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.

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


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

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

Articles
Articles are enconded using noun affixes.

Syntax
The main word order is SOV (subject–object–verb). Prepositional phrases follow the verb. Adjectives come before the noun. Nberr uses postpositions.

Numbers
Nberr has a base-10 (decimal) number system

Derivational morphology

 * Adjective → adverb = -ulp
 * Adjective → noun (the quality of being (adj.)) = -ɜc
 * Adjective → verb (to make something (adj.)) = -a
 * Noun → adjective (having the quality of (noun)) = -st (if ends in a vowel); -eːst (otherwise)
 * Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. 'economy' → 'economic') = -t͡s (if ends in a vowel); -eːt͡s (otherwise)
 * Noun to verb = -u
 * Verb → adjective (result of doing (noun)) = -tμ (if ends in a vowel); -etμ (otherwise)
 * Tending to = -rt͡ʃ (if ends in a vowel); -art͡ʃ
 * Verb → noun (the act of (verb)) = -uːt͡ʃ
 * Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. 'know' → 'knowledge') = -iw
 * One who [verb]s (e.g. 'paint' → 'painter') = -iːlp
 * Place of (e.g. 'wine' → 'winery') = -lμ (if ends in a vowel); -eːlμ (otherwise)
 * Diminutive = -t (if ends in a vowel); -eːt (otherwise)
 * Augmentative = -a

Vocabulary

 * Nberr vocabulary