proto-tasonsai
phonology
M / P | bilabial | median alveolar | lateral alveolar | velar |
nasal | m | n | ŋ <q> | |
pulmonic plosive | p | t | k | |
ejective plosive | p' | t' | k' | |
pulmonic fricative | s | ɬ <x> | ||
ejective fricative | s' | ɬ' <x'> | ||
approximant | ɹ~ɾ <r> | l~ɺ <l> |
H / FaR | front unround | frount round | back round |
close | i | y | u |
mid | e | o | |
open | a |
Aa Ee Ii Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Ss Tt Uu Xx Yy '
phonotactics: literally just (C)V(C) lol
lexicon
- Aram
- n. animal
- Aramak
- n. beast
- Araqkex
- n. fox
- emanen
- v. to have
- ien
- v. to be
- Kear
- n. friend
- kion
- conj. and
- K'an
- n. way
- k'anen
- v. to go
- K'ex
- n. fire
- k'exen
- v. cook
- k'omen
- v. to die
- k'omeken
- v. sleep
- K'omekisaek
- n. bed
- K'omsen
- n. killer
- mat'en
- v. to yell
- mat'eken
- v. to speak
- Mat'ekkan
- n. language
- Nas'
- n. rock
- nas'i
- adj. hard
- neri
- adj. that
- Nom
- n. king
- p'an
- adpos. in(side[ ]of [no way word ending in "eof" wasteof reference interrobang])
- Nosat
- n. North (which is to say, the direction of the pole closer to Uhasuban and Usnama, which shows at the bottom of maps)
- raki
- adj. bad
- Sa
- n. land
- Saek
- n. place
- sonen
- v. to not be
- S'en
- n. person
- S'eqkom
- n. spirit
- S'o
- n. water
- Tasixonak
- n. house
- To
- n. arm
- T'as
- n. tree
- T'asek
- n. plant
- T'ason
- n. South (which is to say, the direction of the pole closer to Tasonsa and Altunga, which shows at the top of maps)
- Xon
- n. mouth
- Xonak
- n. hole
derivational suffixes
- -ek
- diminuative
- -ak
- augmentative
- -i
- of, or relating to
- -mo
- that is a/n X
verb inflection
- -en
- infinitive (lemma)
- -e
- simple present
- -es
- simple past
- -are
- simple future
pronouns
- Ia
- i
- Ua
- you(s)
- K'ame
- he
- S'ome
- she
- Nete
- it
for all pronouns, -n forms the accusative
translations
I am not you, and he is not her. Your pet bear is not cooked. Your house has no bed. You are not a fox.
1 isn't 2.acc, & 3MASC isn't 3FEM. 2.of friend-being animal.AUG isn't cook.past.being. 2.of tree.of.hole isn't have die.dimin.of.land.dimin. 2 isn't animal.fire.
Ia sone Uan, kion K'ame sone S'omen. Uai kearmo Aramak sone k'exesmo. Uai Tasixomak sone emanen K'omekisaek. Ua sone Arankex.