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noviceconlangers2011-12-10 02:41 pm
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Island Notes - suffixes and word order
Island is an aggluinative language so Noun Classes and Cases and number have seperate affixes as do certain adjectives (there are suffixes for things like like large and small, light and dark, near and far and similar - I haven't decided on the entire list yet). Suffixes come in a particular order.
Noun-gender-(adjective)-(number)-case. (Brackets mean they are not always used).
So far I've only decided on the gender and case suffixes
Noun Class/Gender Suffixes
Case Suffixes
Note that for now I've decided to drop the Dative for now. As I said previously the dative is usually the object of a transitive verb since it the noun to which something is given so it can merge with the absolutive quite nicely. There is also a Vocative case but this is shown as unmarked like Absolutive and also loses the gender marker unless you're being formal.
The absolutive is the basic form. So an edible crab is upapik and a crab from an inedible species is upaap. If for some reason you are talking to a crab it's just upa. If you were talking about the crab's shell. It would be (word for shell) upaim.
Word Order
Word order is Verb-Object-Subject like Tzotzil and Fijian in the real world.
Opinions?
Noun-gender-(adjective)-(number)-case. (Brackets mean they are not always used).
So far I've only decided on the gender and case suffixes
Noun Class/Gender Suffixes
| Animate (edible) | -pik |
| Animate (inedible) | -ap |
| Inanimate | -lu |
Case Suffixes
Note that for now I've decided to drop the Dative for now. As I said previously the dative is usually the object of a transitive verb since it the noun to which something is given so it can merge with the absolutive quite nicely. There is also a Vocative case but this is shown as unmarked like Absolutive and also loses the gender marker unless you're being formal.
| Absolutive | unmarked |
| Ergative | -sak |
| Genitive | -im |
The absolutive is the basic form. So an edible crab is upapik and a crab from an inedible species is upaap. If for some reason you are talking to a crab it's just upa. If you were talking about the crab's shell. It would be (word for shell) upaim.
Word Order
Word order is Verb-Object-Subject like Tzotzil and Fijian in the real world.
Opinions?