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Mokha
Mokhavian, Nuket, Nanay
Nuk̠ettäjtäk, Jässäjänäjtäk, Jässäjk̠ytäjtäk
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Mokha people neer the city of Kalpa
circa 1915
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Native to Mokhavia
EthnicityMokha people
Native speakers
L1: 3,040,000
L2: 2,130,000
Unduk
  • Northern
    • Nanaic
      • Mokha
Standard forms
Coastal
Dialects
  • Coastal
  • Northern
  • Saqa
  • Inland Forest
  • Inland plains
  • Southern
Latin alphabet,
Cyrillic alphabet
Official status
Official language in
 Mokhavia
Language codes
ISO 639-1MK
ISO 639-2MKH
ISO 639-3MKH
Native Speaker distribution map of the Mokha language.png
Distribution of the language
  Absolute majority
  >30% are native speakers
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The Mokha language (Mokha: Nuk̠ettäjtäk, Jässäjänäjtäk, Jässäjk̠ytäjtäk) is the language of the Mokha people (aka: Mokhavic/Mokhavian/Nanay people), spoken on the coasts and inland of the Unduk lakes in Mokhavia, mainly the Nanay and Monay lakes. It's one of the indeginous languages spoken on the continent of Argis. It's the official working langauge of the nation of Mokhavia, spoken in the majority of the country.

Classification

Mokha is a member of the Unduk language family, the Unduk languages are a sub Paleo-Canamo language group. Most other Unduk languages are endangered. The closest living language to Mokha is the Seykel language, some linguist say Seykel is just a dialect of Mokha, in which case the closest living language is the endangered Aarnuaq language. Unlike the Southern branch of the Unduk languages, the Northern branch is quite concervative.

  • Proto-Unduk
    • Northern
      • Denayak
      • Nanaic
        • Mokha language
        • Seykel language
      • Monaic
        • Aarnuaq language‡
    • Southern
      • Yakrow language‡
      • Wakro language‡
      • Duwat language†
‡ - endangered
† - extinct language

Geographic Distribution

The Mokha language is spoken mainly in the majority north of the nation of Mokhavia, around the Unduk lakes. Historically it was spoken in a larger area around the unduk's, but with the surounding germanic and slavic tribes it has shrunked to the modern confines.
Most speakers are located on the eastern Nanay and northern Monay coasts, and around the Dene and Mäjsä rivers.

History

TBA

Phonology & Orthography

Consonants

Labial Alveolar Post-
Alveolar
Palatal Velar Uvular
Plain Long Plain Long Plain Long Plain Long Plain Long Plain Long
Nasal m [m] mm [mː] n [n] nn [nː]
Plosive p [p] pp [pː] t [t] tt [tː] [c] k̠k̠ [cː] k [k] kk [kː] q [q] qq [qː]
Affricate ts [t͡s] tts [t͡sː] ts̠ [t͡s̝] tts̠ [t͡s̝ː]
Sibilant Fricative v [v] vv [vː] s [s] ss [sː] [s̙] s̠s̠ [s̝ː] x [x] xx [xː]
Lateral Fricative ł [ɬ] łł [ɬː]
Aproximant w [w] l [l] ll [lː] j [j]
Tap/Flap r [ɾ~r]

Vowels & Vowel Harmony

Front Central Back
unrounded unrounded unrounded rounded
short long short short long short long
Close i [i] ii [iː] u [u] uu [uː]
Close-mid y [ɘ]
Open-mid e [ɛ] ee [ɛː] o [ɔ] oo [ɔː]
Open ä [æ] ää [æː] a [ɑ] a [ɑː] ([ɒ])[a]
Harmony ä a
  1. Common allophone of /ɑ/, appears mainly in vowel harmony after the vowels /ɔ/ and /u/.

vowel harmony occurance in affixes is marked with (v)

Stress

Stress in modern Mokha is free-flowing, and dosen't convey meaning

Writing system

Mokha is written in the Unduk Alphabet, which is a modified Latin alphabet used for the Unduk languages.

Mokha Variant:

A a Ä ä E e I i J j K k K̠ k̠ L l Ł ł
M m N n O o P p Q q R r S s S̠ s̠ T t
Ts ts Ts̠ ts̠ U u V v W w Y y


Unnoficial ways to write the special characters, seen mainly online.
Due to the fact the letter ⟨h⟩ dosen't appear in the language officially, it's usually used in combination with others:

  • Ä ä → ah / ää → aah
  • K̠ k̠ → kj
  • Ł ł → lh
  • S̠ s̠ → sh / Ts̠ ts̠ → tsh
Order 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Majuscule A Ä E I J K L Ł M N O P Q R S T Ts Ts̠ U V W X Y
Minuscule a ä e i j k l ł m n o p q r s t ts ts̠ u v w x y
IPA Sound ɑ æ ɛ i j k c l ɬ m n ɔ p q ɾ s t t͡s t͡s̝ u v w x ɘ

Grammar

Mokha is a synthetic language that employs extensive agglutination of affixes to verbs, nouns, adjectives and numerals.

Syntax

  • SVO (SOV)
  • possessor - possessee
  • noun like adjectives
  • adjective - noun
  • postpositions
  • Verb - Auxiliary

Nouns

Animacy

Mokha, like other Unduk languages, distinguishes animate and inanimate objects. Due to their faith, animates also include plants, fluids, and groups of animates. A food that has been processed is concidered to be inanimate, as it no longer possesses life, seen from a religeous view.

Number

Theres a distinction between animate and innanimate nouns in Number.

For Animate nouns:

  • for words ending in consonants other than ⟨r, j, w⟩ the suffix -(C*)(v), with the last consonant lenghtening: k̠et (man) → k̠et (men)
  • for words ending in the ⟨r, j, w⟩ consonants the suffix -(v)t: ammaj (bush) → ammajat (bushes)
  • for words ending in the vowel short ⟨e⟩, the suffix -/yt: niive (fish (sin)) → niivyt (fish (plr))
  • for words ending in vowels, long or short, the suffix -jt: mytä (woman) → mytäjt (women)

For Inanimate nouns:

  • for words ending in consonants, the suffix -it(v): äjään (canoe) → äjäänitä(canoes)
  • for words ending in the vowel short ⟨e⟩, the suffix -/ytä: kaavve (coffee (sin)) → kaavvytä (coffee (plr))
  • for words ending in vowels, long or short, the suffix -jtä: meeti (comb) → meetijtä (combs)

Articles

Articles only appear after the noun

Type Word Аffix
(consonant)
Example Аffix
(vowel)
Example
none niivyt (fish) (plural) attä (lichen) (singular)
definite -(v)k niivytäk (the fish) -jk[a] attäjk (the lichen)
Proximal-demonstrative kao ka- kaniivyt (these fish) k̠- attä (this lichen)
Distal-demonstrative łe łu- łuniivyt (those fish) ł- łattä (that lichen)
Partitive nys̠ol ny- nyniivyt (some fish) nyj- nyjattä (some lichen)
Partitive-Collective itäjtä itä- itäniivyt (most fish) it- itattä (most lichen)
Non-Partitive ejnytä ejne- ejneniivyt (no fish) ejn- ejnattä (no lichen)
  1. When the word ends in the vowel short ⟨e⟩, the suffix is -/yk: niive (fish) → niivyk (the fish)

Cases

Mokha has a complex case system, consisting of 19 cases, wich differ from animate and inanimate nouns:

Animate
Case end-vowel end-consonant
Affix Example Affix Example
Nominative mytä ( -NOM) k̠et ( -NOM)
Dative -j mytäj (to a woman) -(v)j k̠etäj (to a man)
Genative -s̠ mytä (of a woman) -(v)s̠ k̠etäs̠ (of a man)
Accusitive -t mytät (woman -ACC) -(v)t k̠etät (man -ACC)
Instrumental -p mytäp (using a woman) -(v)p k̠etäp (using a man)
Comitative -ts̠ mytäts̠ (with a woman) -(v)ts̠ k̠etäts̠ (with a man)
Comparative -l mytäl (than/as a woman) -(v)l k̠etäl (than/as a man)
Inessive -v mytäv (in/side a woman) -(v)v k̠etäv (in/side a man)
Adessive -r mytär (neer a woman) -(v)r k̠etär (neer a man)
Postessive -ks mytäks (behind a woman) -(v)ks k̠etäks (behind a man)
Superessive -v(v)r mytävär (on top of/above a woman) -(v)v(v)r k̠etävär (on top of/above a man)
Subessive -k̠i mytäk̠i (under a woman) -(v)ki k̠etäk̠i (under a man)
Allative -m mytäm (to/towards a woman) -(v)m k̠etäm (to/towards a man)
Ablative -jo mytäjo (from a woman) -(v)jo k̠etäjo (from a man)
Lative -vi mytävi (going in/side a woman) -(v)vi k̠etävi (going in/side a man)
Elative -x mytäx (out of a woman) -(v)x k̠etäx (out of a man)
Benefactial -w(v) mytä (for a woman) -w(v) k̠et (for a man)
Prolative -n(v) mytä (via a woman) -(v)n(v) k̠etänä (via a man)
Inanimate
Case end-vowel end-consonant
Affix Example Affix Example
Nominative saaqa (snow -NOM) qaat (rock -NOM)
Dative -q saaqaq (to snow) -(v)q qaataq (to a rock)
Genative -s saaqas (of snow) -(v)s qaatas (of a rock)
Accusitive -ły saaqały (snow -ACC) -(v)ły qaatały (rock -ACC)
Instrumental -p saaqap (using snow) -(v)p qaatap (using a rock)
Comitative -ty saaqaty (with snow) -(v)ty qaataty (with a rock)
Comparative -l saaqal (than/as snow) -(v)l qaatal (than/as a rock)
Inessive -vy saaqavy (in/side snow) -(v)vy qaatavy (in/side a rock)
Adessive -ly saaqaly (neer snow) -(ä)ly qaataly (neer a rock)
Postessive -xs saaqaxs (behind snow) -(v)xs qaataxs (behind a rock)
Superessive -v(v)r saaqavar (on top of/above snow) -(v)v(v)r qaatavar (on top of/above a rock)
Subessive -t(v)r saaqatar (under snow) -(a)t(v)r qaatatar (under a rock)
Allative -my saaqamy (to/towards snow) -(v)my qaatamy (to/towards a rock)
Ablative -jo saaqajo (from snow) -(v)jo qaatajo (from a rock)
Lative -wn(v) saaqawna (going in/side snow) -(v)wn(v) qaatawna (going in/side a rock)
Elative -xy saaqaxy (out of snow) -(v)xy qaataxy (out of a rock)
Benefactial -wa saaqawa (for snow) -wa qaatwa (for a rock)
Prolative -n saaqan (via snow) -(v)n qaatan (via a rock)

Note: When the Comparative case is used with the comparative Comparison affix, the meaning is "than", in other use the case means "as":

sappen äs̠s̠eläl - cold as ice
sappenlaj äs̠s̠eläl - colder than ice

Adjectives

Adjectives in Mokha by default come before the noun, but they can go after if needed, nouns and verbs can be turned into adjectives via a suffix:

suffix after a consonant -(v)n: k̠et (man) → k̠etän (manly)
suffix after a vowel -n: xanäjme (tribe/clan) → xanäjmen (tribal)
example with verb-to-adjective: ässä (to freeze) → ässän (freezing)

Adjectives agree with the number of the noun its effecting:

ataw mytä (pretty woman) → atawat mytäjt (pretty women)
arun vajnax (bloody battle axe) → arunna vajnaxita (bloody battle axes)

Personal Pronouns

Person & Number NOM DAT GEN ACC INS COM COMP INE ADE POSTE SUPE SUBE ALL ABL LAT ELA BENE PROL
Singular 1st Kol Kowtäj Kowtäs̠ Kowtät Kowap Kowats̠ Kowal Kowav Kowar Kowaks Kowavar Kowak̠i Kowam Kowant Kowavi Kowax Kowawa Kowana
2nd Ets̠i Ets̠ij Ets̠is̠ Ets̠it Ets̠ip Ets̠its̠ Ets̠il Ets̠iv Ets̠ir Ets̠iks Ets̠ivär Ets̠ik̠i Ets̠im Ets̠int Ets̠ivi Ets̠ix Ets̠iwä Ets̠inä
3d Animate Äj Äjäj Äjs̠ Äjt Äjäp Äjäts̠ Äjäl Äjäv Äjär Äjäks Äjävär Äjäk̠i Äjäm Äjänt Äjävi Äjäx Äjäwä Äjänä
Inanimate Ym Ymäj Ymäs̠ Tmät Ymäp Ymäts̠ Ymäl Ymäv Ymär Ymäks Ymävär Ymäk̠i Ymäm Ymänt Ymävi Ymäx Ymäwä Ymänä
Self Tajtuj Tajtujaj Tajtujs̠ Tajtujt Tajtujap Tajtujats̠ Tajtujal Tajtujav Tajtujar Tajtujaks Tajtujavar Tajtujak̠i Tajtujam Tajtujant Tajtujavi Tajtujax Tajtujawa Tajtujana
Plural 1st Kootä Kootäj Kootäs̠ Kootät Kootäp Kootäts̠ Kootäl Kootäv Kootär Kootäks Kootävär Kootäk̠i Kootäm Kootänt Kootävi Kootäx Kootäwä Kootänä
2nd Ets̠iitä Ets̠iitäj Ets̠iitäs̠ Ets̠iität Ets̠iitäp Ets̠iitäts̠ Ets̠iitäl Ets̠iitäv Ets̠iitär Ets̠iitäks Ets̠iitävär Ets̠iitäk̠i Ets̠iitäm Ets̠iitänt Ets̠iitävi Ets̠iitäx Ets̠iitäwä Ets̠iitänä
3d Animate Äjiitä Äjiitäj Äjiitäs̠ Äjiität Äjiitäp Äjiitäts̠ Äjiitäl Äjiitäv Äjiitär Äjiitäks Äjiitävär Äjiitäk̠i Äjiitäm Äjiitänt Äjiitävi Äjiitäx Äjiitäwä Äjiitänä
Inanimate Yntä Yntäj Yntäs̠ Yntät Yntäp Yntäts̠ Yntäl Yntäv Yntär Yntäks Yntävär Yntäk̠i Yntäm Yntänt Yntävi Yntäx Yntäwä Yntänä
Self Tajtwiitä Tajtwiitäj Tajtwiitäs̠ Tajtwiität Tajtwiitäp Tajtwiitäts̠ Tajtwiitäl Tajtwiitäv Tajtwiitär Tajtwiitäks Tajtwiitävär Tajtwiitäk̠i Tajtwiitäm Tajtwiitänt Tajtwiitävi Tajtwiitäx Tajtwiitäwä Tajtwiitänä

Possession

Mokha has possessive proclitic and enclitic affixes, the Genetive case pronouns can be used to add emphasis:

Person & Number Proclitic form Enclitic form
start/end
consonant
start/end
vowel
start/end
consonant
start/end
vowel
Affix Affix Affix Affix
Singular 1st ju- juj- -(v)ju -ju
2nd s̠u- s̠uj- -s̠u
3d Animate itu- ituj- -itu -jtu
Inanimate ymu- ymuj- -ymu -jmu
Self[a] -(v2)[b]ts̠u -ts̠u
Plural 1st nu- nuj- -(v)nu -nu
2nd s̠tu- s̠tuj- -(v)s̠tu -s̠tu
3d Animate ittu- ittuj- -ittu -jttu
Inanimate ymmu- ymmuj- -ymmy -jmmu
  1. Used when one is talking about their property, unless using coppula, in which case the 1st person singular suffix is used
  2. No vowel when the last consonant is a nasal

Note: for the -j(c) suffixes, if the word ends in short ⟨e⟩ the suffixes become -/y(c):

lavitte (home) → lavittytu (his/her home)
qaane (country) → qaabyttu (their country)

Examples:

Proclitic: jukuna (my knife)
Enclitic: kojäjpats̠u kuna (i use my knife)
Proclitic: s̠ujoqoj (your dog)
Enclitic: kok̠itans̠u oqoj (i like your dog)
Proclitic: itubiły (his/her car)
Enclitic: kosas̠anitu biły (i will drive his/her car)

Verbs

Tenses/Aspect/Moods

<type-1> - verbs ending in consonants
<type-2> - verbs ending in vowels
Mood Past Present Future Future in the past
Simple Perfect Simple Simple Perfect Simple Perfect
Indicative <type-1>(v)s
<type-2>s
<type-1>(v)s(v)p
<type-2>s(v)p
<type-1>
<type-2>
<type-1>(v)n
<type-2>n
<type-1>(v)n(v)p
<type-2>n(v)p
<type-1>(v)m(v)
<type-2>m(v)
<type-1>(v)m(v)p
<type-2>m(v)p
Imperative <type-1>(v)s
<type-2>s
<type-1>(v)n(v)
<type-2>n(v)
Capabilty <type-1>es
<type-2>s̠es
<type-1>es(v)p
<type-2>s̠es(v)p
<type-1>e
<type-2>s̠e
<type-1>en
<type-2>s̠en
<type-1>en(v)p
<type-2>s̠en(v)p
<type-1>em(v)
<type-2>s̠em(v)
<type-1>em(v)p
<type-2>s̠em(v)p
Desiderative <type-1>(v)kl(v)s
<type-2>kl(v)s
<type-1>(v)kl(v)s(v)p
<type-2>kl(v)s(v)p
<type-1>(v)k(v)l
<type-2>k(v)l
<type-1>(v)kl(v)n
<type-2>kl(v)n
<type-1>(v)kl(v)n(v)p
<type-2>kl(v)n(v)p
<type-1>(v)kl(v)m
<type-2>kl(v)m
<type-1>(v)kl(v)m(v)p
<type-2>kl(v)m(v)p
Assertive <type-1>(v)ł(v)
<type-2>ł(v)

Words ending in consonants ⟨k, t, s, l⟩ ongo mutation before ⟨e⟩:

  • ostjak (to look) → ostjak̠e (be able to look)
  • jeet (to sit) → jeets̠e (be able to sit)
  • oros (to eat) → oros̠e (be able to eat)
  • qojal (to break) → qojałe (be able to break)

Person & Direction

The language has affixes that signal who is doing and receaving the action of the verb:

Person & Number start/end-consonant start/end-vowel
Affix Affix
Subjective Objective Subjective Objective
Singular 1st ko- -k(v)[a] kw- -k(v)
2nd e- -wa et- -wa
3d Animate Ø- -j(v)[b] Ø- -j(v)
Inanimate y- -y ym- -my
Self Ø- -tuj[c] Ø- -tuj
Plural 1st kotä- -kot[d] kot- -kot
2nd ets̠i- -wat et-[e] -wat
3d Animate tä- -jät t- -jät
Inanimate ytä- -yt yt- -myt
Self Ø- -twiit[f] Ø- -twiit
  1. when clustered as ⟨pk⟩ → long k
  2. when in clusters ⟨kj, tj, sj, lj⟩ they ongo mutation → ⟨k̠, ts̠, s̠, ł⟩
  3. when clustered as ⟨pt⟩ → long t
  4. when clustered as ⟨pk⟩ → long k
  5. when followed bt ⟨i⟩ it ongos mutation → ⟨ts̠⟩
  6. when clustered as ⟨pt⟩ → long t

Examples:

kojorosan kaajt - i will eat berries
1SG.SUBJ-eat-FUT berry-PL
koqajalkyqäwa - i *will* kick your a*s
1SG.SUBJ-AUG.beat-ASRT-2SG.OBJ

Person affixes can be dropped when one uses the pronoun to add emphasis:

Konaanap niive - i will cook a fish
1SG.SUBJ.cook-FUT.IMP fish
Kol naanap niive - i will cook a fish
1SG.NOM cook-FUT.IMP fish

Copula

Mokha has incorporated copula, but it can be separated to add emphasis, due to the language being pro-dorp, when a pronoun-copula is dropped, the copula moves behind the noun.

Person & Number Word end-consonant end-vowel
Affix Affix
Singular 1st vär -(v)r -r
2nd ts̠eve -(v)j(v) -j(v)
3d Animate äs̠s̠er -(v)s -s
Inanimate ytav -yv -jyv
Plural 1st värtä -(v)r(v)j -r(v)j
2nd ts̠evytä -(v)jt(v) -jt(v)
3d Animate äs̠s̠ertä -(v)rs(v) -rs(v)
Inanimate ytavtä -yvv(v) -jvv(v)

Pronoun are commonly inflected:

kol värkolar (i am → i'm)
ets̠i ts̠eveets̠ijä (you are → you're)
äj äs̠s̠eräjäs (he/she/it is → he/she/it's)
ym ytavymyv (it → it's)

Negation

Negation is achieved by attaching the word äj (no) infront of the word, in case of verbs, the affix (n)äj is put before the verb stem and/or affix:

mojas̠s̠ejyk (the living) → äjmojas̠s̠ejyk (the nonliving)
kok̠itanwa (i like you) → konäjk̠itanwa (i don't like you)
łejyväju biły (that's my car) → łenäjyväju biły (that isn't my car)

Adverbs

Adverbs are derived via the affix -(v)ts

kots̠ysäp istajlats (i went willingly)
esuruwa ajtixäts (she/he glared angrily at her/him)
ets̠imojas̠s̠e lottats (they lived happily)

Questions

Questions in the Mokha language are indicated via a question particle, which comes in the form of an affix.

The particle after words ending in both consonants and vowels is -m(v)
Depending on what part of the sentance it follows, it conveys difererent meaning and/or add emphasis.

(kol) kojen - will i run/i will run?
kolma kojen - will i run?
kojajwetwa - do i see you?
kojajwetwama - do i see you?

One can add more emphasis on "you" by using the pronoun itself instead of the direction affix:

kojajwet ets̠i - do i see you?

Rhetorical questions can be formed by adding -ma to a question word

ano - who
anoma - i wonder who

Numerals

Mokha is a base 10 language.


Cardinal numbers' table
Mokha Seykel
Literary Colloqual Literary
1 tyts̠i tyts̠ tis̠i
2 mits̠i mits̠ mis̠i
3 rets̠i rets̠ les̠i
4 juts̠i juts̠ jus̠i
5 kats̠i kats̠ kas̠i
6 jywants̠i jywants̠ jiwans̠i
7 nurts̠i nurts̠ nuls̠i
8 mits̠ipyrts̠a mits̠pyrts̠a mis̠ipirs̠a
9 tyts̠ipyrts̠a tyts̠pyrts̠a tis̠ipirs̠a
10 ts̠a ts̠a s̠a
11 tytts̠aly tytts̠al' tis̠is̠awar
12 mitts̠aly mitts̠al' mis̠is̠awar
13 retts̠aly retts̠al' les̠is̠awar
14 jutts̠aly jutts̠al' jus̠is̠awar
15 katts̠aly katts̠al' kas̠is̠awar
16 jywantts̠aly jywantts̠al' jiwans̠is̠awar
17 nurtts̠aly nurtts̠al' nuls̠is̠awar
18 mits̠ipyrmitts̠a mits̠pyrmitts̠a mis̠ipirmiz̠a
19 tyts̠ipyrts̠a tyts̠pyrts̠a tis̠ipirmiz̠a
20 mitts̠a mitts̠a miz̠a
21 mitts̠ajtyts̠i mitts̠ajtyts̠ miz̠atis̠i
30 retts̠a retts̠a lez̠a
40 jutts̠a jutts̠a juz̠a
50 katts̠a katts̠a kaz̠a
60 jywantts̠a jywantts̠a jiwans̠a
70 nurtts̠a nurtts̠a nurs̠a
80 mitts̠apyrajly mitts̠aprajy miz̠apiraali
90 ts̠apyrajly ts̠aprajy s̠apiraali
100 ajly ajy aali
101 ajlyjtyts̠i ajyjtyts̠ aaliitis̠i
110 ajlyjts̠a ajyjts̠a aaliis̠a
111 ajlyjtytts̠avar ajyjtytts̠a'ar aaliis̠aatis̠i
200 mits̠ajly mits̠ajy miz̠aali
500 kats̠ajly kats̠ajy kaz̠aali
800 mits̠ajlypyrakkäjpa mits̠ajyprakkäjpa miz̠aalipiragaapa
900 ajlypyrakkäjpa ajyprakkäjpa aalipiragaapa
1 000 akkäjpa akkäjpa agaapa
1 999 akkäjpaj-
ajlypyrakkäjpaj-
ts̠apyrajlyj-
tyts̠ipyrts̠a
akkäjpaj-
ajyprakkäjpaj-
ts̠aprajyj-
tyts̠iprts̠a
agaapaa-
aalipiragaabaa-
s̠apiraalii-
tis̠ipirs̠a
2 000 mits̠akkäjpa mits̠akkäjpa miz̠agaapa
1 000 000 ts̠otats̠i ts̠otats̠ s̠otas̠i

Lexicon

Mokha has a smaller core vocabulary than, for example, English, and uses derivational suffixes to a greater extent.

Examples of Mokha derivational suffixes:
Suffix Used to create... Example(s)
-(j)ap / -(j)äp agents from verbs runar "to heal" → runarap "healer"
-(j)atta / -(j)ättä collective nouns puk "a book" → pukatta "a library"
kittsä "a ship" → kittsäjättä "navy, fleet"
-(a/ä)we instruments or tools as̠s̠am "to mix" → as̠s̠amawe "a whisk, mixer"
-(p)a / -(p)ä agents from nouns tääm "rain" → täämä "to rain"
ajno "light" → ajnopa "to glow"
-(j)pri verb or instruments kajva "to dig" → kajvajpri "an excavator"
kittsä "a ship" → kittsäjpri "shipper, shipmaster"
-(a/ä)je nouns from verbs kal "to fight" → kalaje "a fight"
vittä "to see" → vittäje "vision"
-(a/ä)tyn adjectives indicating the lack of something lavitte "home" → lavittetyn "homeless"
-(a/ä)n adjectives from nouns/verbs tajtuj "self" → tajtujan "selfish"
naa "cook" → naan "cooked"
-(a/ä)ts adverbs from nouns/verbs lotta "happiness" → lottats "happily"
-s̠ol diminutives of nouns tats̠an "reindeer" → tats̠ans̠ol "reindeer calf"
niive "fish" → niives̠ol "little fish"
qa(j)- augmentatives of nouns xaama "chieftain" → qaxaama "great chieftain"[a]
qaat "stone/rock" → qaqaat "boulder"
-maa / -mää locations (places related to the stem) oqoj "a dog" → oqojmaa "a doghouse"
Ateen "Ateenian person" → Ateenmää "Ateenia"
-k̠e inhabitants (of places), among others jässäj "north" → jässäjk̠e "north(ern) person or thing"
-(a)jtak / -(ä)jtäk[b] language of noun Ateen "Ateenian person" → Ateenäjtäk "Ateenian language"
jässäjk̠yt "north(ern) people" → Jässäjk̠ytäjtäk[c] "north(ern) people's language"
  1. Qaxaama is the title of the head of state and government of the nation of Mokhavia
  2. for words ending in the vowel short ⟨e⟩ -/ytak: xanäjme "tribe" → xanäjmytak "tribe's language"
  3. one of the possible native names for the Mokha language

Comparison affixes are used to alter the meaning of adjectives and adverbs:

Possitive - basic form of the word: lottan (happy)
Negative - negation of the word[a]: äjlottan (unhappy)
Comparitive - Form for comparison relative to something[b]: lottanlaj (happier)
Superlative - Form showing absolute relative to a group: julottan (happiest)
  1. Refer to the negation segment
  2. Used in conbination with the Comparative case for the meaning "than"

Dialects

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Language Examples

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