Humild

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Humild
Language familyLanguage isolate
Writing systemHumild Script, Latin
Official status
Spoken inHummland
Speaker
DemonymHumild
Number of speakers2
Technical information
UsageNative 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 ü üxil üxiln
Genitive saṇu saṇuxil saṇuxiln
Locative + 'lṇu 'lṇuxil 'lṇuxiln
Locative - keṇu keṇuxil keṇuxiln

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 va
Perfective -