User:Conorobradaigh/Conlang

=Phonology=

=Verbs=

Instrumental Suffixes
Note that in the following examples, only one possible translation is shown. The exact translation depends on context.

Transitive Form
The Transitive Form is formed by leniting the initial consonant of the verb, and prefixing ə-. The following table shows how consonants lenite. Only non-glottal stops lenite.

Intransitive Form
The Intransitive Form is formed by reduplicating the rime of the first syllable of the root before the root itself. The nucleus of the original syllable then changes to -a-. In addition, certain consonants in the reduplicated syllable lenite.

Mode
All verbs are overtly marked for mood. The moods are realis and irrealis.

Person
Verbs distinguish two persons: the first person is any group or entity that includes the speaker; the other person is any group or entity that does not include the speaker. They are abbreviated 1 and 3 here. Person marking follows an absolutive pattern, i.e. in transitive verbs the objects are marked, while in intransitive verbs subjects are marked. The same set of person-markers are used for both object-marking and subject-marking. The a- prefix causes lenition on the following consonant. Pronouns are used to express the subject of a transitive verb. In fact, there is only one pronoun, as the 3rd person subject pronoun is Ø. The 1st person pronoun is qʷə.

Primary Aspect
The Primary Aspects are perfect and imperfect. The (ə) below means that the ə is added only if there is no following vowel. If ə is added, it lenites the following consonant.

Secondary Aspect
There are four secondary aspects, which are indicated by consonantal prefixes with specific epenthetic vowels if with them would result in a consonant cluster. If the verb is 3rd person imperfect, then the mood prefixes are lenited.

=Nouns=

=Derivational Morphology=