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Nurǔsarǔcē is a language spoken on the southern slope of Nurǔsarǔcǔ and the valley there in Fuhe by about 3,000 people. It is a descendant of Classical Momčalsumai. The people are subject to racist laws, such as they may only leave their "homeland" with permission, and the only foreigners allowed without permission are Government Officials, and intermarraige is illegal, with the exception of those who have left and sworn an oath to "monotheism".

Phonology:
/p t tʰ k kʰ/ <p t th k kh>
/m n N/ <m n m~n>
/ɸ s ɕ h/ <f s š h>
/t͡s t͡ɕ/ <c č>
/ɾ/ <r>
/r̥/ <rh>
/β̞ j/ <v y>

/ i y ʉ u ɯ/ <i ü u̠ u ǔ~û>
/e e: ∅ ∅: o o:/ <e ē ö~ȍ ő~ô o ō>
/a a:/ <ā>
V˩ <V̀~V̂~V̏>
Phonotactics: (C)V(N)
N is a nasal that assimalates to the following consonants POA or is [ŋ] word-finally.
Unrounded vowels cannot occur after labials.
If <ü ö ő> occurs after a non-labial, <u ǔ o ō> cannot occur in the same word.
Two consecutive low-tone vowels cannot appear in a word.
Nouns are divided into two Genders, Common and Neuter. They do not inflect for number.

Common noun declension:
Fātǔ "Father
Nominative : Fātǔ
Acc. : Fātǔsǔ
Dat. .: Fātǔrǔ
Gen. : Fātǔcǔ

Neuter noun declension:
Phurē "Hand"
Nominative : Phurē
Acc. : Phurosǔ
Dat. .: Phurorǔ
Gen. : Phurocǔ
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Verbs have one stem for the indicative. There are two conjugations: those whose indicative stem is from the present stem, and rarer, those whose indicative stem is from the past stem. The verb does not inflect for tense, the regular verb being present, and analytic constructions are used for the past, past perfect and future. This post will consider only the present.
Regular verb: Möncarhǔ "To guide"
1p: Möncarhō
2P : Möncarhǔsǔ
3p sing: Möncarhǔ
3p plr: Möncarhā

Fātǔ sarisǔ möncarhǔ
"Father guides the sheep"

Sarisǔ möncarhō
"I am guiding the sheep

Class II verb Khǔrōsǔ "To eat":
1p : Khǔrōsǔva
2P : Khǔrōsǔpōsǔ
3p sing: Khǔrōsǔ
3p plr: Khǔrōsāva

Sarisǔ khǔrōsǔva
"I am eating mutton"
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Looks nice but that's a lot of syllables. Are basic vocabulary terms in this language longer than in neighboring languages, or is Khǔrōsǔpōsǔ an outlier?
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Pabappa wrote: 29 Nov 2018 20:31 Looks nice but that's a lot of syllables. Are basic vocabulary terms in this language longer than in neighboring languages, or is Khǔrōsǔpōsǔ an outlier?
That's the point of the language; It's taking a proto-lang with CCVCC syllables under the sprachbund effect of a dominant CV language.
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The tenses are formed by putting the 3P sing of a verb before an aux that takes person (and number in the 3P)
The past tense aux is Pu̠sőku̠su̠:
Kōműrǔ sarisǔ möncarhǔ pu̠sőku̠sa
"The preists guided the sheep"

The past perfect is Su̠pu̠sőku̠su̠:
Kōműrǔ sarisǔ möncarhǔ su̠pu̠sőku̠sa
"The preists have guided the sheep"

The future aux is Sǔkuharǔtǔ:
Kōműrǔ sarisǔ möncarhǔ sǔkuharǔta
"The preists will guide the sheep
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The language is ussually not pro-drop because of verbs not distinguishing I/we you/you all he/she etc. The examples above would be used if context makes it clear ("What did you do? "I....." "What did x do?" "s/he.....")
1P sing:
Nominative : Ārǔkǔ
Acc. : Mā
Dat. : Mő
Gen: Mö

1P Plr:
Nominative : Nő
Acc. : Ő
Dat. : Ü
Gen: Ē

2P Sing:
Nominative : Āsǔtǔ
Acc. : Tā̀
Dat. : Tù
Gen: Čì

2P Plr:
Nominative : Sǔhô
Acc. : Hô
Dat. : hȕ
Gen: hȍ

3P Masc sing:
Nominative : Hānǔkǔ
Acc. : Hān
Dat. : Hun
Gen: Hin

3P fem sing:
Nominative : Sānǔkǔ
Acc. : Sān
Dat. : Sun
Gen: Šin

Neuters are treated like "He/him".

3P plural:
Nominative : sǔtā̀
Acc. : Tā̀n
Dat. : Tùn
Gen: Čìn


Ārǔkǔ tā̀ möncarhǔ sǔkuharǔtō
"I will guide you"

Hānǔkǔ ő möncarhǔ sǔkuharǔta
"He will guide us"

Hānǔkǔ sarisǔ Sǔrontǔrǔ pôpu̠su̠cu̠ mohen su̠pu̠sőku̠su̠
"He has sacrificed sheep to Sǔrontǔ"

The reflexive is the pronoun followed by ārhǔ
Hānǔkǔ ārhǔ Sǔrontǔrǔ pôpu̠su̠cu̠ mohen su̠pu̠sőku̠su̠
"He martyred himself for Sǔrontǔ"
Lit. "He sacrificed himself to Sǔrontǔ"
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Locative expressions are made by preposition +noun in genitive.
In/at/by: Hḕn
From: Hīhǔsǔ
Toward: Hā̀n

Ārǔkǔ hḕn kǔrēnicǔcǔ sisǔtonkǔ pu̠sőku̠sa
"I sat by the border"

Hānǔkǔ hīhǔsǔ kǔrēnicǔcǔ sǔkuharǔtǔ su̠pu̠sőku̠sǔ
"He has come from the border"

Hānǔkǔ hā̀n kǔrēnicǔcǔ sǔkuharǔtǔ su̠pu̠sőku̠sǔ
"He has gone to the border"
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The conjunction Fṑ connects two nouns or two verbs done by the same subject:
Ārǔkǔ sarisǔ fṑ kǔsisà khǔrōsǔva
"I am eating mutton and fish"
Note that the second noun is not marked for case; It takes the first noun's case.

Nő hā̀n kǔrēnicǔcǔ sǔkuharǔtǔ fṑ sisǔtonkǔ su̠pu̠sőku̠sō
"We went to the border and sat"
The verbs take the same tense verb.
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Numbers 1-99
1. Čḕn
2. Fà
3. Tǔ̀pi
4.Pitǔvā
5.Šēnpǔ
6. Hù̠sȕsu̠
7. Kǔsēn
8. Varǔtǔ
9 Nō
10 Čàkǔ
11.Čēnakǔ
12. Fā̀kù
13. Tǔ̀pikǔ
14.Pitǔvākǔ
15.Šēnpǔkǔ
16. Hù̠sȕsu̠ku̠
17. Kǔsēnkǔ
18. Varǔtǔkǔ
19 Nōku̠
20 Cḕsǔ
21.Cḕsǔčḕn
22 Cḕsǔfà
23. Cḕsǔtǔ̀pi
etc.
30. Cēsǔtǔdčēn
31-39: same patter as 21-29
etc.
40. Pitēsǔ
41-49: Same pattern as 21-29
50: Šēnpiki
60. Pǔ̀sḕkǔ
70. Kǔsēniki
80. Vēkǔ
90 Nōkü

Numbers take a measure word between them and the noun. It is Hirǔ for Common nouns, and Sǔtǔ̀ for neuter nouns:
Fà hirǔ sarisǔ
"two sheep"
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