Language of the Ancients

The Language of the Ancients is a language that was spoken by the Ancients, hence the name, The Language of the Ancients. It presumably had it's own language when the ancients weren't the ancients, but it's unknown what this language is, because they're ancient. And extinct. 
The language is scattered across the field of stars.

Phonology

Syllable structure: (C)V(C) Stress pattern: Ultimate — stress is on the last syllable Word initial consonants: h j k m p s t w ɾ ʔ Mid-word consonants: h hj ht j jm js k kh km ks l lh ll lp ls lw m ml mm mɦ mɾ p pj pk pw pɾ s sj sk sm sp st sw t th tp tw tɾ w wm ww ɦ ɦl ɾ ɾɦ ʔ ʔɾ Word final consonants: l m p s t w ɦ ɾ

Morphology

Articles Definite yut /jʊt/ the Indefinite op /op/ a, some
Definite article can be omitted: ‘I am going to supermarket’ Used for personal names in third person: ‘The Maria has left for school’
Nouns Nouns have six cases:
Nominative is the doer of a verb: dog bites man. Accusative is the done-to of a verb: man bites dog. Genitive is the possessor of something: dog’s tail hits man. Dative is the recipient of something: man gives ball to dog. Locative is the location of something: man goes to town. Ablative is movement away from something: man walks from town. Nouns form plural with separate plural word:
Plural Particle before the noun: hʊl - hul siw /hʊl sɪw/ dogs

Nominative No affix siw /sɪw/ dog (doing the verb) Accusative If starts with vowel: Prefix k- Else: Prefix kʊ- kusiw /kʊˈsɪw/ (verb done to) dog Genitive If starts with vowel: Prefix j- Else: Prefix ja- yasiw /jaˈsɪw/ dogʼs Dative If starts with vowel: Prefix k- Else: Prefix ka- kasiw /kaˈsɪw/ to (the/a) dog Locative Prefix e- esiw /eˈsɪw/ near/at/by (the/a) dog Ablative If starts with vowel: Prefix j- Else: Prefix je- yesiw /jeˈsɪw/ from (the/a) dog
Verbs
Present Past Future 1st singular If starts with vowel: Prefix p- Else: Prefix pa- pakike /pakɪˈke/ (I) learn If starts with vowel: Prefix j- Else: Prefix jʊ- yukike /jʊkɪˈke/ (I) learned If starts with vowel: Prefix w- Else: Prefix we- wekike /wekɪˈke/ (I) will learn 2nd singular Prefix mʊ- mukike /mʊkɪˈke/ (you) learn Prefix jʊ- yukike /jʊkɪˈke/ (you) learned If starts with vowel: Prefix p- Else: Prefix pɪ- pikike /pɪkɪˈke/ (you) will learn 3rd singular Prefix mɪ- mikike /mɪkɪˈke/ (he/she/it) learns Prefix te- tekike /tekɪˈke/ (he/she/it) learned If starts with vowel: Prefix m- Else: Prefix me- mekike /mekɪˈke/ (he/she/it) will learn 1st plural Prefix mo- mokike /mokɪˈke/ (we) learn If starts with vowel: Prefix j- Else: Prefix ja- yakike /jakɪˈke/ (we) learned If starts with vowel: Prefix k- Else: Prefix ko- kokike /kokɪˈke/ (we) will learn 2nd plural Prefix o- okike /okɪˈke/ (you all) learn If starts with vowel: Prefix p- Else: Prefix pe- pekike /pekɪˈke/ (you all) learned If starts with vowel: Prefix s- Else: Prefix sɪ- sikike /sɪkɪˈke/ (you all) will learn 3rd plural If starts with vowel: Prefix h- Else: Prefix hɪ- hikike /hɪkɪˈke/ (they) learn Prefix e- ekike /ekɪˈke/ (they) learned If starts with vowel: Prefix h- Else: Prefix ha- hakike /hakɪˈke/ (they) will learn
Imperfective aspect
The ‘imperfective’ aspect refers to ongoing actions, such as I am learning and habitual actions, such as I learn (something new every day).
the language uses a standalone particle word for imperfective: Imperfective Particle before the verb: he - he kike /he kɪˈke/ learns/is learning Imperfective aspect
Numbers has a base-10 number system:

1 - i 2 - pu 3 - ya 4 - daymú 5 - mo 6 - púm 7 - dul 8 - kaskúp 9 - yis 10 - we 11 - wei “ten-one” 100 - i ʻospom “one hundred” 101 - i ʻospom i “one hundred one” 200 - pu ʻospom 1000 - i húl “one thousand” erivational morphology Adjective → adverb = If ends with vowel: Suffix -m Else: Suffix -em Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = Suffix -o Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = Suffix -oɦ Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = Suffix -ɪt Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = Prefix o- Noun to verb = If ends with vowel: Suffix -m Else: Suffix -ʊm Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = Prefix ʊ- Tending to = Suffix -ɪ Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = Prefix mo- Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = Suffix -ep One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -m Else: Suffix -ym Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = Prefix ʊ- Diminutive = Suffix -ɪp Augmentative = If ends with vowel: Suffix -p Else: Suffix -yp

Vocabulary

Pronouns Nominative Accusative Genitive Dative Locative Ablative 1st singular maw /maw/ I dop /ɾop/ me si /sɪ/ mine tol /tol/ to me pi /pɪ/ at me e /e/ from me 2nd singular as /as/ you dal /ɾal/ you sat /sat/ yours pu /pʊ/ to you ʻop /ʔop/ at you mo /mo/ from you 3rd singular masc ho /ho/ he, it húw /hyw/ him, it yu /jʊ/ his, its wú /wy/ to him, at it ti /tɪ/ at him, at it so /so/ from him, from it 3rd singular fem ʻew /ʔew/ she, it yit /jɪt/ her, it pú /py/ hers, its di /ɾɪ/ to her, at it se /se/ at her, at it kit /kɪt/ from her, from it 1st plural mit /mɪt/ we me /me/ us ku /kʊ/ ours wip /wɪp/ to us ʻow /ʔow/ at us o /o/ from us 2nd plural u /ʊ/ you all sa /sa/ you all pal /pal/ yours (pl) mi /mɪ/ to you all mud /mʊɾ/ at you all úd /yɾ/ from you all 3rd plural ʻes /ʔes/ they op /op/ them pow /pow/ theirs uɦ /ʊɦ/ to them mis /mɪs/ at them sop /sop/ from them
Possessive determiners 1st singular i /ɪ/ my 2nd singular we /we/ your 3rd singular masc mu /mʊ/ his 3rd singular fem o /o/ her 1st plural ʻes /ʔes/ our 2nd plural ʻiw /ʔɪw/ your (pl) 3rd plural eɦ /eɦ/ their

Dictionary

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