Navnaak

Navnaak 
Language family	Laevanaak language family
Early form(s)	Ancient Laevanaak, Livanar
Era	today
Writing system	Laenavaak
Official status
Spoken in	Enkavak
Regulated by	Government of Enkavak
Speaker
Demonym	Navnaaic
Number of speakers	few
Technical information
Usage	Native language

Navnaak (Laevanaak:  Navnaak /navnaːk/) is a Laevanaaic Language and sister language to Laevanaak spoken in the south of central atlantic islands and northern Nelnagak. In contrast to Laevanaak it has a greater phonemic inventory, more fusional grammar, ergativity and fewer dialects.

Phonology and Orthography

Consonants

	Labial	Dental	Alveolar	Velar	Uvular	Glottal
Nasal	m 〈〉		n 〈〉	ŋ 〈〉
Stop	bʰ 〈〉		t 〈〉	k 〈〉, g 〈〉
Fricative	f 〈〉, fʁ 〈〉, v 〈〉	ð 〈〉	ɬ 〈〉, s 〈〉	x 〈C〉	ʁ 〈〉	h 〈〉
Liquid	w 〈〉		l 〈〉

Vowels

	Front	Back
Close	i 〈〉, y 〈〉
Near-Close	e 〈〉	o 〈〉
Open-Mid	ɛː 〈〉
Open	a 〈〉	ɑː 〈〉

Morphology

Declension

Nouns and Adjectives are declined in case and number over five declensions including ergative, absolutive, objective and essive. Comparations include rather rare forms like negative or commodative.

Conjugation

Conjunction in Navnaak is mostly done by fusional suffixes for voice, aspect, number and person. Distinguished are indicative, imperative, participle and prefixes for irrealis and interrogative. A first person plural inclusive exists different to exclusive.

Numerals

Navnaak numerals are base 12.

English	Navnaak	Pronunciation
one		ɑːŋ
two		ven
three		glɑːŋ
four	C	axle
five		ŋɑːf
six		vɑːl
seven		lɑːl
eight		wom
nine		ðʁa
ten	C	axlevɑːl
eleven		ŋɑːfɑːl
twelve		tɑːn