Salt-Yui language

Salt, or Yui, is a Trans–New Guinea language of Chimbu Province, Papua New Guinea.

Basics
The following are some basic examples of phrases and nouns in Salt-Yui:

Vowels
The following is how you pronounce certain vowels in Salt-Yui:


 * /a/ is pronounced as in f a ther


 * /e/ is pronounced as in p e g


 * /i/ is pronounced as in t i n


 * /o/ is pronounced as in m o re


 * /u/ is pronounced as in p u t

Consonants
Most consonants are similar to English, except for the following:


 * r between vowels is flapped i.e. like ' d  '. And if placed at the end of a word it is not voiced but trilled.
 * l between vowels is flapped i.e. like '  d  '. but if not, it has the same friction as the English ' l  '.
 * ng is normally pronounced as in 'si ng  ', but if it is in the 2nd person it should be pronounced as a sequence of  'n+g  '

Possessive Pronouns
Most nouns may show ownership this way:

Example:

Personal Pronouns
Personal pronouns are shown like this:

Verbs
The following is how to conjugate verbs with personal pronouns shown with an example: As seen above, Salt-Yui has a special form for verbs with 'I alone'; why this is is still unknown.

Other example verbs: All of these verbs can follow the previous conjugations for verbs.

Adjectives
In Salt-Yui, adjectives usually follow the noun, here are some examples of adjectives in Salt-Yui:

Numerals
There are five cardinal numerals that have been written down, which are the following:

Locatives
The following are examples of known locatives in Salt-Yui: