we get the indefinite pronouns.
E.g /tʼɛɥ-kijɛ kpip/
Some people's book.

The suffix <-je> also forms adverbs from adjectives. By adding it to the noun conjunctive, <tie>, we get <tieje>, which means "all".

Numbers:
Spoiler:
1,2,3,4 and 5 will have underivable forms. 6, 7, 8, and 9 will be derived from 10 minus 4, 10 minus 3 and so on. 10 is a root once again. 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15 will be derived from 10 and 1, 10 and 2 and so on. 16 to 19 is once again 20 minus 4, 20 minus three and so on. However, the word for twenty used in forming 16 to 19 is a very archaic word and not used anymore for 20 itself, where a new word is now instead used. From there on, it's regular base 10.
three-ten, four-ten... nine-ten, hundred, hundred-ten, hundred-twenty, hundred-three-ten and so on.
I don't have to time to actually invent those numbers, if I had I would probably collapse of boredom halfway.
Janko is crying.
<no> is the singular indefinite article. Genitives make the head lack articles. This makes many nouns lack number marking.
Genitives and modifying adjectives may be fully reduplicated to show that their head is plural. This is not done when a number is used.
A full noun phrase looks like this:
preposition-article-number-noun-adjective-genitive
This lang has no postpositions, nor circumpositions.

The first syllable of a verb is reduplicated to show past imperfect. Think Spanish.

2nd is "other". 1st is "m'e-other". <m'e> is a negating prefix. All other ordinals are formed by suffixing <-wo> to the cardinal.

Relative clauses are internally headed. In the end of the clause there's one of three subordinators telling whether the relativized word is the subject, object or the emphatic. The emphatic pronoun is placed directly after the relativized noun.
The accusative of <emo> is <eminem>. :lat:
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