Nberr language

Nberr (Nberr: /μȸɜr/) is an Anberran language spoken in the area encompassing the coast of the northern Lyrean Sea and the southern coast of the Stomach Lake spoken by the Nberr people.

Orbiculars
Orbiculars are consonants articulated in the space between the back of the upper lip and the upper front teeth. Their name comes from the orbicularis oris muscle, also known as the kissing muscle.

Grammar
The main word order is SOV, prepositional phrases follow the verb. Adjectives come before the noun. Nberr uses postpositions.

Nouns
Plural nouns are formed using the word nyyoo (/ɲjoː/) before the noun.


 * ᶮɟee /ᶮɟeː/ 'dog'
 * nyyoo ᶮɟee /ɲjoː ᶮɟeː/ 'dogs'

Nouns inflect for seven cases: ergative, absolutive, genitive, dative, locative, ablative and instrumental.

Articles
Nberr encodes definite article ‘the’, and indefinite article ‘a’ in noun affixes.