Primal Language
Primal
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 | ] | ' | (, [ |
| Front | Back | |
|---|---|---|
| Close | Oo | |
| Mid | Oe | |
| Open-Mid | U | |
| Open | A | Aa |
Pronouns and Derivational Morphology
| 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) |
| 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 three foundations, Gender, Time, and Emotion, to create a syllable at the end of a word.
Gender is encoded via the onset, the starting consonant
Predator: [
Prey: ]
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