Adjective order: Adjectives are positioned before the noun.
Adposition: postpositions
↓Manner/Place→ | Bilabial | Alveolar | Palato-alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal |
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Nasal | m | n | ||||
Stop | p ᵐb | t ⁿd | k ᵑg | |||
Affricate | ʧ | |||||
Fricative | s | h | ||||
Approximant | j | |||||
Trill | r | |||||
Lateral approximant | l |
Vowel inventory
Front | Central | Back | |
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High | iː i | u uː | |
High-mid | e ø | o | |
Mid | ə əː | ||
Low-mid | ɛ ɛː | ɔ | |
Low | a |
Pronunciation | Spelling |
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Singular | No affix dog
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Plural | If ends with vowel: Suffix -m Else: Suffix -ɛm dogs
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Iityan has no definite article ‘the’, or indefinite article ‘a’.
1st singular | I, me, mine
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2nd singular | you, yours
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3rd singular | he, she, him, her, his, hers, it, its
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1st plural | we, us, ours
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2nd plural | you all, yours (pl)
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3rd plural | they, them, theirs
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1st singular | my
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2nd singular | your
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3rd singular | his, her, its
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1st plural | our
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2nd plural | your (pl)
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3rd plural | their
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Iityan uses a standalone particle word for past tense:
Past | Particle before the verb: pu - learned
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Iityan uses a standalone particle word for future tense:
Future | Particle before the verb: nəːm - will learn
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Progressive | Suffix -ok is learning
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Habitual aspect
The ‘habitual’ aspect refers to actions that happen habitually, such as I learn (something new every day), as opposed to actions that happen once (I learned something).
Iityan uses a standalone particle word for habitual:
Habitual | Particle before the verb: təːʧ - learns
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Perfect | If ends with vowel: Suffix -ʧ Else: Suffix -ɔʧ have learned
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Iityan has a base-10 number system:
1 -
2 -
3 -
4 -
5 -
6 -
7 -
8 -
9 -
10 -
11 -
100 -
101 -
200 -
1000 -
Adjective → adverb = If ends with vowel: Suffix -k
Else: Suffix -uk
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ᵑg
Else: Suffix -əːᵑg
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = Suffix -ɛːm
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -j
Else: Suffix -ej
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = Suffix -im
Noun to verb = Suffix -u
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = Suffix -əːm
Tending to = Suffix -əs
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -p
Else: Suffix -əːp
Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = Suffix -əj
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = Suffix -əː
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ᵐb
Else: Suffix -ɛːᵐb
Diminutive = Suffix -e
Augmentative = Suffix -oj
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