Calutan
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Calutan[1] is a co-official language of Caluta.
Grammar
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.
Declension table (remind me to add later)
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