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= Primal =
= Primal =
== Phonology ==
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|+ Consonant Phonology
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|+ Vowel Phonology
|+ Vowel Phonology
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! !! Back
! !! Front !! Back
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| Close || || Oo
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| Close || Oo
| Mid || || Oe
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| Mid || Oe
| Open-Mid || || U
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| Open || Aa
| Open || A || Aa
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== Pronouns ==
== Grammatical Rules ==
Verb-Object-Subject, Noun-Adjective, Preposition, Alphabet writing system
 
== Pronouns and Derivational Morphology ==


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!  !! Nominative !! Accusative !! Genitive !! Dative !! Possessive
!  !! Nominative !! Accusative !! Genitive !! Dative !! Possessive
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| 1st Singular Predator || Example || Example || Example || Example || Example
| 1st Singular Predator || Roer (I) || Wool (Me) || Gaal (Mine) || Byaav (To Me) || Maal (My)
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| 1st Singular Prey || Example || Example || Example || Example || Example
| 1st Singular Prey || Roekh (I) || Loor (Me) || Gloekh (Mine) || [-aazh (To Me) || Lyooz (My)
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| 1st Singular Inanimate  || Example || Example || Example || Example || Example
| 1st Singular Inanimate  || Gkhaan (I) || R-aal (Me)  || Glaazh (Mine) || Y-oen (To Me) || Goozh (My)
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| 2nd Singular Predator || Example || Example || Example || Example || Example
| 2nd Singular Predator || ‘Aam (You) || Dzaakh (You) || ]oel (Yours) || Byoew (To You) || Dloekh (Your)
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| 2nd Singular Prey || Example || Example || Example || Example || Example
| 2nd Singular Prey || Khyoov (You) || [oev (You) || ]aazh (Youts) || Dwaakh (To You) || Lyaav (Your)
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| 2nd Singular Inanimate || Example || Example || Example || Example || Example
| 2nd Singular Inanimate || Khnaav (You) || ‘aazh (You) || ]oev (Yours) || Zkhoem (To You) || G’aar (Your)
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| 3rd Singular Predator || Example || Example || Example || Example || Example
| 3rd Singular Predator || Dlaal (They) || Roeb (Them) || Dloen (Theirs) || Glookh (To Them) || Zhaakh (Their)
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| 3rd Singular Prey || Example || Example || Example || Example || Example
| 3rd Singular Prey || Yaal (They) || Dlaar (Them) || Ngaav (Their) || Ngaad (To Them) || Zhaal (Their)
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| 3rd Singular Inanimate || Example || Example || Example || Example || Example
| 3rd Singular Inanimate || Yaam (It) || Zhoem (It) || (ooz (Its) || ]aaw (To It) || Nyoen (Its)
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| 1st Plural Prey || Example || Example || Example || Example || Example
| 1st Plural Predator || Mlool (We) || V-oen (Us) || Nyoew (Ours) || Daal (To Us) || Woew (Out)
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| 1st Plural Predator || Example || Example || Example || Example || Example
| 1st Plural Prey || Mlaakh (We) || -(oew (Us) || Zlaan (Ours) || Yaakh (To Us) || Woozh (Our)
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| 1st Plural Inanimate || Example || Example || Example || Example || Example
| 1st Plural Inanimate || Vwood (We) || ‘-oeng (Us) || Kh-ool (Ours) || Mloev (To Us) || Waal (Our)
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| 2nd Plural Predator || Example || Example || Example || Example || Example
| 2nd Plural Predator || Goe (You All) || V-aaw (You All) || ‘oem (Yours) || Raan (To You All) || [ookh (Your)
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| 2nd Plural Prey || Example || Example || Example || Example || Example
| 2nd Plural Prey || Ngwaakh (You All) || Zhnaal (You All) || Roob (Yours) || Raab (To You All) || Gyoekh (Your)
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| 2nd Plural Inanimate || Example || Example || Example || Example || Example
| 2nd Plural Inanimate || -yoen (You All) || Nggookh (You All) || Mgoor (Yours) || Glaakh (To You all) || Zhnoew (Your)
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| 3rd Plural Predator  || Example || Example || Example || Example || Example
| 3rd Plural Predator  || V-oozh (They) || [aag (Them) || Daaw (Theirs) || ]oom (To Them) || Gookh (Their)
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| 3rd Plural Prey  || Example || Example || Example || Example || Example
| 3rd Plural Prey  || Braab (They) || Waan (Them) || Yaazh (Theirs) || ‘aav (To Them) || Zhaazh (Their)
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| 3rd Plural Inanimate || Example || Example || Example || Example || Example
| 3rd Plural Inanimate || Zaal (They) || Woekh (Them) || Vloekh || [aav (To Them) || (oozh (Their)
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|+ Derivational Morphology
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! Transformation !! Example !! Prefix
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| Adjective to Adverb || Happy to Happily || Loe
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| Adjective to Noun (Quality of being the Adjective) || Joyful to Joy || (aa
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| Noun to Adjective (Having the quality of the Noun) || Joy to Joyful || Dzaa
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| Adjective to Noun (To make something the Adjective) || Beautiful to Beautify || (oo
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| Noun to Adjective (Relating to the Noun) || Economy to Economic || Woe
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| Noun to Verb || Talk to To Talk || Boe
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| Verb to Adjective (Result of Doing the Verb) || To Die to Dead || Gloe
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| Verb to Noun (The act of doing Verb) || To Simulate to Simulation || Yoe
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| Verb to Noun (Noun that produces the Verb) || Know to Knowledge || ]aa
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| Verb to Noun (One who does the Verb) || To Paint to Painter || 'oe
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| Noun to Noun (Place of the Noun) || Wine to Winery || Blaa
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== Verb Tenses ==
Tense is built on four foundations, Person, Gender, Time, and Emotion, to create a syllable at the end of a word.
Person is encoded via the first consonant of an onset, the starting consonant
1st Person, Singular: B<br>
2nd Person, Singular: D<br>
3rd Person, Singular: G<br>
1st Person, Plural: N<br>
2nd Person, Plural: Ng<br>
3rd Person, Plural: M
Gender is encoded via the onset, the starting consonant<br>
Predator: y<br>
Prey: w<br>
Inanimate: '
Then, Time is encoded via the nucleus, a vowel<br>
Far Past: Oe<br>
Past: Aa<br>
Present: Oo<br>
Future: A<br>
Far: U<br>
Finally, Emotion is encoded via the coda, the ending consonant, note: Emotion is an optional addition<br>
Angrily: Kh<br>
Peacefully: Z<br>
Joyfully: Ng<br>
Sadly: Zh
== Vocabulary ==
=== Noun ===
== Phonotactics ==
C(C)V(C)<br>
Onsets<br>
M, n, ng, b, d, g, -, v, z, zh, kh, w, r, l, y, ], ‘, [, (, mb, md, mg, m-, ml, my, m], m[, nb, nd, n-, ny, n’, ngg, ng-, ngw, ngy, b-, bkh, bw, br, bl, by, d-, dz, dw, dr, dl, dy, g-, gkh, gw, gr, gl, gy, g’, -m, -n, -ng, -b, -d, -g, -v, -z,  -zh, -kh, -w, -r, -l, -tl, -y, -], -’, -[, -(, v-, vw, vr, vl, vy, z-, zkh, zw, zl, zy, zhn, zh-, khng, khb, khn, khg, kh-, khy, w-, wl, wy, r-, l-, ly, y-, ]-, ]w, ‘-, ‘w, [-, [w, (-, (w
Nucleus<br>
Oo, Oe, U, A, Aa
Codas<br>
M, n, ng, b, d, g, v, z, zh, kh, w, r, l