Nojetál language

The Nojetál language was a language spoken across (region A) around (3000 years ago). It is the parent language to the modern languages of (region A).

Phonology

Consonant phonemes

	Bilabial		Dental		Alveolar		Post-alveolar		Palatal		Velar		Glottal
Plosive (Stop)	p	b			t	d			c	ɟ	k	g	ʔ
Fricative	ɸ	β	θ	ð	s	z	ʃ	ʒ	ç	ʝ	x	ɣ	h
Nasal		m				n
Approximant						l				j
Tap or flap						ɾ

Vowel phonemes

	Front	Back
High	i	u
Mid	e	o
Low	a	ɒ

Nojetál phonotactics allow (P)(F/N/A)V(N/A) and (T)V(N/A) syllables, where P is plosive, F is fricative, N is nasal, A is approximant, T is tap or flap, and V is vowel. Nojetál is stress-timed, and stress is lexical, although usually penultimate.

Grammar

Nojetál grammar is largely fusional, although it is somewhat analytic. The basic word order is SVO.

Nouns

Nouns in Nojetál are grouped into four noun genders: masculine, feminine, (third gender), and non-gendered. Nojetál nouns are also marked for case and plurality. These genders and cases are marked by the noun ending as follows:

Nojetál singular noun suffixes

	Nominative	Accusative	Genitive	Dative
Masculine	-ul	-o	-om	-on
Feminine	-al	-a	-am	-an
(Third gender)	-ål	-å	-åm	-ån
Non-gendered	-il	-e	-em	-en

Nojetál plural noun suffixes

	Nominative	Accusative	Genitive	Dative
Masculine	-ulo	-oj	-omo	-ono
Feminine	-ala	-aj	-ama	-ana
(Third gender)	-ålå	-åj	-åmå	-ånå
Non-gendered	-ile	-ej	-eme	-ene

Adjectives follow the nouns they modify, and have agreement using the same suffixes. Pronouns are as follows, and take the same suffixes as singular nouns, except 3rd person, which take the same suffixes as their plurality:

Nojetál pronouns

	Singular	Plural
1st person	med-	þim-
2nd person	xal-	tlon-
3rd person	c-

Verbs

Nojetál verbal infinitives end in -re. Nojetál verbs are marked for tense and aspect with the following suffixes (removing -re first):

Nojetál verbal suffixes

	Single time	Habitual	Completed habitual	Upcoming habitual
Past	-ʃa	-ʃi	-ʃo	-ʃe
Present	-ta	-ti	-to	-te
Future	-fa	-fi	-fo	-fe

Example sentences

dovr-ål	dov-ša	cið-aj
fire-NEUT.NOM.SING	burn-PAST.IND	tree-FEM.ACC.PL

"The fire burned the trees."