Verse:Mwail/Ditab: Difference between revisions
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There are two declension classes: | There are two declension classes: | ||
* Class one nouns mark the | * Class one nouns mark the construct state with the suffix ''-bẽ́''. | ||
* Class two nouns mark the '' | * Class two nouns mark the ''absolute'' state with ''-bẽ́''. | ||
Verbs inflect by aspect but not tense. Curiously, the imperfective and perfective forms are interchanged when the verb follows the interrogative particle ''kủ-''. | Verbs inflect by aspect but not tense. Curiously, the imperfective and perfective forms are interchanged when the verb follows the interrogative particle ''kủ-''. | ||
Revision as of 13:17, 22 February 2018
Mwail/Ditab /tibak/ is a language of Ldon Źama inspired by Iau, Natqgu and Semitic languages (particularly Biblical Hebrew).
Phonology
Mwail/Ditab has 4 consonants: b d t k, and a large inventory of vowels (about as many as Khmer), with 3 tones.
Orthography
Mwail/Ditab has an ASCII friendly orthography in addition to the 'default' one, where some vowels are written with consonant letters.
Morphology
Mwail/Ditab morphology is entirely suffixing except for adjectives. Adjectives are a small closed class and work by infixing and/or changing the vowels in the noun according to a predictable umlaut pattern.
There are two declension classes:
- Class one nouns mark the construct state with the suffix -bẽ́.
- Class two nouns mark the absolute state with -bẽ́.
Verbs inflect by aspect but not tense. Curiously, the imperfective and perfective forms are interchanged when the verb follows the interrogative particle kủ-.
Syntax
Mwail/Ditab is strictly OVS.