Adjective order: Adjectives are positioned before the noun.
Adposition: postpositions ?
↓Manner/Place→ | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Palato-alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal |
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Nasal | m | n | ||||||
Stop | p b | t d | c | k g | q | |||
Affricate | ʤ | |||||||
Fricative | f v | s z | ʃ | h | ||||
Approximant | j | |||||||
Trill | r | |||||||
Lateral approximant | l |
Co-articulated phonemes
↓Manner/Place→ | Labial-velar |
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Approximant | w |
Vowel inventory:
Front | Central | Back | |
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High | i i̘ | u | |
Near-high | ʊ | ||
High-mid | e | o | |
Mid | ə əˑ | ||
Low-mid | ɛ | ||
Low | a |
Pronunciation | Spelling |
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Nouns have three cases:
Nouns form plural with separate plural word:
Plural | Particle before the noun: əˑ - dogs
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Nominative | No affix dog (doing the verb)
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Accusative | If ends with vowel: Suffix -m Else: Suffix -um (verb done to) dog
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Genitive | Suffix -i̘d dogʼs
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Definite | the
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Indefinite | a, some
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Uses of definite article that differ from English:
Uses of indefinite article that differ from English:
Nominative | Accusative | Genitive | |
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1st singular | I
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me
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mine
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2nd singular | you
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you
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yours
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3rd singular masc | he, it
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him, it
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his, its
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3rd singular fem | she, it
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her, it
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hers, its
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1st plural | we
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us
|
ours
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2nd plural | you all
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you all
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yours (pl)
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3rd plural | they
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them
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theirs
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1st singular | my
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2nd singular | your
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3rd singular masc | his
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3rd singular fem | her
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1st plural | our
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2nd plural | your (pl)
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3rd plural | their
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Future | Suffix -ɛr will learn
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Wèshèti uses a standalone particle word for past tense:
Past | Particle before the verb: ag - learned
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Perfect | Suffix -i have learned
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Wèshèti has a base-10 number system:
1 -
2 -
3 -
4 -
5 -
6 -
7 -
8 -
9 -
10 -
100 -
1000 -
Adjective → adverb = Suffix -ʊ
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -c
Else: Suffix -uc
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -b
Else: Suffix -əˑb
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = Suffix -ʊ
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -v
Else: Suffix -əˑv
Noun to verb = Suffix -əˑ
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = Suffix -i̘m
Tending to = Suffix -əf
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -g
Else: Suffix -ɪ̞g
Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -g
Else: Suffix -ʊg
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -g
Else: Suffix -ɪ̞g
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = Suffix -i
Diminutive = If ends with vowel: Suffix -g
Else: Suffix -ag
Augmentative = Suffix -i̘
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