Fampónd, the language of the hidden people
Well, they are hidden people. However, if you watch them carefully, you won't see them eat, at least not during the day. Click here for the vampire site.
Phonology
The letters, with clarification in X-Sampa(?): l, r, y, w, m, n, þ /T/, ð /D/, z /Z/, sh /S/, s, v, f, j /dZ/, ch /tS/, p, b, c, g, t, d (21 vowels).
A /a/ as in tall, John
Á /A/ as in ale, bane
E /E/ as in eleven, spend
I /i/ as in lean, seed
Í /aj/ as in fine, sigh
O /u/ as in fool, Luke
Ó /o/ as in bone, coal
U /@/ as in dove, nut
The syllabic style is (C) (L) V (L) (C), where L is not a stop or an affricate. The first syllable in a word requires (C) L V (L) (C).
Grammar
Fampónd uses an OVS word order for most sentences. Questions are in the form of VSO.
Verbs have tense conjugations and separate person/number conjugations.
Nouns inflect rather than agglutinate. There are four cases: nominative, dative, genetive, locative, and possessive.
Noun cases
Nom. -a fem, -ó masc.
Dative -á fem, ís masc. (pl -ín)
Gen. -e, -ov (pl -on)
Loc. -and, -is (pl -end, -in)
Pos. -af, -óf (pl -al, -ónd)
Verb conjugations
Í changes to i.
Person and number
-os I
-en we
-an you (sing)
-al you (pl)
-ás he
-áþ she
-án they
Tense
-t- present
-l- past (i changes to a)
-n- future
-j- past perfect (I had done)
-ch- future perfect (I will have done)
-þ- present perfect, but changes to -d- with 3.pl.f.
Present participle -eð
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