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.

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
Articles are enconded using noun affixes.

Numbers
Nberr has a base-10 number system

Derivational morphology

 * Adjective → adverb = Suffix -ulp
 * Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = Suffix -ɜc
 * Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = Suffix -a
 * Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -st  Else: Suffix -eːst
 * Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ʦ  Else: Suffix -eːʦ
 * Noun to verb = Suffix -u
 * Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -tμ Else: Suffix -etμ
 * Tending to = If ends with vowel: Suffix -rʧ  Else: Suffix -arʧ
 * Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = Suffix -uːʧ
 * Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = Suffix -iw
 * One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = Suffix -iːlp
 * Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -lμ  Else: Suffix -eːlμ
 * Diminutive = If ends with vowel: Suffix -t  Else: Suffix -eːt
 * Augmentative = Suffix -a