Humild
| Humild | |
|---|---|
| Language family | Language isolate |
| Writing system | Humild Script, Latin |
| Official status | |
| Spoken in | Hummland |
| Speaker | |
| Demonym | Humild |
| Number of speakers | 2 |
| Technical information | |
| Usage | Native language, Government language |
Humild is a language spoken in Hummland.
Phonology
Consonants
| Labials | Dentals | Palatals | Velars | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosives | p b | t d | k g | ||
| Nasals | m | n | ŋ ⟨ṇ⟩ | ||
| Fricatives | f v | s~z θ~ð ⟨s ð⟩ | ɕ ⟨x⟩ | h~x ⟨h⟩ | |
| Trills | r̥ r ⟨ŕ r⟩ | ||||
| Approximant | l | j | |||
- the consonants m, n, l, s, and ɕ may be syllabic
Vowels
| Front | Back | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Short | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | |
| Close | i | iː ⟨ii⟩ | y ⟨ü⟩ | yː ⟨üü⟩ | u | uː ⟨uu⟩ |
| Mid | e | eː ⟨ee⟩ | ø ⟨ö⟩ | øː ⟨öö⟩ | o | oː ⟨oo⟩ |
| Open | æ ⟨ä⟩ | æː ⟨ää⟩ | ɑ ⟨a⟩ | ɑː ⟨aa⟩ | ||
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 | iis | iisil | iisiln | |
| Genitive | sanis | sanisil | sanisiln | |
| Locative + | lis | lisil | lisiln | |
| Locative - | kis | kisil | kisiln | |
| ṇu "Ŋearth" | Singular | Plural | Superplural | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ṇu | ṇuxil | ṇuxiln | |
| Accusative | ṇü | ṇüxil | ṇüxiln | |
| Genitive | saṇu | saṇuxil | saṇuxiln | |
| Locative + | 'lṇu | 'lṇuxil | 'lṇuxiln | |
| Locative - | keṇu | keṇuxil | keṇuxiln | |