Adjectives

African adjective inflect for gender and number and there are two classes of them:

The U-stem adjectives end in a consonant (or -i) in the masculine and in -ǝ in the feminine for the singular ; and in -o(s) in the masculine, -a(s) in the feminine and -e(s) in the mixed for the plural.

The E-stem adjectives end in a consonant (or -i) in the singular and -e(s) in the plural ; and don't agree for gender.

African adjectives inherited the comparative "-ior" and superlative"-esim/-im" suffixes from Latin. Comparative form act like E-stem adjectives and superlative form act like U-stem adjectives. Notable exceptions are:

Vuon(ə) > Mellor > Wotim(ə)

Pucr(ə) > Pucrior > Pucrim(ə)

Fagil(ə) > Fagellor > Fagellim(ə)

Mañi/ə > Major > Masim(ə)

Mal(ə) > Pior > Piesim(ə)

Mult(ə) > Plu(s) > Plurim(ə)

Min(ə) > Minor > Minim(ə)

In order to make adverb out of adjective, the suffix "-ment" in added to the feminine plural form (without liaison). Except for "vien", well for "vuon", good and "mal", badly from "mal", bad. The suffix "-ment" has a comparative "-mentxor" and a superlative "-mentisim". Exception are:

Vien > Melli > Wotim

Mal > Piej > Piesim

The word for "less" and "least" are the comparative and superlative forms of the adjective "pog", few.