Ngeǔg̈ǒṭi

Phonology

Syllable structure: (C)V ? Stress pattern: Initial — stress is on the first syllable ? Word initial consonants: g, l, m, n, r, s, t, ŋ, ɕ, ɠ, ɢ, ɫ, ɬ, ɭ, ɮ, ɱ, ɲ, ɳ, ɴ, ɺ, ɻ, ɽ, ɾ, ʀ, ʁ, ʂ, ʈ, ʔ, ʕ, ʘ, ʛ, ʟ, ʡ, ʢ, ʦ, ʧ, ʨ Mid-word consonants: g, l, m, n, r, s, t, ŋ, ɕ, ɠ, ɢ, ɫ, ɬ, ɭ, ɮ, ɱ, ɲ, ɳ, ɴ, ɺ, ɻ, ɽ, ɾ, ʀ, ʁ, ʂ, ʈ, ʔ, ʕ, ʘ, ʛ, ʟ, ʡ, ʢ, ʦ, ʧ, ʨ Word final consonants: N/A

Morphology

Adjective → adverb = Suffix -ɠe Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = Suffix -ɺu Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = Prefix ɽɞ- Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = Suffix -ge Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = Suffix -ʨɛ Noun → verb (to create [noun]) = Suffix -ɕɜ Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = Suffix -ge Verb → adjective (likely to do [verb]) = Prefix ʘɜ- Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = Suffix -ʟə Verb → noun that verb physically produces (e.g. build → building) = Suffix -ɺɞ One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = Suffix -ʈə Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = Suffix -ʁʌ Diminutive = Suffix -ʟə Augmentative = Suffix -ʁɛ

Syntax

Main word order: Subject-Oblique-Object-Verb. "Mary opened the door with a key" turns into Mary with a key the door opened. Adjective order: Adjectives are positioned before the noun. Adposition: postpositions ?
Noun Nouns have two cases: Nominative is the doer of a verb: dog bites man Accusative is the done-to of a verb: man bites dog
Nominative Accusative Singular No affix ḷuʀu /ˈɭuʀu/ Suffix -ʨɛ ḷuʀuch̀a /ˈɭuʀuʨɛ/ Plural Prefix ʔə- ’iḷuʀu /ˈʔəɭuʀu/ Suffix -ʢɜ ḷuʀuʢǔ /ˈɭuʀuʢɜ/ Articles Definite Indefinite Singular g̈ǒ /ʛɞ/ the g̈i /ʛə/ a Plural ǒ /ɞ/ the nú /nʌ/ some Pronouns Nominative Accusative 1st singular le /le/ I g̀ǒ /ɢɞ/ me 2nd singular ʘǔ /ʘɜ/ you lhǒ /ɮɞ/ you 3rd singular masc ṇa /ɳɛ/ he, it ù /ʉ/ him, it 3rd singular fem ʡa /ʡɛ/ she, it ǹe /ɴe/ her, it 1st plural ɱi /ɱə/ we g̈i /ʛə/ us 2nd plural lǒ /ɬɞ/ you (all) ta /tɛ/ you (all) 3rd plural ro /ʁʊ/ they ɱù /ɱʉ/ them Possessive determiners 1st singular ’i /ʔə/ my 2nd singular i /ə/ your 3rd singular masc ɱi /ɱə/ his, its 3rd singular fem ǔ /ɜ/ her, its 1st plural ʡǔ /ʡɜ/ our 2nd plural ʡe /ʡe/ your 3rd plural g̈i /ʛə/ their Verbs Singular Plural Present Suffix -ɠʉ ʡishǔɠù /ˈʡəɕɜɠʉ/ Suffix -tɜ ʡishǔtǔ /ˈʡəɕɜtɜ/ Past Prefix ʧɜ- chǔʡishǔ /ˈʧɜʡəɕɜ/ Suffix -mʉ ʡishǔmù /ˈʡəɕɜmʉ/ Future Suffix -ɳe ʡishǔṇe /ˈʡəɕɜɳe/ Prefix ɢɞ- g̀ǒʡishǔ /ˈɢɞʡəɕɜ/

Phonetics

g l m n r s t ŋ ɕ ɠ ɢ ɫ ɬ ɭ ɮ ɱ ɲ ɳ ɴ ɺ ɻ ɽ ɾ ʀ ʁ ʂ ʈ ʔ ʕ ʘ ʛ ʟ ʡ ʢ ʦ ʧ ʨ e u ə ɛ ɜ ɞ ʉ ʊ ʌ

Dictionary

239 Words.