Nberr language

Nberr (Nberr: Nbár ) is an Anberran language spoken by the Nberr people on the coast of the northern Lyrean Sea and the southern coast of the Stomach Lake.

Plural
Plural nouns are formed using the word ñyoo before the noun.


 * njee 'dog'
 * ñyoo njee 'dogs'

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

Articles
Articles are enconded using noun suffixes, placed before the case affixes.

Verbs
Verbs conjugate for tense and aspect.

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.)) = -ác
 * Adjective → verb (to make something (adj.)) = -a
 * Noun → adjective (having the quality of (noun)) = -st (if ends in a vowel); -eest (otherwise)
 * Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. 'economy' → 'economic') = -z (if ends in a vowel); -eez (otherwise)
 * Noun to verb = -u
 * Verb → adjective (result of doing (noun)) = -tm (if ends in a vowel); -etm (otherwise)
 * Tending to = -rć (if ends in a vowel); -arć
 * Verb → noun (the act of (verb)) = -uuć
 * Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. 'know' → 'knowledge') = -iw
 * Verb → agent noun (e.g. 'paint' → 'painter') = -iilp
 * Place of (e.g. 'wine' → 'winery') = -lm (if ends in a vowel); -eelm (otherwise)
 * Diminutive = -t (if ends in a vowel); -eet (otherwise)
 * Augmentative = -a

Vocabulary

 * Nberr vocabulary