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Consonants
1 - /ŋ/ is the only allophone, being an allophone of /n/ before /k/ or /g/.

Romanization
It's what'd you expect, although both /n/ and it's allophone /ŋ/ are both written with an N.

Syllable Structure

 * The maximum is CVC.
 * The only permitted codas are /l/, /m/, /n/ and /r/.

Stress
The stress ALWAYS falls on the 1st syllable no matter what.

Pronouns
da - "you" (sg.) so - "you" (pl.) te - "I/me" vu - "we/us" gi - "they/them" lum - "he/she/it"

Nouns
jukan - "person/man" venga - "animal" ejekul - "dog" pendur - "rock" ol - "the big thing" kanin - "tree" bido - "place"

Verbs
ukam - "to see" imsin - "to sit, on, at, in" gorun - "to give" la - "to be"

Other
-ni - 's -rul - plural suffix komugan - adv. "later" do- - past prefix (if a consonant is the first letter of the base verb) dor- - past prefix (if a vowel is the first letter of the base verb) remton - adj. "have" kolmonbar - adj. "do"

Default Word Order

 * Subject-Object-Verb, Object before Verb
 * Noun-like Adjectives, Adjective before Noun
 * Verb-like Postpositions, Noun before Postposition
 * Possessor before Possessee
 * Verb before Auxiliary

Result: exclusively Head-Final

Example Sentences

 * "The person sees the animal" > "Person see animal" > "Person animal see" > "Jukan venga ukam"
 * "The big animal" > "The big thing the animal" > "Ol venga"
 * "The person sees the big animal" > "Person see big animal" > "Person see big thing animal" > "Person big thing animal see" > "Jukan ol venga ukam"
 * "The person is on the rock" > "Person on rock" > "Person rock sit" > "Jukan pendur imsin"
 * "The man's dog" > "Person's dog" > "Jukanni ejekul"

Grammatical Number
Singular is unmarked while the Plural is marked with the suffix "-rul" f.e. "Jukan" is the sg. "person", "Jukanrul" is the pl. "people"

Tense
Present is unmarked, Past is marked with the prefix "do-", Future is marked with the adverb "komugan" meaning "later". f.e.
 * "Te venga ukam" is "I see the animal"
 * "Te venga dorukam" is "I saw the animal"
 * "Te venga ukam komugan" is "I will see the animal"

Aspect
The perfective aspect is marked with the adjective "remton" which means "have", while the imperfective is marked with the adjective "kolmonbar" which means "do" f.e.
 * "Te kolmonbar gorun" means "I am giving"
 * "Te remton gorun" means "I have given"

Valency
The Passive is marked with the verb "la" which means "to be", while the Causative is marked with the verb "gorun" which means "to give" f.e. "Te venga ukam la" means "I am seen by the animal", while "Te pendur venga ukam gorun" means "I make the animal see the rock"

Example Compounds

 * kanin "tree" + bido "place" = kaninbido "forest