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! colspan="2" | -o Verbs <nowiki>[konpʰɑɾo]</nowiki> ''to speak'' | ! colspan="2" | -o Verbs <nowiki>[konpʰɑɾo]</nowiki> ''to speak'' | ||
! colspan="2" | -t Verbs <nowiki>[pʰɾɑmit[</nowiki> ''to push'' | ! colspan="2" | -t Verbs <nowiki>[pʰɾɑmit[</nowiki> ''to push'' | ||
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| -'''ɑnːi''', -'''ɑnːu''' || -'''ɑmin''', -'''ɑmun''' | | -'''ɑnːi''', -'''ɑnːu''' || -'''ɑmin''', -'''ɑmun''' | ||
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| | | -'''i''', -'''u''', -'''ɑ''' || -'''imi''', -'''imu''', -'''imɑ''' | ||
| -pʰɾɑmi'''di''', -'''u''', -'''ɑ''' || -pʰɾɑmi'''dimi''', -'''imu''', -'''imɑ''' | |||
| -'''i''', -'''u''', -'''ɑ''' || -'''imi''', -'''imu''', -'''imɑ''' | |||
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Revision as of 13:50, 18 March 2017
| Lortho loɾtʰo | |
| Spoken in: | Lortho |
| Conworld: | A planet which orbits a binary star |
| Total speakers: | (insufficient data) |
| Genealogical classification: | (Family)
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| Basic word order: | Verb Subject Object |
| Morphological type: | |
| Morphosyntactic alignment: | |
| Created by: | |
| Brian Bourque | March 2017 |
Overview
Lortho [IPA:loɾtʰo] is a constructed language created by Brian Bourque. It is a fusional/agglutinative language. The verbs are changed in conjugation; however, suffixes and prefixes are added to nouns to denote case.
Grammar
Noun Cases
Lortho has nine cases:
| Case | Modifier | Example | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | - | kɑnsɑptʰɑ | forest, woods |
| Accusative | -mɛ | kɑnsɑptʰɑmɛ | forest (direct obj.) |
| Dative | -mɛlɑ | kɑnsɑptʰɑmɛlɑ | forest (indirect obj.) |
| Genetive | Possessive Prefix¹ | nimakɑnsɑptʰɑ | our forest |
| Sublative | -inɑ/ɛnɑ | kɑnsɑptʰɑɪnɑ | in/into the forest |
| Ablative | -(ɛ)nat | kɑnsɑptʰɑnɑt | out of (from) the forest |
| Prolative | -dɑn | kɑnsɑptʰɑdɑn | to/towards the forest |
| -dɑnɑɾ |
Verbs
There are three major verb types: -o verbs, -t verbs, and -n verbs. Each follow a general rule for conjugation:
| Present Tense | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -o Verbs [konpʰɑɾo] to speak | -t Verbs [pʰɾɑmit[ to push | -n Verbs [ʃɑɪlɑn] to sit | |||
| konpʰɑrin, -un | -inɑn, -unɑn | pʰrɑmidin, -un | -pʰrɑmidinɑn, -unan | ʃɑɪlɑnin, -un | -inɑn, -unan |
| -ɑnːi, -ɑnːu | -ɑmin, -ɑmun | -pʰɾɑmidɑnːi, -ɑnːu | -pʰɾɑmidɑmin, -ɑmun | -ɑnːi, -ɑnːu | -ɑmin, -ɑmun |
| -i, -u, -ɑ | -imi, -imu, -imɑ | -pʰɾɑmidi, -u, -ɑ | -pʰɾɑmidimi, -imu, -imɑ | -i, -u, -ɑ | -imi, -imu, -imɑ |
