Corint (was: Re: My Webpage)

Andreas Johansson wrote:

> On the other hand, there doesn't seem to be too many Khoisanesque
Okay. This is neither Khoisanesque or Caucasoid, but rather
based on Chadic langs. It's called Corint and it's a very short
sketch of a language I made for an RPG.

There is no tense but instead two aspects, perfective and
imperfective (surprise, surprise :). These are distinguished
by different word order. Perfective = VSO, Imperfective = SVO.

There are two tones, high (acute) and low (grave). All vowels
have a tone.

{kp} and {gb} are double articulated stops.
{mb} {nd} {ngg} {nj} are prenasalized stops.
{b'} {d'} {g'} are glottalized stops.
{zl} {sl} are lateral fricatives (voiced and voiceless).
{gh} /G/ {x} /x/

Number (sg and pl) is coded on the verb, ergatively. Plural
for the object for transitive verbs and plural for the subject
for intransitive verbs are marked the same way. The plural for
the action itself is also marked this way (i.e. if you do
something several times or repeatedly). Plural is marked by
devoicing the first consonant.

Examples:

dúgrú kpé cìr
kill  he  rat
'He killed a rat.'

túgrú   kpé cìr
kill:PL he  rat
'He killed rats.'

kpé ghráb'è
he  fall
'he falls'

kpé xráb'è
he  fall:PL
'He falls often/several times.'

||| daniel

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