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Maskey | |
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Khaskalh'skk'aa | |
Pronunciation | /xas.ka.ɮ̊ᵊs.kː’aː/ |
Native to | Mokhavia |
Ethnicity | - people |
Official status | |
Official language in | Mokhavia |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-1 | - |
ISO 639-2 | - |
ISO 639-3 | - |
Phonology
Labial | Alveolar | Post-Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||||
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plain | sibilant | lateral | |||||||
Plosive / Affricate |
plain | b̥ ⟨b⟩ | d̥ ⟨d⟩ | d̥z̥ ⟨dz⟩ | d̥ɮ̊ ⟨dlh⟩ | d̥z̝̊~d̥ʒ̊ ⟨j⟩ | g̊ ⟨g⟩ | ʔ ⟨ʼ⟩ | |
aspirated | pʰ ⟨p⟩ | tʰ ⟨t⟩ | tsʰ ⟨ts⟩ | tɬʰ ⟨tlh⟩ | ts̝ʰ~tʃʰ ⟨ch⟩ | kʰ ⟨k⟩ | |||
ejective | pʼ ⟨pʼ⟩ | tʼ ⟨tʼ⟩ | tsʼ ⟨tsʼ⟩ | tɬʼ ⟨tlhʼ⟩ | ts̝ʼ~tʃʼ ⟨chʼ⟩ | kʼ ⟨kʼ⟩ | |||
Sonorants | Fricative | s ⟨s⟩ | ɮ̊ ⟨lh⟩ | s̝~ʃ ⟨sh⟩ | x ⟨kh⟩ | ||||
Nasal | m ⟨m⟩ | n ⟨n⟩ | |||||||
Approximant / Tap |
ɾ ⟨r⟩ | l ⟨l⟩ | j ⟨y⟩ | w ⟨w⟩ |
- /m/ and /n/ can apear as syllabic
Front | Central | Back | ||||
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short | long | short | long | short | long | |
High | i ⟨i⟩ | iː ⟨ii⟩ | u ⟨u⟩ | uː ⟨uu⟩ | ||
Mid | ɛ ⟨e⟩ | eː ⟨ee⟩ | o ⟨o⟩ | oː ⟨oo⟩ | ||
Low | a ⟨a⟩ | aː ⟨aa⟩ | ||||
Harmony | i | a | u |
- short vowels raise up when unstressed (/ɛ/→/e̝~i/;/a/→/ɐ~ə/;/o/→/o̝~u/)
- the /o/ is sound closer to /o̞/
Writing system
Aa /a/ |
Bb /b̥/ |
Cc /k~ts/[a] |
Dd /d̥/ |
Dz dz /d̥z̥/ |
Dlh dlh /d̥ɮ̊/ |
Ee /ɛ/ |
Ff /f/ |
Gg /g̊/ |
Hh[b] (/x/)[c] |
Ii /i/ |
Jj /d̥z̝̊~d̥ʒ̊/ |
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Kk /kʰ/ |
K' k' /kʼ/ |
Kh kh /x/ |
'Kh 'kh /ᵊx/ |
Ll /l/ |
'L 'l /ᵊl/ |
Lh lh /ɮ̊/ |
'Lh 'lh /ᵊɮ̊/ |
Mm /m/ |
'M 'm /ᵊm/ |
Nn /n/ |
'N 'n /ᵊn/ |
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Oo /o/ |
Pp /pʰ/ |
P' p' /pʼ/ |
Qq /kʷ/ |
Rr /ɾ/ |
'R 'r /ᵊɾ/ |
Ss /s/ |
'S 's /ᵊs/ |
Sh sh /s̝~ʃ/ |
'Sh 'sh /ᵊs̝~ᵊʃ/ |
Tt /tʰ/ |
T' t' /tʼ/ |
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Ts ts /tsʰ/ |
Ts' ts' /tsʼ/ |
Tlh tlh /tɬʰ/ |
Tlh' tlh' /tɬʼ/ |
Uu /u/ |
Vv /w~ʋ/ |
Ww /w/ |
Xx /ks/ |
Yy /j/ |
Zz /z̥~s/ |
' /ʔ/ |
Grammar
- Vowel Harmony
- Vowel Harmony, that apears if the word ends/begins in a plosive/stop consonant
- Apears if the word ends/begins in a vowel
Syntax & Syllable structure
Pronouns
Person & Number | NOM | GEN | DAT | ACC | INS | COMP | INE | ALL | ABL | PROL | ||
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Singular | 1st | |||||||||||
2nd | ||||||||||||
3d | ||||||||||||
Plural | 1st | Inclusive | ||||||||||
Exclusive | ||||||||||||
2nd | ||||||||||||
3d |
Possessive
Person & Number | Affix | Example: Variant 1 | Example: Variant 2 | Example: Variant 3 | ||
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Singular | 1st | |||||
2nd | ||||||
3d | ||||||
Plural | 1st | Inclusive | ||||
Exclusive | ||||||
2nd | ||||||
3d |
Nouns
Number
Number | Affix | Example: Variant 1 | Example: Variant 2 | Example: Variant 3 |
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Singular | -Ø | dansi' (boat) | thl'a (fish - sin) | ch'wen (animal) |
Plural | -ask | dansi'isk (boats) | thl'ask (fish - plr) | ch'wen'sk (animals) |
Cases
Case | Affix | Examlple: Variant 1 | Examlple: Variant 2 | Examlple: Variant 3 |
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Nominative | -Ø | ewak (canoe) | maske (dog) | salh (bow) |
Genitive | -alh | ewakalh (of a canoe) | maskelh (of a dog) | salh'lh (of a bow) |
Dative | -u/w | ewaku (to a canoe) | maskew (to a dog) | salhu (to a bow) |
Accusative | -i/y | ewaki (canoe) | maskey (dog) | salhi (bow) |
Instrumental | -asa | ewakasa (with a canoe) | maskesi (with a dog) | salh'si (with a bow) |
Comparative[a] | -adlha | ewakadlha (as a canoe) | maskedlhi (as a dog) | salhdlhi (as a bow) |
Locative | -ama | ewakama (at/in a canoe) | maskemi (at/in a dog) | salhmi (at/in a bow) |
Allative | ka'- | ka'ewak (to/towards a canoe) | kamaske (to/towards a dog) | kasalh (to/towards a bow) |
Ablative | ta'- | ta'ewak (from a canoe) | tamaske (from a dog) | tasalh (from a bow) |
Benefactial | -ara | ewakara (for a canoe) | maskeri (for a rain) | salh'ri (for a bow) |
Vocative | -ee -/oo |
ewakee (canoe!) | maskoo (dog!) | salhee (bow!) |
- ↑ When the Comparative case is used with the comparative affix, the meaning shifts to "than"
- Positive - Bassic form of the word: big - saw
- Negative - Negation of the word: (yo-) "unbig" - yosaw
- Comparitive - Form for comparison relative to something, used with the Comparative case: (-'alh) bigger - sawalh
- Superlative - Form showing absolute relative to a group: (-'alhka) bigest - sawalhka
Articles
Type | Word | Аffix | Example: Variant 1 | Example: Variant 2 | Example: Variant 3 |
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indefinite | selk' (salmon) | dlhe (rain) | baalh (milk) | ||
definite | -at(a) | selk'it (the salmon) | dlheti (the rain) | baalhta (the milk) | |
Proximal-demonstrative | ta (this) | ta selk' (this salmon) | ta dlhe (this rain) | ta baalh (this milk) | |
Distal-demonstrative | uut (that) | uut selk' (that salmon) | uut dlhe (that rain) | uut baalh (that milk) | |
Partitive | baw (some) | baw selk' (some salmon) | baw dlhe (some rain) | baw baalh (some milk) | |
Partitive-Collective | doo (most) | doo selk' (most salmon) | doo dlhe (most rain) | doo baalh (most milk) | |
Non-Partitive | yoklha (no*) | yoklha selk' (no salmon) | yoklha dlhe (no rain) | yoklha baalh (no milk) |
Verbs
"be"
Lexicon
Affix | Used to create... | Example(s) |
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-akh | agents from verbs/nouns | tlh'e (fish) → tlh'ekh (fisherman) |
-awts'a | collective nouns | dansi'siw (ship) → dansi'siwts'i (navy) |
-atsa | nouns from verbs | sa'a (to grow) → sa'atsa (plant) |
-al | verbs from nouns | k'aa (language) → k'aal (to speak) |
-'aw | adjectives from nouns/verbs | twa (water) → twa'aw (watery) |
- | adjectives indicating the lack of something | |
-akya | nouns from adjectives | tlh'een (barren) → tlh'eenkyi (desert) |
- | adverbs from nouns/verbs | |
-acha | diminutives of nouns | |
-saw | augmentatives of nouns | dansi' (boat) → dansi'siw (ship) |
- | locations (places related to the stem) | |
- | inhabitants (of places) | |
-achan | decendents (of people, or nouns/adjectives) | shem (bear) → shemchin (of the bear) |
-adwat | decendents (child of) | Damesdwit (child of Dames) |
-k'aa | languages/dialects |