Old Ziokaone

Outline

Family Ziokaone
Morphology Agglutinating
Word Order VSO

Phonology

Vowels

Front Back
Close /i/ /u/
Mid /o̞/
Open /a/

Consonants

Bilabial Labiodental Dental/Alveolar Palatalalveolar Retroflex Palatal Velar Uvular
Nasal /m/ /n/ /ɲ/
Stop /p/ /t/ /k/ /q/
Stop +h /pʰ/
Stop +w /pʷ/ /kʷ/
Stop +j /pʲ/
Stop +v /b/ /d/ /ɖ/ /ɟ/ /ɡ/
Stop +n /ᵐb/
Fricative /ɸ/ /f/ /s/ /ʃ/
Fricative +v /v/
Affricate /dz/ /t̠ʃ/
Approx /w/ /l/ /ɻ/ /j/
Trill /r/
Flap [ɾ]

Click

Old Ziokaone has one click, /ᵑ̊ǃʰ/

Morphology

Nouns

Singular Dual Plural
Absolutive - -(u)n -(o)d
Ergative -(o)fh -(o)fhm -(o)fht
Genitive -u -un -ud
Dative -(a)s -sun -(a)st
Locative -nu -nun -nud
Allative -a -an -ad
Comparative -aph -aphun -aphod
foot Singular Dual Plural
Absolutive pob pobun pobod
Ergative pobofh pobofhm pobofht
Genitive pobu pobun pobud
Dative pobas pobsun pobast
Locative pobnu pobnun pobnud
Allative poba poban pobad
Comparative pobaph pobaphun pobaphod
eye Singular Dual Plural
Absolutive oko okon okod
Ergative okofh okofhm okofht
Genitive ok(o)u ok(o)un ok(o)ud
Dative okos okosun okost
Locative okonu okonun okonud
Allative okoa okoan okoad
Comparative okoaph okoaphun okoaphod

Verbs

Infinitive nu-
Past Participle -ie
Future Participle -wo, -oo
Present Past Future Patient
1psg -(o)p -(i)mp -up m(o)-
2psg -is -nis -uis y(i)-
3psg - -(i)n -u -
dual -(u)n -(i)n -un d(u)-
plural -(i)z -(i)nz -uz w(ai)-
Antipassive
3psg -(i)m -min -mu
dual d(u)-(i)m d(u)-min d(u)-mu
plural w(ai)-(i)m w(ai)-min w(ai)-mu

Drink

Infinitive nuolkwi
Past Participle olkwie
Future Participle olkwiwo
Present Past Future Patient
1psg olkwip olkwimp olkwiup molkwi-
2psg olkwis olkwinis olkwiuis yolkwi-
3psg olkwi olkwin olkwiu olkwi-
dual olkwin olkwin olkwiun dolkwi-
plural olkwiz olkwinz olkwiuz wolkwi-
Antipassive
3psg olkwim olkwimin olkwimu
dual dolkwim dolkwimin dolkwimu
plural wolkwim wolkwimin wolkwimu

Eat

Infinitive nupyik
Past Participle pyikie
Future Participle pyikwo
Present Past Future Patient
1psg pyikop pyikimp pyikup mopyik
2psg pyikis pyiknis pyikuis yipyik
3psg pyik pyikin pyiku pyik
dual pyikun pyikin pyikun dupyik
plural pyikiz pyikinz pyikuz waipyik
Antipassive
3psg pyikim pyikmin pyikmu
dual dupyikim dupyikmin dupyikmu
plural waipyikim waipyikmin waipyikmu

Corpus

burh [bur] five
ces [tʃais] I (1st p. sg.)
cir [tʃir] hair
doafhk [do̞.(w)aɸk] belly
epw [aipʷ] mouth
evuayi [ai.vu.a.ji] blood
evuei [ai.vu.ai.(j)i] blood
fhul [ɸul] grease
fu [fu] one
gimb [ɡĩᵐb] you (2nd p. sg.)
ikpi [ik.pi] big
ima [i.ma] hear
iosmo [i.(j)o̞.smo̞] sleep
irhmpye [irm.pʲai] bird
izifhus [i.dzi.ɸus] feather
kayemrhi [ka.jaĩm.ri] man
keemrhi [kai.aĩm.ri] man
kib [kib] know
kiwi [ki.wi] what
kuyua [ku.ju.a hand
logu [lo̞.ɡu] bite
mbum [ᵐbũm] small
mefho [mãi.ɸo̞] fish
mes [mãis] see
mim [mĩm] two
nayums [nã.jũms] leaf
neums [nãi.ũms] leaf
norke [nõ̞ɻ.kai] dog
nuolaq [nũ.(w)o̞.laq] tongue
nyin [ɲĩn] all
nyiwa [ɲĩ.wa] seed
nyuid [ɲũ.(w)id] kill
nyurnoi [ɲũɻ.nõ̞.(w)i] person
oacon [o̞.(w)a.tʃõ̞n] claw
oba [o̞.ba] swim
ode [o̞.ɾai] who
oko [o̞.ko̞] eye
olkwi [o̞l.kʷi] drink
opirh [o̞.pir] tree
ose [o̞.sai] not
paq [paq] lie (down)
payo [pa.jo̞] fly
pebek [pai.baik] breast
peo [pai.o̞] fly
pob [po̞b] foot
pwefheqi [pʷai.ɸai.qi] woman
pwiu [pʷi.u] long
pyik [pʲik] eat
rdakw [ɖakʷ] that
rdari [ɖaɻi] knee
rhuks [ruks] root
roep [ɻo̞.(w)aip] we (1st p. pl. incl.)
shiyin [ʃi.jĩn] tooth
simdap [sĩm.dap] liver
soiog [so̞.(w)i.(j)o̞ɡ] heart
sopyo [so̞.pʲo̞] louse
shrhuia [ʃru.(w)i.(j)a] die
tatepy [ta.taipʲ] bark
trinis [tɻi.nĩs] nose
ucu [u.tʃu] three
uoshwe [u.(w)o̞.ʃwai] skin
uot [u.(w)o̞t] many
uso [u.so̞] come
wavek [wa.vaik] head
wawoyi [wa.wo̞.ji] horn
wue [wu.ai] ear
wup [wup] egg
yefhmo [jaiɸ.mõ̞] flesh
yiwi [ji.wi] four
yo [jo̞] this
zimb [dzĩᵐb] sit
zisha [dzi.ʃa] tail
zopyu [dzo̞.pʲu] neck
zumdak [dzũm.dak] walk
!amba [ᵑ̊ǃʰã.ᵐbã] bone
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