Grammar

8 pages · 383 words

1.

Phonology

Consonants Vowels Historical Change Proto-Lemdžœsi had the same vowel system as Modern-Lemdžœsi, just with /ɯ/ instead o…

146 words

2.

Nominal Morphology

Lemdžœsi is a synthetic language. Most suffixes have at least two forms to align with vowel harmony. Diminutive: -rœ, -r…

43 words

3.

Adjectival Morphology

Adjectives inflect for case and number with the same suffix as their noun, unless it is predicative, in which case it ha…

24 words

4.

Pronominal Morphology

Pronouns inflect for number and case.

6 words

5.

Articular Morphology

Articles inflect for case.

4 words

6.

Verbal Morphology

Verbs inflect for tense and aspect with a suffix.

9 words

7.

Derivational morphology

Adjectivizer: -en, -an, -n Adverbializer: -em, -am, -m

8 words

8.

Syntax

Lemdjösi’s word order is VSO and Head-Initial. Verb phrases are ordered: [Verb] [Temporal PP] [Spacial PP] [Adverbs] [Pa…

143 words