Syntax
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Morphological Typology
The morphological typology of Kreẋ Naṃ is agglutinative, with adjectives, adverbs, case markers, tense markers, gender markers, and more being agglutinated onto a root noun or verb. The English sentence "I really like tasty food with white bread." would become "I reallylike tastyfood with whitebread." using Kreẋ Naṃ typology.
Word Order
The standard word order of Kreẋ Naṃ is VSO. This means that the verb goes first, then the subject, then the noun. The English sentence "I like them" would become "Like I them" in VSO word order. Kreẋ Naṃ also allows VS word order in the case of an intransitive verb. OVS word order can be used for emphasis, as in "Them I like".
Adjectives, Adverbs, & Auxiliary Verbs
Adjectives, adverbs, and auxiliary verbs always go after the words they modify. Adjectives are agglutinated onto the ends of nouns and other adjectives. Adverbs are not agglutinated onto anything. Auxiliary verbs are agglutinated onto the ends of verbs.
‘Pretty woman should speak Kreẋ Naṃ beautifully.’
Adpositions
All adpositions in Kreẋ Naṃ are prepositions.
‘tribe of snow’
Order of Affixes
The order of affixes for nouns is as follows:
Noun Case Marking → Genitive Case Marking → Possessor → Plurality or Duality Marking → Noun → Adjective → Adverb (for adjective) → etc.
Example: ṃəsafingefanutjragsun → ṃə-sa-fin-ge-fanut-jrag-sun → my very good people (vocative case)
The order of affixes for verbs is as follows:
Interrogative → Tense Marking → Gender Marking → Verb → Negator → Auxiliary Verb
Example: ḣrəśezufjuvnremgrəs → ḣrə-śez-uf-juv-nrem-grəs → should not speak beautifully later? (personal gender)