From: | Robert B Wilson <han_solo55@...> |
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Date: | Wednesday, November 13, 2002, 23:30 |
this language doesn't have any consonants. what does it have? tones and a really ugly orthography <evil grin> first, a sample sentence: i7E6ï7a2 û4 ô4O7o4ü2E4@4 ABIL.speak.PRES 2 ô4O7o4ü2E4.ACC 'do you speak ô4O7o4ü2E4?' vowels: i [i] I [1] u [u] e [e] o [o] @ [@] O [O] a [a] A [A] â = long a ä = short a etc. tones: 7 high 6 high rising 5 high falling 4 mid 3 low rising 2 low falling 1 low questions are indicated by a raised tone on the part that is being questioned. nouns: nom. -a2 acc. -@4 dat. -@3 gen. -a2o4 instr. -u4ë2 loc. -a5 pronouns: 1s o4 1pl I4 2 û4 3s E4 3pl e4 verbs: past -e1 pres. -a2 fut. -O5 perf. -@4 cont. -A4 fut. -o5 abil. i6- subj. o3ü2- desir. e4ü6- obl. O3- imp. @2ï4- opt. e4ï6- Robert Wilson (aka Elentirno Perellar aka Kuvazokad) http://kuvazokad.free.fr/ ><(((> ><(((> <)))>< ><(((> ><(((> I yessessë Eru ontanë Menel ar Cemen. I yessessë ëa Quetta ar Quetta né as Eru ar Eru né Quetta.
Jan van Steenbergen <ijzeren_jan@...> |