kinsi rorotan: phonology and morphology

correction: the subject line should have _kinsi_, not _xinsi_.
hmm... this orthography seems to be very typo-prone.  maybe I should fix
that.
or I could just leave it this way... <evil grin>

On Mon, 16 Sep 2002 13:43:12 -0400 Robert B Wilson <han_solo55@...>
writes:
> I have created another conlang.  This one is called _kinsi rorotan_
> (pronounced ["xense r\@"r\@Tan]).  It is descended from Old Kontoko.
>
> 1. Phonology
>
> Consonants:
> p       [p\]
> f       [f]
> t       [T]
> k       [x]
> d       [D]
> v       [v]
> b       [B]
> m       [m]
> n       [n]
> w       [w]
> r       [r\]
> j       [j]
> s       [s]
> z       [Z]
>
> Vowels:
> a       [a]
> e       [E]
> i       [e]
> y       [i]
> o       [@]
> u       [1]
>
> 2.  Morphology
>
> Nouns are marked as either agent or patient.  Other cases are formed
> with
> prefixes.
>
> Agent:
>         sing.   dual    plur.
> masc.   -ad     -av     -an
> fem.    -a      -ai     -ey
> neut.   -i      -it     -im
>
> Patient:
>         sing.   dual    plur.
> masc.   -adas   -abas   -at
> fem.    -asi    -et     -yr
> neut.   -es     -iz     -in
>
> Instrumental:
> the instrumental is formed from the agent form
> masc.   wo-
> fem.    o-
> neut.
>   sing. vo-
>   dual  vjo-
>   plur. zo-
>
> Genitive:
> the genitive is also formed from the agent form
> masc.   ro-
> fem.    jo-
> neut.
>   sing. wo-
>   dual  jo-
>   plur  ro-
>
> Dative:
> the dative is formed from the patient form
> masc.   y-
> fem.
>   sing. i-
>   dual  i-
>   plur. y-
> neut.
>   sing. i-
>   dual  y-
>   plur. y-
>
> Locative:
> the locative is formed from the agent form
> masc.   di-
> fem.
>   sing. di-
>   dual  di-
>   plur. dy-
> neut.   di-
>
> I guess that's enough for one post.
>
> 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."
>