Calutan
Calutan[1] 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.
| 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)
References
- ↑ Yusur does not like this name for the language. She wants to change it once she has a better name