Humild
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| Language family | Language isolate |
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| Writing system | Humild Script, Latin |
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| Official status |
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| Spoken in | Hummland |
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| Speaker |
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| Demonym | Humild |
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| Number of speakers | 2 |
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| Technical information |
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| Usage | Native language, Government language |
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Humild is a language spoken in Hummland.
Phonology
Consonants
- the consonants m, n, l, s, and ɕ may be syllabic, and are written 'm, 'n, 'l, 's, and 'ś.
Vowels
- Also there are the diphthongs: au, ou, yi, ui, ai, and oi
Orthography
| IPA |
Humild Script |
Romanization |
Alternative
|
Consonants
| /p/ |
|
p |
|
| /b/ |
|
b |
|
| /t/ |
|
t |
|
| /d/ |
|
d |
|
| /k/ |
|
k |
|
| /g/ |
|
g |
|
| /m/ |
|
m |
|
| /n/ |
|
n |
|
| /ŋ/ |
|
ṇ |
ng
|
| /f/ |
|
f |
|
| /v/ |
|
v |
|
| /s/ |
|
s |
|
| /ð/ |
|
ð |
th
|
| /ɕ/ |
|
ś |
sh
|
| /h/ |
|
h |
|
| /r̥/ |
|
ŕ |
rh
|
| /r/ |
|
r |
|
| /l/ |
|
l |
|
| /j/ |
|
j |
|
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Vowels
| IPA |
Humild Script |
Romanization |
Alternative
|
| /i/ |
|
i |
|
| /y/ |
|
y |
|
| /u/ |
|
u |
|
| /e/ |
|
e |
|
| /ø/ |
|
ø |
oe
|
| /o/ |
|
o |
|
| /æ/ |
|
æ |
ae
|
| /ɑ/ |
|
a |
|
| /ɑu/ |
|
au |
|
| /ou/ |
|
ou |
|
| /yi/ |
|
yi |
|
| /ui/ |
|
ui |
|
| /ɑi/ |
|
ai |
|
| /oi/ |
|
oi |
|
Suprasegmentals
| IPA |
Humild Script |
Romanization |
Notes
|
| /◌̩/ |
|
'◌ |
Syllabic consonant
|
| /◌ː/ |
|
◌́ |
Long vowel
|
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Grammar
The word order of Humild is subject object verb. There are no articles.
Noun Declension
Humild has 3 numbers: the singular for one of something, the plural for many of something, and the superplural for loads upon loads of something, and 5 cases: the nominative used for the agent, the accusative used for the patient, the genitive used for posession, the positive locative used for loacation at or on a high place, and the negative locative used for location at or in a low place.
| is "food" |
Singular |
Plural |
Superplural
|
| Nominative
|
is
|
isil
|
isiln
|
| Accusative
|
ís
|
ísil
|
ísiln
|
| Genitive
|
sanis
|
sanisil
|
sanisiln
|
| Locative +
|
lis
|
lisil
|
lisiln
|
| Locative -
|
kis
|
kisil
|
kisiln
|
| ṇu "Ŋearth" |
Singular |
Plural |
Superplural
|
| Nominative
|
ṇu
|
ṇuśil
|
ṇuśiln
|
| Accusative
|
ṇy
|
ṇyśil
|
ṇyśiln
|
| Genitive
|
saṇu
|
saṇuśil
|
saṇuśiln
|
| Locative +
|
'lṇu
|
'lṇuśil
|
'lṇuśiln
|
| Locative -
|
keṇu
|
keṇuśil
|
keṇuśiln
|
Verb Conjugation
In Humild there are only two tenses and two aspects.
| dag "eat" |
Past |
Nonpast
|
| Imperfective
|
däg
|
dag
|
| Perfective
|
gedäg
|
-
|
| copula |
Past |
Nonpast
|
| Imperfective
|
vä
|
va
|
| Perfective
|
gä
|
-
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