Quvi language

Quvi (Qûviqqäq ) is a language isolate spoken in southeastern Soco.

Phonology
Quvi has 25 consonant phonemes and 4 vowel phonemes.

Phonotactics
Quvi's syllable structure is C(A)V(A)C(V)(CV), but syllabically C/AVC/A(V), where A is any consonant except implosives.

Alphabet


Quvi is written using the Quvi alphabet. It was initially carved and later inked in paper. The Quvi alphabet consists of 40 letters, 24 consonants and 16 vowels. Each character is made up of two squares, divided into four triangles. The top square indicates the place of articulation, and the bottom square indicates the manner of articulation and tone.

Grammar
Quvi is an agglutinative language with a moderate degree of fusionality. It has tripartite alignment.

Noun template

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 * alignment || case || stem || case || alignment || negation
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Verbs
Verbs are marked for transitivity, but second-person verbs conjugate as if they were intransivity.

Negation
Negation in Quvi is marked with the suffixes -kûnë and -qqûꝟ on verbs and nouns, respectively. There are also the suffixes -nsî ('never') and -vlûçç ('nothing') used with verbs that also express negation.

Syntax
The basic word order is VSO. Adjectives come before nouns and adverbs after verbs. Gguvniç separates clauses.