KōXiè

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	Stats Nouns 100% Verbs 100% Adjectives 0% Syntax 17% Words 50 of 1500

KooXie KōXiè
Type
Alignment
Topic prominent accusative
Head direction
right branching
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

Phonology

Consonants

	Bilabial	Labio-dental	Dental	Alveolar	Post-alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	m			n			ŋ
Plosive	p b			t d			k
Fricative		f v	θ	s	ʃ	ʑ	x	h
Affricate					tʃ	ʥ
Approximant	ɥ					j	w
flap tap				ɾ
Lateral app.				l

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i y		u:
mid	e: ɛ	ə	o: ɔ
Open	a		ɑ

Diphthongs

	Front	Back
Close	ia ie: iɛ	uɑ
mid	ɛi	ɔu
Open	ai	ɑu

Alphabet

IPA	b	ɣ	tʃ	ʥ	d	f	x
KooXie	b (b)	j (ɠ)	c (š)	ç (ž)	d (d)	f (ƥ)	g (g)
IPA	h	j	k	l	m	n	p
KooXie	h (q)	i (ǐ)	k (k)	l (-)	m (ŋ)	n (n)	p (p)
IPA	ɾ	s	t	v	w	ʃ	ʑ
KooXie	r (~)	s (s)	t (t)	v (u)	w (ư)	x (x)	z (z)
IPA	ŋ	ɥ	θ	ai	a	ɑ	ɑu
KooXie	ñ (ň)	w' (ⱳ)	t' (ƭ)	ai (āi)	aa (ā)	a (à)	au (á) (àō)
IPA	e:	ɛ	ɛi	ə	o:	ɔ	ɔu
KooXie	ee (ē)	e (è)	ei (èi)	ue (ūà)	oo (ō)	o (ò)	ou (ó) (òō)
IPA	i	ia	ie:	iɛ	u:	y	ua
KooXie	y (i)	ii (ià)	iee (iē)	ie (iè)	uu (ū)	u (ù)	ua (ūā)

within the brackets is an alternative system, more commonly used by the natives.

Phonotactics

Most words in KooXie exist are monosyllable words, nearly all vowels are groupable, exept for ŋ, wich if it occurs, is always the last part of the syllable.

Syllable
(C)(C)V(C)(C)
(C)(C)V(C) ŋ

C are all consonants exept /ŋ/

ŋ is /ŋ/

V are all possible vowels and diphthongs

Grammar

The grammar of KooXie is mostly done via particles, this makes the word order of KooXie quite free, exept for the one rule that a sentence must always start with a verb.

Genders

The genders in KooXie don't effect a lot, but some particles conjugate/decline slightly different.

genders
human			animate		inanimate
male	female	neutral/inverted	animal	divine	natural	artificial

Genders in KooXie are bound to their nouns, verbs do not have genders, but the verb-particle takes conjugates to the gender of the executer noun.

Verbs

Verbs are the first thing in a KooXie sentence, after the verb comes a particle that includes all grammar of the verb, including tense, gender, probability, mood and aspect.

tenses
gnomic
	past gnomic			future gnomic
pre-past		past	present	future	post-future

Probability / possibility (potentiality)
certain	probable	possible	improbable	very improbable	impossible
100%	75-99%	35-75%	15-35%	1-15%	0%

Mood
imperative	interrogative	jussive	optative	conditional
commanding	asking	begging	wishing	requiering

Particle conjugation, initial constonants
	Mood
tense	indicative	imperative	interrogative	Jussive	optative	conditional
Present	ư	ưǐ	n	ưq	ƥ	-
past	t	š	tn	xq	ƭ	~
pre-past	u	uǐ	tŋ	uq	ⱳ	~
future	ǐ	~ǐ	ǐn	ǐq	ŋī	-
post-future	k	kǐ	ǐŋ	ɠ	xǐ	-
gnomic	s	tx	qn	xq	ƥt	ⱳ-
past-gnomic	z	ž	gn	zq	ƥ~	ⱳ~
future-gnomic	x	kx	ɠn	žq	ƥɠ	ⱳq

Particle conjugation, Vowel
	politeness
gender (topic)	Very polite	Quite polite	Polite	impolite
human	ài	ā	ā	à
animal	òō	ō	ò	ò
divine	ài	ài	iā	ā
inanimate	èi	ē	iè	è

Particle conjugation, final consonant
	probability
2nd function	certain	probable	possible	improbable	very improbable	impossible
indicative			ǐ	ɠ	ư	ň
interrogative	ŋ	n	ǐn	q	qn	qň
exclaimation	k	ɠg	kg	kq	p	kň
explaination	s	š	ǐt	ƭ	us	ut

Nouns

Particle conjugation
function	particle
Topic	nà	nù	ƥā
subject	bā	qà	ǐù
object	ŋàn	xà
ind object	ɠàn	qān
time	tō	pò
place	nī	ǐā
manner	ŋǐè	dǐō
adverb	kò	qò

Particle conjugation
function	particle
	certain	maybe	not
equal	tā	ǐàƭ	tè
ownership	nèq	nà~	qèǐ
quality	è	à	nàǐ

Vocabulary

Swadesh list
Number	English	KooXie
001	I	tòkè, qǐà(n), bō(~è)
002	you	kò, kīŋ
003	he	òsò, òx, nèǐè, àsù
004	we	( I ) + ō
005	you	( you ) + ō
006	they	( he ) + ō
007	this	àqn
008	that	ùqn
0082	that further	ā~àn
009	here	nqùnù
010	there	nànà
0102	there further	nhā~à
011	who?	òxǐù
012	what?	nàxǐù
013	where?	nòkù
014	when?	tòkù
015	how?	hòkù
016	not	èǐè
017	all	ǐītè, ǐōn
018	many	ōte, ōne
019	some	īkī, nī~ī
020	little / few	nòkī
021	other	àǐà~àn
022	one	ù~èn
023	two	nǐù~èn
024	three	dùkèn
025	four	ǐùkèn
026	five	fjùhèn
027	big	kò(r), gǐō
028	long	ǐàl, àrǐā
029	wide	xō dòq
030	thick	dòqn, òrō
031	heavy	òŋō, ŋòǐn
032	small	xī, īqàn
033	short	xīǐ, ǐīqàn
034	narrow	ǐī~a~
035	thin	ŋīx~àn, ŋǐā
036	woman	ǐàŋ
037	man	qɠù
038	person	ɠàn
039	child	kò~ō
040	wife	nàiqù
041	husband	ɠàqù
042	mother	qàŋà
043	father	àbŋà
044	animal	nòkkò
045	fish	ǐùnòk
046	bird	ɠàǐk
047	dog	ù~ī
048	louse	nīqīǐī
049	snake	s~àɠq
050	worm	sàgn
051	tree
052	forest
053	stick
0532	branch
054	fruit
055	seed
056	leaf
057	root
058	bark
059	flower	kƥònù
060	grass
061	rope
062	skin
063	meat
064	blood
065	bone
066	fat
067	egg
068	horn
069	tail
070	feather
071	hair
072	head
073	ear
074	eye
075	nose
076	mouth
077	tooth
078	tongue
079	fingernail
080	foot
081	leg
082	knee
083	hand
084	wing
085	belly
086	guts
087	neck
088	back
089	breats
090	heart
091	liver
092	drink
093	eat
094	bite
095	suck
096	spit
097	vomit
098	blow	ū~ù
099	breath	ūàn
0992	breath (verb)	ū~àn
100	laugh