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{{Infobox language
| name = Packilvanian
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| nativename = luTamuk aluBakilfania
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The Packilvanian language is the official language of [[Packilvania]]. It belongs to the Yastero-Auroran language family.
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Revision as of 14:06, 13 August 2021
Packilvanian | |
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luTamuk aluBakilfania | |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | – |
The Packilvanian language is the official language of Packilvania. It belongs to the Yastero-Auroran language family.
History
Phonology
Vowels
Front | Central | Back | |
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Close | i | u | |
Mid | ɛ | ɔ | |
Open | a |
Consonants
Labial | Dental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Velar | Glottal | Uvular | ||
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Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||||
Plosive | Voiced | b | d | g | ||||
Voiceless | p | t | k | |||||
Affricate | Sibilant | ts | ||||||
Fricative | Voiced | v | z | |||||
Voiceless | f | s | h | ch | ||||
Approximant | l | j | w | |||||
Trill | r |
Orthography
Grammar
Nouns
Nouns are marked for class, case and number. Packilvanian nouns are built as follows:
(Negation)-Definiteness-Case-class-number-root.
Definiteness
Definiteness is marked by the tone of the first syllable of the word.
- Indefiniteness: High tone
- Definiteness: Low tone
Negation
Negation is marked with a 'g' (or a ge if the word starts with a consonant) and always occurs at the start of a word.
Cases
Case | Prefix |
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Nominative | none |
Accusative | o- |
Genitive | a- |
Instrumental | ye- |
Locative | we- |
Classes
Classes or genders go after cases and before number.
Class | Infix |
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Abstract | -l- |
Inanimate | -n- |
Animate | -v- |
Sapient | -b- |
Number
Number goes after the class and before the root.
Number | Infix |
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Singular | -u- |
Plural | -e- |
Uncountable | -o- |
Verbs
Verbs are inflected with the same affixes as the noun they relate to. Verbs are inflected for time as follows:
Tense | ||||
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Non-past | Past | |||
Aspect | Perfect | none | -ev or -v | |
Imperfective | Habitual | none | -er or -r | |
Continuous | none | -eg - or -g |
Pronouns
This page (or section) is a work in progress by its author(s) and should not be considered final. |
Pronouns are inflected for case.
Person | |||||||
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Addressor | Addressee | Proximate | Obviative | ||||
Clusivity | Inclusive | mu | bu | bu | bu | Sapient | Class |
le | nu | nu | Non-sapient | ||||
Exclusive | none | be | ne | ne | Sapient | ||
le | ne | ne | Non-sapient |