VSO
Agglutinative
Polysynthetic
Subject:
1st person singular [I]: a-
2nd person singular: na-
2nd person imperative: nja-
3rd person singular [he/she/it]: be- [only used formally to specify “he/she/it”]
1st person plural [we]: tin-
Object:
1st person singular [me]: -la-
2nd person singular: -an-
3rd person singular [him/her/it]: -leb-
Reflexive:
1st person plural [ourselves]: -tion-
Past Tense:
-mi-
Future Tense:
-ze-
Possessor Prefixes:
1st person singular [my]: o-
2nd person singular [your]: no-
3rd person singular [his/her/its]: bo-
1st person plural [our]: tain-
Tonality
Normally, words have a flat tone, though when infixed to create a unique word, the first vowel has a descending tone, any tones in the middle retain a flat tone, and the final vowel has an ascending tone.
Reduplicative Plurality and Intensification
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Derivational Infixes
In order to create a unique word, the words that are the object of modification are placed outside the word that modifies it.
Omnipredicativity
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Measure Words
stars/points of light: zhri