Primal Language

Primal

Phonology

Consonant Phonology

	Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	M	N		Ng
Stop	B	D		G	-
Fricative	V	Z	Zh		Kh
Approximant	W	R	L	Y
Click	]	'	(, [

Vowel Phonology

	Front	Back
Close		Oo
Mid		Oe
Open-Mid		U
Open	A	Aa

Grammatical Rules

Verb-Object-Subject, Noun-Adjective, Preposition, Alphabet writing system

Pronouns and Derivational Morphology

Pronouns

	Nominative	Accusative	Genitive	Dative	Possessive
1st Singular Predator	Roer (I)	Wool (Me)	Gaal (Mine)	Byaav (To Me)	Maal (My)
1st Singular Prey	Roekh (I)	Loor (Me)	Gloekh (Mine)	[-aazh (To Me)	Lyooz (My)
1st Singular Inanimate	Gkhaan (I)	R-aal (Me)	Glaazh (Mine)	Y-oen (To Me)	Goozh (My)
2nd Singular Predator	‘Aam (You)	Dzaakh (You)	]oel (Yours)	Byoew (To You)	Dloekh (Your)
2nd Singular Prey	Khyoov (You)	[oev (You)	]aazh (Youts)	Dwaakh (To You)	Lyaav (Your)
2nd Singular Inanimate	Khnaav (You)	‘aazh (You)	]oev (Yours)	Zkhoem (To You)	G’aar (Your)
3rd Singular Predator	Dlaal (They)	Roeb (Them)	Dloen (Theirs)	Glookh (To Them)	Zhaakh (Their)
3rd Singular Prey	Yaal (They)	Dlaar (Them)	Ngaav (Their)	Ngaad (To Them)	Zhaal (Their)
3rd Singular Inanimate	Yaam (It)	Zhoem (It)	(ooz (Its)	]aaw (To It)	Nyoen (Its)
1st Plural Predator	Mlool (We)	V-oen (Us)	Nyoew (Ours)	Daal (To Us)	Woew (Out)
1st Plural Prey	Mlaakh (We)	-(oew (Us)	Zlaan (Ours)	Yaakh (To Us)	Woozh (Our)
1st Plural Inanimate	Vwood (We)	‘-oeng (Us)	Kh-ool (Ours)	Mloev (To Us)	Waal (Our)
2nd Plural Predator	Goe (You All)	V-aaw (You All)	‘oem (Yours)	Raan (To You All)	[ookh (Your)
2nd Plural Prey	Ngwaakh (You All)	Zhnaal (You All)	Roob (Yours)	Raab (To You All)	Gyoekh (Your)
2nd Plural Inanimate	-yoen (You All)	Nggookh (You All)	Mgoor (Yours)	Glaakh (To You all)	Zhnoew (Your)
3rd Plural Predator	V-oozh (They)	[aag (Them)	Daaw (Theirs)	]oom (To Them)	Gookh (Their)
3rd Plural Prey	Braab (They)	Waan (Them)	Yaazh (Theirs)	‘aav (To Them)	Zhaazh (Their)
3rd Plural Inanimate	Zaal (They)	Woekh (Them)	Vloekh	[aav (To Them)	(oozh (Their)

Derivational Morphology

Transformation	Example	Prefix
Adjective to Adverb	Happy to Happily	Loe
Adjective to Noun (Quality of being the Adjective)	Joyful to Joy	(aa
Noun to Adjective (Having the quality of the Noun)	Joy to Joyful	Dzaa
Adjective to Noun (To make something the Adjective)	Beautiful to Beautify	(oo
Noun to Adjective (Relating to the Noun)	Economy to Economic	Woe
Noun to Verb	Talk to To Talk	Boe
Verb to Adjective (Result of Doing the Verb)	To Die to Dead	Gloe
Verb to Noun (The act of doing Verb)	To Simulate to Simulation	Yoe
Verb to Noun (Noun that produces the Verb)	Know to Knowledge	]aa
Verb to Noun (One who does the Verb)	To Paint to Painter	'oe
Noun to Noun (Place of the Noun)	Wine to Winery	Blaa

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
2nd Person, Singular: D
3rd Person, Singular: G
1st Person, Plural: N
2nd Person, Plural: Ng
3rd Person, Plural: M

Gender is encoded via the onset, the starting consonant
Predator: y
Prey: w
Inanimate: '

Then, Time is encoded via the nucleus, a vowel
Far Past: Oe
Past: Aa
Present: Oo
Future: A
Far: U

Finally, Emotion is encoded via the coda, the ending consonant, note: Emotion is an optional addition
Angrily: Kh
Peacefully: Z
Joyfully: Ng
Sadly: Zh

Phonotactics

C(C)V(C)
Onsets
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
Oo, Oe, U, A, Aa

Codas
M, n, ng, b, d, g, v, z, zh, kh, w, r, l