new lang: karath

here's a new conlang i've made.

phonemes:

p       [p]
b       [b]
t       [t]
d       [d]
k       [k]
g       [g]

r       [4]
l       [l]

h       indicates a fricative (<ph>=[f], <dh>=[D]); rh=[r], lh=[l]
n       indicates a nasal (<pn>=[m_0], <dn>=[n]); rn=[r], ln=[L]
w       indicates labialization (<tw>=[t_w], <kw>=[k_w])
j       indicates palatalization (<tj>=[t_j], <kj>=[k_j])

a       [@]
e       [Ei]
i       [ae]
o       [au]
u       [M]
â       [a]
ê       [i]
î       [Ei]
ô       [oU]
û       [u]

direct article: -h-
        _geb_ 'word', _gheb_ 'the word'
        _kar_ 'person', _khar_ 'the person

cases:
Agent                   -
Patient         -e-
        agent _kar_, patient _kaer_
genitive                -a
instrumental    -he

number:
singular        -
dual            bo-
<a few> -wi
plural  -î-
        _kar_, pl. _kaîr_

verbs:

aorist  -
present -a
past            -ê-
future  -lô

continuative    -a-
perfective              -ê
futurative              -lô-

abilitive               bnâ-
obligative              -ô-
desirative              -dnukh
optative                -(e)tnkhetn
subjunctive             -h
imperative              -i
interrogative   wô-

personal pronouns:
        pat.    agnt.
1sg     dne     -(e)tn
1pl     bnê     -(e)bn
2sg     te      -(e)d
2pl     pê      -(e)p
3sg     ke      -(e)g
3pl     tê      -(e)t

interrogative   wô      -o
relative                ret     -(e)rt

demonstrative pronouns:

this                            êdn     -êtn
that (near you)         ot      -od
that (not near you)     ka      -(a)k

genitive and instrumental are formed by adding the ending to the patient
forms

adjectives:
an adjective is prefixed with a vowel that is also prefixed to the noun
that it modifies.
_bnul_ 'tall'; _kar_ 'person'; _abnul akar_, _akar abnul_, _ebnul ekar_,
_ekar ebnul_, etc. 'tall person'

Robert Wilson
http://kuvazokad.free.fr/
I yessessë Eru ontanë Menel ar Cemen.
I yessessë ëa Quetta ar Quetta né as Eru ar Eru né Quetta.

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