Rolexxage: grammar (just the basics) and Re: Rolexxage: phonology

2. Grammar

Morphology

  Nouns

Nouns are not declined.  (yes, that's all there is)

  Verbs

The infinitive is just the verb stem.  The present tense is formed with
the ending -a.  the past tense is formed with the ending -e.  The future
tense is formed with the ending -u.

  Adjectives

Adjectives follow the noun that they modify.  Adjectives can be used as
adverbs without any change.

  Pronouns

1       irkhe
2       eñgha
3       makru

interrogative   rakk
relative        motte

  Conjunctions
ixxr    and
exhu    inclusive or
etta    exclusive or

Syntax

The word order is strictly O-S-V with the direct object before the
indirect object.
For yes/no questions, the basic structure is _rakk_ + <statement> +
_ikra_ (is).  The answer to this type of question would be either
_krothe_ "true" or _nesku_ "false".

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On Mon, 16 Sep 2002 16:11:07 +0200 Christophe Grandsire
<christophe.grandsire@...> writes:
> En réponse à Robert B Wilson <han_solo55@...>:
>
> Well, not much to say about the phonology, except one thing: what is
> a glottal
> trill? If it's in the glottal position, like [?] or [h], I can't
> imagine how a
> human being would pronounce such a thing... But if your speakers
> aren't human,
> forget what I've said :)) .
They aren't human, but I haven't decided exactly what they are yet.  They
exist in the same conuniverse as Kontoko and speak _Rolexxage_ or
_Roleoake_ (I use the Kontoko name when speaking because I can't
pronounce the glottal trill, of course :-), but other than that, I
haven't decided on anything else.

> Christophe.
Robert Wilson (Elentirno Pereldar) (mailto:han_solo55@juno.com)
  ><(((>  ><(((>  <)))><  ><(((>  ><(((>
I yessessë Eru ontanë Menel ar Cemen.
I yessessë ëa Quetta ar Quetta né as Eru ar Eru né Quetta.
"Ananwa," eque erye, "i ilúvë ná carmë Eruva. Ilyë nati nar tanwi
Erullo."