Keyot language

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keye tokanot
Pronounced: /ke.je tokanot/
Timeline and Universe: Spoken in the 8th world in about 5500 B.C. to 2500 B.C.
Species: Human
Spoken: Sudi Plateau in The 8th world
Total speakers: extinct
Writing system:
Genealogy: Sudi languages
--Proto-Sudi language
Typology
Morphology: Agglutinative
Morphosyntax:
Word order: SOV
Credits
Creator: KOS-MOS (K1234567890y)
Created: 2007

Keyot language(Native name:keye tokanot /ke.je tokanot/) is the proto language of the Sudi languages, it is spoken in about 5500 B.C. to 2500 B.C. by the Keyot people in The 8th World.

Contents

Phonology

Vowels
Front Back
Close i u
Mid e o
Open a
  • /a/ is usually centralized.
  • Diphthongs: /aj/ /ej/ /oj/ /aw/ /ew/ /ow/
Consonants
Labial Avelor Post-Aveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Stops p t k ʔ
Fricatives ɸ s ʃ h
Nasals m n ŋ
Affricates ʦ ʧ
Tap or Flap ɾ
Approximants w l j

/p/, /t/, and /k/ may be aspirated or unaspirated.

Syllable Structure:(C)(C)V(C)

Stresses are not phoeme of keyot language.

Latin Transcription for pronouciations of Keyot language

  • A - /a/
  • AI - /aj/
  • AU - /aw/
  • E - /e/
  • EI - /ej/
  • EU - /ew/
  • F - /ɸ/
  • H - /h/
  • I - /i/
  • K - /k/
  • L - /l/
  • M - /m/
  • N - /n/; /ŋ/ before /k/
  • (NK - /ŋk/)
  • O - /o/
  • OI - /oj/
  • OU - /ow/
  • P - /p/
  • R - /ɾ/
  • S - /s/; /ʃ/ before /i/
  • T - /t/; /ʧ/ before /i/
  • U - /u/
  • W - /w/
  • X - /ʔ/
  • Y - /j/
  • Z - /ʦ/, never appear in front of /i/

Grammar

  • Basic Word order:SOV
  • The Modifier words are added before the modified words.
  • Passive voice does not occuar in Keyot language.

Noun Inflections

  • Numbers:
    • Single:-n-
    • Dual:-s-
    • Plural:-y-
    • Name:-(o)nk-
  • Cases:
    • Absolutive:-o
    • Ergative:-ak
    • Genitive:-e
    • Instrumental/Comitative:-op
    • Locative:-en
    • Ablative:-et
    • Terminative:-ek
    • Prolative:-ap
    • Vocative:-ot

Inflections for making introduction(To be, mark for absolutive nouns)

  • I am:-te
  • We two, not you, are:-ye
  • We, not you, are:-sei
  • thou and I are:-ti
  • You and we are:si
  • Thou art/You(single) are:-let
  • You two are:-set
  • You(three and more) are:-yet
  • (s)he is:-tan
  • Two of them(person) are:-sa
  • They(three and more, person) are:-ya
  • It is:-to
  • Two of them(non-person or mixed) are:-so
  • They(three and more, non-person or mixed) are:-yo
  • This is:-klen
  • These two are:-tle
  • These(three and more) are:-tli
  • That is:-klon
  • Those two are:-tlo
  • Those(three and more) are:-tloi

Verb inflections

  • Affix order:(verb root)-(causative)-I-II-III-IV-(transitive marker)-V
  • Verb infinitive:-er
  • Verb causative:-at
  • Transitive marker(used only if the ergative is omitted):-t-

Part I

  • Simple:-um
  • Progressive:-in
  • Perfect:-ok

Part II

  • have ability to:-ot
  • must:-uk
  • (Desire/want to):-if

Part IV - moods

  • Indicative:-el
  • Subjunctive:-up
  • Potential:-ep
  • Optative:-on
  • Imprative:-ak
  • Conditional:-ol

Part IV

  • Present:-e
  • Past:-a
  • Future:-u

Part V

  • nagation:-na
  • Question maker:-war
  • Dependent clause ender:-nen

Words

Pronouns

(Pronouns are shown in Absolutive form)

  • 1st single:emo
  • 1st exclusive dual:yemo
  • 1st exclusive plural:semo
  • 1st inclusive dual:imo
  • 1st inclusive plural:simo
  • 2nd single:ito
  • 2nd dual:itiso
  • 2nd plural:ityo
  • 3rd person single:ano
  • 3rd person dual:aso
  • 3rd person plural:ayo
  • 3rd non-person single:ono
  • 3rd non-person dual:oso
  • 3rd non-person plural:oyo
  • This:kleno
  • These two:kleso
  • These(three and more):kleyo
  • That:klono
  • Those two:kloso
  • Those(three and more):kloyo
  • Who:ampo
  • What:ompo
  • Where(presented in Locative form):olen
  • When(presented in Locative form):empen
  • Here(presented in Locative form):elen
  • THere(presented in Locative form):alen
  • How(no case inflected forms):Uza
  • Why(no case inflected forms):U
  • How many(no case inflected forms):nau

Nouns

(Nouns are shown in Absolutive, single form)

  • Sun:sano
  • Moon:afano
  • Star:azeno
  • Mountain:zapno
  • Hill:sikno
  • Cliff:akano
  • Canyon:sano
  • Valley:kupno
  • Plateau:sudino
  • Lake:kutno
  • River:herano
  • Water:asano
  • Fire:hino
  • Human:keno
  • Head:ono
  • Eye:meno
  • Ear:hekno
  • Nose:peino
  • Mouth:makno
  • Face:plino
  • Hand:zanno
  • Finger:tikono
  • Elbow:kakuno
  • Arm:tleno
  • Body:fikno
  • Leg:atuno
  • Knee:kalano
  • Foot:fono
  • Tongue:tokano
  • Father:pano
  • Mother:mano

Verbs

  • To go:klener
  • To come:samer
  • To have:maser
  • To do:zeler
  • To make; to produce:puker
  • To see:eizaker
  • To hear:haroner
  • To smell:sumaner
  • To bite:katiter
  • To touch:puloher
  • To feel:oklaner
  • To eat:eklater
  • To drink:hewoser
  • To give:etiker
  • To sleep:sempater

Sample sentences

  • "(itak) klono eklatumakena." - "Don't eat that!"
  • "emak ito eizakotelena." - "I can't see you."
  • "ano sempatinele" - "(s)he is sleeping."
  • "______-onkote" - "I'm ______(name)."
  • "______-note" - "I'm a(n) ______(not name)."
  • "______-noklen" - "This is a(n) ______."