Phonology
In native words, consonants can only end as a nasal or ʔ. This was true of loanwords up untill Isawat loans where they keep their consonant ending like wnop [wᵊnop] "noodle".
There are no consonant clusters. Instead two consonants together become a sequisyllable. For example peyle is [pe.jᵊle]. This is not true for final consonants as they are alone. For example ghoyy is [ɰoʔ].
Orthography
Grammar
Adjectives before nouns.
Like other Laman languages, there is influence from Hubadhu Hibha. In all Laman languages, the verbs have merged with adjectives. The difference from Hubadhu Hibha is that adjectives can be stacked.
Van
To turn nouns into adjectives, place van before the noun.
ᴜ̄̄̍̇o̩ɔᴠo ᴜ̫̄̄̍o̠ɴ̇ ɴ̫̇s:o ṡo̩ ᴋᴍo̠
zoyy sheba van yo tme
eat cat CL plant(green) lavendar
the cat eats the green lavendar
To turn adjectives into nouns, place van after it.
ɴ̃o̩ɔᴠo ɴ̫̇s:o ɴo̠ṡıᴜ̄̇o̠ ıᴜ̄̇o̠ñ ɴ̫̇s:o һ̄̈o̩
ghoyy van peyle leu van go
drink CL gold look CL water
the golden sight drinks water
Adverbs can be made by inserting van in front of the verb.
ɴ̃o̩ɔᴠo ɴ̫̇s:o ɴo̠ṡıᴜ̄̇o̠ ıᴜ̄̇o̠ñ ɴ̫̇s:o һ̄̈o̩
van llgho ghoyy van shola bena lloyoyeko
CL fast drink CL dragon(mythical) black.bird bubble.tea
the mythical black bird quickly drinks bubble tea
Other words can be placed in this slot as well like whayy "can".
Negatives
Negatives always start the sentence. Also, this and that are not dinstinguished.
ɔᴠᴍo s:ıᴜ̄̇o̠ɔᴠo һ̄̈ıᴜ̄̇o̩ɔᴠo ɴ̫һ̄̇ᴋ
yyam nleyy gloyy fkata
NEG DEF haunted room
the house is not haunted
Questions
If a question is to be made, then before and after the question add the word de-.
ᴋ̇o̠ ɴ̫o̠ɔᴠo ıᴜ̄̇o̠ñ ᴋ̇o̠ ıᴜ̄̇o̩һ̄̇o̠ñ ɔᴍo
de feyy leu de lokeu em
Q before see Q 2s person
did you see the person before?
Usually, the position of the time word is free. However, if it is a question word, then it has to be near it.