Conlang Relay 22/Maurang

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Swo Estaxas Vejdowaakjan

Mjaalwoswuk swo vejdowaakj bandejni vejdowong.
Swownikaj hid zjew swo kwojandeseowo daxashejni,
Et3 zhowuk swo vowken hid sjen twaarejni.
Shekjenishik t3ee'en swuijep mejdeleng.


Lik njazin tirik swo swuijep vupajmo,
T3ee'ikaj 3exlejni sher 3ixlev'haj 3iikem.
Kjer bje 3ixtev swo hhixta shen swo kajmo isjekem,
Ngas m3iilik swuijepid hhemejni swo kajmo.

Senejem m3iilev swo kwojandes swo vejdowaakjid,
Kjer swashem sjilsavik swo saaqi hejni.
Shavohik sjen swo kajmoowo hid swo saaqi: Sjaakwojni!
Et3 sjeljenik hid kajmo, feja gwuilik sjeljenaakjid

Kjer hid bje duwvom si3amik swo kajmo
Et3 dahakik swo kajmo et3 twasilik twaar hid
Et3 thakjik swo daxa ke kwojandes swash jaalid
Estaxik sjen gjebejni swo vejdowaakj alajmo.

Glossary

alajmo
adj poor, unfortunate
bande
n journey, trip
bje
adv not
dahak
v to bellow, bark
daxa
n cart, wagon
duwvom
adv on purpose, intentionally
estax
v to fall
et3
conj and
feja
pron who/that (relative pronoun)
gjeb
n thorn, prickle
gwuil
v to hug
h-
pron he, she, it
hhem
n tree
hhixta
n chief, host, boss, owner
isjek
prep in, inside of
isjekem
adv inside
jaal
n idiot
kajmo
n dog
kjer
conj but
kwojandes
n goods, merchandise
lik
prep after
mejdel
n farm
mjaalwo
v to prepare (something)
m3iil
v to bind, tie (up)
ngas
conj so, therefore
njazin
n period of time, time
saaqi
n rope
senejem
adv at the same time, meanwhile
shav
v to notice
she
v to be (at a place)
shekjenish
v to ask
sher
conj because
si3am
v to strike, hit
sjaakwojni
interj Yay!, Aha!
sjeljen
v to liberate, set free, release, loose
sjen
prep on
sjilsav
v to run out
swashem
adv then, at that time
swo
art the
swowno
v to pack
swuijep
n child, boy, girl
thakj
v to flip, topple, roll, upset
t3ee'
v to go
twaar
n a pachyderm used as a beast of burden, akin to a horse
twasil
v to surprise, startle
vejdowong
adj pertaining to trade
vejdowaakj
n merchant, trader
vowken
n harness
vupajmo
adj hungry
zhow
v to put, place
zjew
prep with, using
3exle
n restaurant, bar, tavern, galley
3iikem
n snack eaten in the afternoon
3ixle
v to want


Grammar

Maurang is an Ergative language; normal sentence order is verb - absolutive - ergative - oblique. In verse, however, this order can be freely permutated. The letters <o> and <e> in the transliteration represent different allophones of the same phoneme, as do <i> and <u>. Sometimes, especially in verse, we see e/o elided; this will be marked with an apostrophe (however, an apostrophe indicates a glottal stop when it occurs between two vowels).

Nouns:

Possessives

Possessive suffixes are used in lieu of pronouns to indicate pronomial possessors; in this text we encounter only -(e/o)sh (his/her own; reflexive).

Cases

Absolutive
(no suffix)
Ergative
-id/-ud
Genitive
-an
Dative
-ejni/-ojni
Oblique
-eowo/-oowo

The dative is used for motion towards an object, as well as the usual indirect object.


Verbs

Tense/aspect suffixes come before personal suffixes. Personal suffixes agree with the absolutive argument always, but if there is an ergative argument, double marking takes place, with the ergative agreement suffix placed second.

Tense/aspect suffixes

Present
(no suffix)
Preterite
-ik/-uk
Imperfect
-(e/o)v
Future Perf
-(e/o)s3
Future Imperf
-s3a

Personal Suffixes

Singular !Plural
1 -(e/o)l -mar/-kish*
2 -(e/o)q -(e/o)wothw
3 (none) -aj
  • -kish is the first person plural exclusive, whereas -mar is inclusive.

If the absolutive argument is 3rd person singular, and the ergative argument is not, the absolutive argument is marked with -(e/o)h-.


Additional Verbal Suffixes

-(o/e)n creates a conjunctive form of the verb.

-(e/o)swo creates a reflexive form of a verb, and is used in lieu of a dedicated reflexive pronoun.

-aakj is an agentive suffix, similar to -er in English.

-as creates a gerund of sorts, although it isn't used as often as the English gerund.


Modifiers

These generally follow their heads, and don't agree. Adjectives can be formed from nouns with the suffix -(e/o)ng.

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