Natively known as: Camoorian /Caˌmooˈrian/
...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind...
o daez skwu lag pli o vundlo tir vuz pli simz staegd
Pronunciation: /o daez skwu lag pli o ˈvundlo tir vuz pli simz staegd/
Camoorian word order: and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind
Spelling & Phonology
Consonant inventory: /b d f g h j k l m n p r s t v w z ɹ ʃ ʧ/
| ↓Manner/Place→ |
Bilabial |
Labiodental |
Alveolar |
Palato-alveolar |
Palatal |
Velar |
Glottal |
| Nasal |
m |
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n |
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| Stop |
p b |
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t d |
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k g |
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| Affricate |
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ʧ |
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| Fricative |
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f v |
s z |
ʃ |
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h |
| Approximant |
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ɹ |
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j |
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| Trill |
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r |
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| Lateral approximant |
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l |
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Co-articulated phonemes
| ↓Manner/Place→ |
Labial-velar |
| Approximant |
w |
Vowel inventory: /a ae e i o u/
Diphthongs: ae
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Front |
Back |
| High |
i |
u |
| High-mid |
e |
o |
| Low |
a |
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Syllable structure: Custom defined
Stress pattern: No fixed stress
Word initial consonants: b, bl, d, f, fl, g, gl, h, j, k, kw, l, m, n, p, pl, s, sk, skw, sl, sm, sp, spl, st, sw, t, th, tw, v, w
Mid-word consonants: b, bd, bj, blgn, bm, bskj, bst, bt, bv, bz, d, df, dg, dkw, ds, dv, dw, f, fj, ftl, ftw, g, gl, gm, h, j, k, kd, kf, kgɹ, kj, km, ks, ksf, ksk, kskj, kskl, kskw, ksm, kspl, kst, ksw, kt, ktf, ktl, kw, kz, kɹ, kʃ, l, lb, ld, ldf, ldh, ldl, ldn, lf, lg, lj, lk, ll, lm, ln, lpf, lpl, lptj, ls, lsh, lt, ltj, lv, m, mb, mbl, mbɹ, mf, mfl, mft, mh, mj, ml, mn, mp, mpj, mpl, mpt, mptl, ms, mst, mt, mw, n, nb, nd, ndj, ndl, ndm, nf, nfj, nfl, nj, nk, nkl, nkw, nm, npl, ns, nsl, nsm, nsp, nst, nt, ntm, nv, nw, nz, nzp, p, pj, pm, pt, pw, pɹ, s, sd, sg, sj, sk, skj, skl, sl, sm, sn, sp, spj, spl, st, stj, stl, stm, stw, sw, t, tb, tf, tj, tl, tn, ts, tsm, tw, v, vj, vl, vm, w, z, zb, zd, zj, zl, zm, ɹ, ɹm, ʃ, ʧ
Word final consonants: b, bd, bl, bz, d, dst, dz, f, fs, ft, g, gd, gz, k, ks, kst, kt, kts, l, ld, ldz, lf, lk, lm, ls, lt, lts, lv, lvd, lvz, lz, m, md, mp, mps, mpt, mz, n, nd, ndz, ns, nst, nt, nts, nz, p, ps, pt, r, rm, s, sk, sp, spt, st, sts, t, ts, v, vd, vz, z, zd
Phonological changes (in order of application):
- wi → o / C_
- [+nasal] → h / _[+stop]
- f → v / #_
Grammar
Main word order: Subject Verb Object (Prepositional phrase). "Mary opened the door with a key" turns into
Mary opened the door with a key.
Adjective order: Adjectives are positioned before the noun.
Adposition: prepositions
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Masculine |
Feminine |
Neutral |
| Singular |
Prefix ti-
tislens /ˈtislens/ |
Prefix pli-
plislens /ˈplislens/ |
If starts with vowel: Prefix sl-
Else: Prefix sle-
sleslens /ˈsleslens/ |
| Plural |
Prefix e-
eslens /ˈeslens/ |
If starts with vowel: Prefix sk-
Else: Prefix sku-
skuslens /ˈskuslens/ |
If starts with vowel: Prefix l-
Else: Prefix lae-
laeslens /ˈlaeslens/ |
Numbers
- 1 - ko
- 2 - cu
- 3 - ho
- 4 - ka
- 5 - ha
- 6 - sabe
- 7 - dilugo
- 8 - sa
- 9 - hobuci
- 10 - sed
- 11 - husi
- 12 - koculu
- 13 - habugi
- 14 - bami
- 15 - rogugo
- 16 - belo
- 17 - podu
- 18 - cifuli
- 19 - basuke
- 20 - cused
- 21 - cused la ko “twenty and one”
- 22 - cused la cu "twenty and two"
- 30 - hosed
- 40 - kased
- 50 - hased
- 60 - sabesed
- 70 - dised
- 80 - sased
- 90 - hobused
- 100 - como
- 400 - kacomo “fourhundred”
- 401 - kacomo la ko “fourhundred and one”
- 499 - kacomo hobused la hobuci "fourhundred ninety and nine"
- 1000 - secomo
- 10,000 - comoco
- 100,000 - comose
- 1,000,000 - codo
Derivational morphology
- Adjective → adverb = Prefix fu-
- Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = Prefix bi-
- Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = Prefix a-
- Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix g-
- Else: Prefix ga-
- Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = Prefix pe-
- Noun to verb = If starts with vowel: Prefix p-
- Else: Prefix pe-
- Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = Prefix e-
- Tending to = Prefix ae-
- Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = Prefix flo-
- Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = If starts with vowel: Prefix l-
- Else: Prefix lae-
- One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = Prefix o-
- Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = Prefix si-
- Diminutive = Prefix fu-
- Augmentative = Prefix splae-
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