Conlang Relay 23/Feimoranti

Feimoranti

longaish mkadku gkadingali zaztangai mkal fhu tkaneike shanairo mka'aikte kafukai si rkadfeiraza matudai. -Rutadadsi

gkadish shav ingo munei airigkadeite longai mkadku fer fish kalistodai zazeto moranturk.

nangi surk longaish mkadku shanirail shav fereinish mkaludai zazeto fhu ot.

sish kaliro fhu mkal fer longaish longo fhu rtunte.

English

He who produces magically enhanced potatoes which are capable of understanding shall be given a gift consisting of zibbles by order of the king. -Rutadadsi

It has been discovered that magically enhanced potatoes become sentient and declare war on us.

Therefore, those who produce magically enhanced potatoes shall be given a full complement of zibbles.

These zibbles shall punish them, and might also eat the potatoes.

Notes

Free word order, but typically OVS

Adjectives follow nouns and adverbs follow verbs

Relative clauses follow nouns, and mark the role of the noun on the verb

No plurals or articles

Compounding

modifier + root

or

root + suffix

the same character twice in a row will be deduplicated (note that h is always the end of a digraph)

when 2 vowels are in contact, delete the one lower on this chain:

o > u > ai = a > i > ei > e

in the case of a coming into contact with ai, leave them both and put an apostrophe between them

when the same vowel (other than a) occurs in 2 consecutive syllables:

1. delete the first one

2. if 1. produces an invalid consonant cluster (see below) delete the second one instead

3. if both 1. and 2. produce invalid clusters, move the first one down one place in the above vowel hierarchy

a valid consonant cluster is any single consonant followed by t or k, or f or s before or after any single consonant when not at the beginning or end of a word

Lexicon

Adjectives

adku - enhanced

ali - able, capable

mka - absurd, impossible

shav - full, complete, sufficient

Adverbs

fhu - future tense

kafu - present tense

kai - ongoing

munei - begin

rtunte - maybe, perhaps

Cases

angai - result

ish - accusative

raza - by (used for evidentiality)

udai - genitive

urk - dative

Conjunctions

fer - and

nangi - therefore, thus

Derivational Suffixes

du - abstract nominalizer (for adjectives)

el - concrete nominalizer (for adjectives)

te - patient nominalizer (for verbs), adverbifier (for nouns)

Nouns

aike - reality

fei - statement, proclamation

ferein - collection, group, complement

gkadei - knowledge

kalisto - war

matei - king

moranti - the name of the species that speaks this language

ongai - a plant's root

rkadei - might, authority

Rutadadsi - the name of the king

shan - idea, thought, dream

Pronouns

ot - 1st person

si - 3rd person

Verbal Agreement Suffixes

ail - head noun should be nominative

eike - head noun should be accusative

o - not a relative clause

Verbs

airi - give birth

inge - have, posess

kalire - punish

longe - eat

tkan - compose, be a part of

zazet - give