Revised Grammar sketchlang

     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
      Possible Glossary for a Conlang...
     
     
     
     
     
     
      a semi-nomadic hunting people 
     
     
     
     
     
     
      (this conlang may eventually merge with C-10, my cheetah language).
     
     
     
     

     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
      Pronouns: (note: the 'male'/'female' categories
     
     
     
     
     
      ( indicate what each gender says -- a guy would 
     
     
     
     
     
      (use the male "gender" of the word; a girl, the female "gender").
     
     
     
     
     
      .
     | male
     | female
     
     
     
     
     
     
      plains
     | ien
     | ine
     
     
     
     
     
     
      mountain
     | iña
     | iñ
     
     
     
     
     
     
      scrub
     | ioñe
     | oñe
     
     
     
     
     
     
      desert
     | niñ
     | ñin
     
     
     
     
     
     
      caves
     | oeñ
     | oen
     
     
     
     
     
     
      coast
     | ayoñ
     | ayñ
     
     
     
     
     
     
      lake
     | añ
     | añea
     
     
     
     
     
     
      sea
     | ana
     | aña
     
     
     
     
     
     
      (note: not all nouns have 
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
      (pronouns as above -- only 
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
      (enviroments/habitats/ecosystems
     
     
     
     
     
     
      ( have pronouns as above).
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
      .
     | Statement
     | Question
     | Some/Few
     | Any
     | Every
     | No
     
     
      Person
     | hiñe
     | huñe (2)
     | hiskeb
     | hiskee (4)
     | hiske
     | hisk
     
     
      (Adjective)
     | yane
     | yune
     | hiskab
     | hiskaa
     | hiska
     | hisk
     
     
      Quanity
     | hisiñe (3)
     | hosiñe
     | hiskob
     | hiskoo (1)
     | hisko
     | hisk (5)
     
     
      (1) = two short |o| sounds, not one lone |oo| sound.
     
     
     
     
     
      (2) = "someone was here?", "did the person...?" etc.
     
     
     
     
     
      (3) = "_this_ many!" etc.
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
      (4) = "any person [at all]", "pick someone!"
     
     
     
     
     
     
      (5) = "no amount!"
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
      Wordlist:
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
      .
     | interlinear
     | nominal
     | verb
     
     
     
     
     
      landslide
     | aka-ebe
     | akayebe
     | akanebe
     
     
     
     
     
      smooth
     | oa-eb
     | oayneb
     | oaneb
     
     
     
     
     
      {note: when the word ends in 
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
      {a consonant, insert an |n| following the |y|}.
     
     
     
     
     
     

     
     

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