Bonamian bónamtu | |||||||||||||
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Type | Agglutinative | ||||||||||||
Alignment | Active-Stative | ||||||||||||
Head direction | head-initial | ||||||||||||
Tonal | No | ||||||||||||
Declensions | Yes | ||||||||||||
Conjugations | Yes | ||||||||||||
Genders | no | ||||||||||||
Nouns decline according to... | |||||||||||||
Case | Number | ||||||||||||
Definiteness | Gender | ||||||||||||
Verbs conjugate according to... | |||||||||||||
Voice | Mood | ||||||||||||
Person | Number | ||||||||||||
Tense | Aspect | ||||||||||||
Meta-information | |||||||||||||
Progress | 48% | ||||||||||||
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Creator | SennonoUzanto |
Classification and Dialects[]
Phonology[]
Consonants[]
Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | ||
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Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | |
Plosive | voiceless | p | t | c | k |
implosive | ɓ | ɗ | ʄ | ɠ | |
Lateral | l | ʎ | |||
Fricative | s | ||||
Trill | r | ||||
Approximant | w | j |
Vowels[]
Front | Back | |
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Close | i | u |
Close-mid | o | |
Open-mid | ε | ɔ |
Near-open | ɑ |
Phonotactics[]
Grammar[]
Nouns[]
Case | Suffix | |
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Nominative | -sen | |
Accusative | -nes | |
Dative | -mas | |
Genitive | -as | |
Adjectival | -je | |
Adverbal | -nac | |
Locative | -sil | |
Allative | -qóm | |
Ablative | -b'or | |
Instrumental | -win |
Verbs[]
Verbs conjugate according to tense and transitivity.
Adjectives[]
The Bonamian adjectives are nouns in the adjectival case, which has the suffix /je/
Syntax[]
The word order is SOV.
Transitivity
Lexicon[]
Example text[]
I love you | |||
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Bonamian | wa-sen | no-nes | pag'i-ka |
IPA | [wa.sɛn] | [no.nɛs] | [pa.ɠi.ka] |
Gloss | i-NOM | you-ACC | love-PRES-DITRANS |
He/She was killed by a murderer | |||
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Bonamian | d'a-nes | qós-stu | qósto.sen |
IPA | [ɗa.nɛs] | [qɔsː.tu] | [qɔs.to.sɛn] |
Gloss | 3S-ACC | kill-PAST-DITRANS | murderer-NOM |