Manashinian

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The language of the Manashin people. This language is wholly unrelated to Veiamic, as the Manashin people are culturally distinct. Veiamic people, the majority throughout the lakes, often regard this language as a bit of a joke. It's notoriously difficult to learn, "sounds like like you're gargling gravel," and, as an agglutinative language, has very long words that are often the butt of jokes about the language.
Still, the Manashin people are proud of the language. Many Manashin people are bilingual, but those in rural areas who don't have much contact with the rest of the world still speak only Manashin.

Grammar

Main word order: Subject-Verb-Object-Oblique. "Mary opened the door with a key" turns into Mary opened the door with a key.
Adjective order: Adjectives comes after the noun, and are added as a suffix to create a single longer word.

Noun

	Singular	Plural
Definite	Suffix -im jöshoshimím /ˈjʊʃoˌʃɪmim/	If ends with vowel: Suffix -g Else: Suffix -əg jöshoshimag /ˈjʊʃoˌʃɪməg/
Indefinite	If ends with vowel: Suffix -k Else: Suffix -ʊk jöshoshimök /jʊˈʃoʃɪˌmʊk/	Suffix -ɪ jöshoshimi /ˈjʊʃoˌʃɪmɪ/

Pronouns

1st singular	sháj /ʃɑj/ I, me
2nd singular	shá /ʃɑ/ you
3rd singular animate	juz /juz/ he, she, him, her
3rd singular inanimate	mi /mi/ it
1st plural	bun /bun/ we, us
2nd plural	bek /beːk/ you (all)
3rd plural	kem /kem/ they, them

Possessive determiners

1st singular	-ku /ku/ my
2nd singular	-bu /bu/ your
3rd singular animate	-tán /tɑn/ his, her
3rd singular inanimate	-pi /pɪ/ its
1st plural	-hem /heːm/ our
2nd plural	-bek /bek/ your
3rd plural	-zah /zəh/ their

Possessive determiners are added to the end of a world, replacing the article suffix and coming after any adjectives.

Verbs

Future tense is indicated with the word:

Future particle

zuk /zuk/ future tense particle

	Present	Past
1st singular	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ki Else: Suffix -iki shízíkí /ʃiˈziki/	Suffix -oh shízoh /ʃiˈzoh/
2nd singular	If ends with vowel: Suffix -do Else: Suffix -eːdo shízedo /ʃiˈzeːdo/	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ko Else: Suffix -eːko shízeko /ʃizeːˈko/
3rd singular animate	Suffix -on shízon /ʃiˈzon/	Suffix -u shízu /ʃiˈzu/
3rd singular inanimate	Suffix -uŋ shízung /ˈʃizuŋ/	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ndə Else: Suffix -ɑndə shízánda /ʃiˈzɑndə/
1st plural	Suffix -ɪ shízi /ʃiˈzɪ/	Suffix -eːʤ shízej /ˈʃizeːʤ/
2nd plural	If ends with vowel: Suffix -kɪ Else: Suffix -ukɪ shízuki /ʃizuˈkɪ/	If ends with vowel: Suffix -m Else: Suffix -im shízím /ʃiˈzim/
3rd plural	If ends with vowel: Suffix -b Else: Suffix -ub shízub /ˈʃizub/	If ends with vowel: Suffix -seː Else: Suffix -ɪseː shízise /ʃiˈzɪseː/

Imperfective aspect

The ‘imperfective’ aspect refers to ongoing actions, such as I am studying,
and habitual actions, such as I study (every night).

It is indicated with the affix:

Imperfect

Suffix -u shízu /ˈʃizu/

Perfect aspect

The perfect is constructed with the word for ‘finish’ táp + present tense of the verb.

Derivational morphology

Adjective → adverb = -(ö)t
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = Suffix -öm
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = Suffix -ám
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = -(o)s
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = Suffix -(á)w
Noun → verb (to create [noun]) = Suffix -(u)m
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = Suffix -á
Verb → adjective (likely to do [verb]) = Suffix -(o)nda
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = Suffix -aw
Verb → noun that verb physically produces (e.g. build → building) = Suffix -(e)sh
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = Suffix -(i)ng
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = Suffix (a)ta
Diminutive = Suffix -(i)ki
Augmentative = Suffix -(u)pu

Dictionary

4298 Words.