Quvi language

Quvi is a language isolate spoken in Soco.

Phonotactics
Quvi's syllable structure is C(A)V(A)C(V)(CV), but syllabically C/AVC/A(V), where A is all consonants 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.

Noun template

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Alignment
The genitive and dative cases of nouns and pronouns are also used for marking the agent of intransitive verb and the indirect object, respectively.

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.

Quvi has tripartite alignment. Quvi is an agglutinative language with some degree of fusionality.