Calutan

Calutan is a co-official language of Caluta.

Grammar

Notice:

This section is a work in progress. Go bother Yusur about it.

Script

Calutan's script is Copaþ, an abugida written right-to-left.

The letters 󲂠 (b), 󲁘 (ŋ) and 󲂨 (g) are used only in loanwords.

Phonotactics

(C)V(C)(C)

• Words cannot end with more than one consonants
• Most syllabes are CV but sometimes consonant clusters form at the end of syllabes
• No words end with <s>: e.g. "Pāgus Septimus" is loaned as "Pagsu Septimu"
• In loanwords, illegal end clusters are pushed back to form a cluster with the previous consonant if there is a vowel in between; otherwise, <u> is added at the end

Syntax

• Word order is VSO.
• Adjectives come before the noun.
• Owners come before their possession.

Nouns, Articles & Prepositions

Nouns have declension on case. There is no declension on gender or number; the partitive case is a sort of indefinite plural.

The cases are 4: nominative, genitive, partitive, and instrumental.

A noun can take an indefinite singular (u 󲂕) or definite plural (utu 󲂍󲂕) article.

Noun declension table

Case/Ending	-a	-e	-o	-ơ	-u	-L	-þ	-n	cons.
Nominative	-a	-e	-o	-ơ	-u	-l	-þ	-n	-
Genitive	-an	-en	-on	-ơva	-uva	-lna	-þna	-na	-na
Partitive	-an	-ei	-on	-ơi	-ui	-lna	-þna	-na	-ni
Instrumental	-ai	-ei	-oi	-ơi	-ui	-l'je	-þi	-ni	-i

Prepositions (remind me to add later)

External links

• Interactive Dictionary of Calutan