Cevasa Cevasa | |||||||||||||
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Type | Fusional | ||||||||||||
Alignment | Nominative-Acusative | ||||||||||||
Head direction | First | ||||||||||||
Tonal | No | ||||||||||||
Declensions | Yes | ||||||||||||
Conjugations | Yes | ||||||||||||
Genders | Yes | ||||||||||||
Nouns decline according to... | |||||||||||||
Case | Number | ||||||||||||
Definiteness | Gender | ||||||||||||
Verbs conjugate according to... | |||||||||||||
Voice | Mood | ||||||||||||
Person | Number | ||||||||||||
Tense | Aspect | ||||||||||||
Meta-information | |||||||||||||
Progress | 0% | ||||||||||||
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Creator | Arishok |
Classification and Dialects[]
Phonology[]
Consonants[]
Bilabial | Labio-dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post-alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Pharyngeal | Epiglottal | Glottal | |
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Nasal | M | N ɲ | ||||||||||
Plosive | P B | T D | K G | |||||||||
Fricative | ɕ t͡ɕ | ç t͡ʑ ʑ | ||||||||||
Affricate | ||||||||||||
Approximant | ɸ | J | ɰʷ | |||||||||
Trill | ɾ | |||||||||||
Flap or tap | R | |||||||||||
Lateral fric. | ||||||||||||
Lateral app. | ||||||||||||
Lateral flap |
Vowels[]
Front | Near-front | Central | Near-back | Back | |
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High | i y | u | |||
Near-high | |||||
High-mid | o | ||||
Mid | e | ||||
Low-mid | |||||
Near-low | |||||
Low | a |
Phonotactics[]
Heavy similarities to mora using languages, CV being the most common pattern.
V
CV
CjV
N
R
Writing System[]
Letter | ||||||||||||
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Sound | m | p | b | ɸ | t | d | k | g | n | ɲ | t͡ɕ | d͡ʑ |
Letter | ||||||||||||
Sound | ɕ | ʑ | ç | j | ɰʷ | r | ɾ | a | e | i | o | u |
Letter | ||||||||||||
Sound | l |
Grammar[]
Nouns[]
Noun Tenses | |||
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Gender | Past | Present | Future |
Feminine Sing. | t͡ɕo | t͡ɕi | t͡ɕa |
Feminine Plur. | t͡ɕoyo | t͡ɕia | t͡ɕaia |
Masculine | Kas | Ka | Kao |
Masculine Plur. | Kayo | Kai | Kaoi |
Neutral | Dai | Da | Dao |
Neutral Plur. | Daio | Dai | Daoi |
Pronoun Tenses | |||
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Gender | Past | Present | Future |
She/her | t͡ɕo | t͡ɕi | t͡ɕa |
They/them (feminine) | t͡ɕoyo | t͡ɕia | t͡ɕaia |
He/him | Kas | Ka | Kao |
They/them (masculine) | Kayo | Kai | Kaoi |
Neutral | Dai | Da | Dao |
Neutral Plur. | Daio | Dai | Daoi |
You | Mai | Mi | Mia |
I | Tai | Ti | Tia |
Verbs[]
Verbs are relatively simplistic, as the nouns around them are what tell of the tense. For example:
t͡ɕa rasa. (she will clean.)
t͡ɕi rasa. (she is clean.)
t͡ɕo rasa. (she was clean)
Syntax[]
Lexicon[]
Basic Actions[]
Basic Actions
rasa v. clean
kari v. run
karo v. walk
t͡ɕika v. hit/strike/smack/
ik v. sit
illo v. stand
ija v. jump/hop/leap
bara v. bend
Basic Descriptors
kuro adv. fat/wide
kuri adv. thin/skinny/slim
tara adv. tall/long
taro adv. short/stout
muku adv. lazy
mara adv. diligent
t͡ɕana adv. smart
fila adv. fast
filo adv. slow
hasa adv. hard
hora adv. soft
Weather / Astrology
kiri n. rain
irakiri n. hail ( ice + rain )
ira n. ice
t͡ɕuna n. sun
wila n. moon
Colors
roha adj. red
kan adj. blue
sala adj. green
ronya adj. purple
kiko adj. yellow
baesa adj. black
wi adj. white
Landscape
riya n. grass
hasan n. rocks
tarahasa n. mountain
taya n. land
t͡ɕiyakuro n. ocean (big+water)
t͡ɕiyakuri n. lake (small+water)
t͡ɕiya n. water
riyataya n. grassland (grass+land)