Morphology

Adorish typology is generally agglutinative, and it is noted to be most agglutinative out of the Acor-Valian language for its sister tongues have become more fusional.

In Adorish linguistics, there are four defined lexical categories:

-          daesmê (Nouns) – define objects, abstract concepts, names. Can be used for argument and predicate.

-          tránnê (Verbs) – define actions and states of being. Can be used for predicate only.

-          nombáenê (Particles + Suffixes) – any morpheme that conveys grammar and derivation. Can be a particle or suffix.

-          escráenê (Adjectives + adverbs) – these modify the first two classes with semantic information.

Morphonology

For most affixes, there is a form for if the stem border is a consonant and another for if it is a vowel. This is most prevalent in the case system of Adorish.

If short vowels collide with each other in affixiation, they either merge if they’re the same vowel, or remain separate as a polysyllabic diphtong. If two colliding vowels match in quality but not in length, they either:

-          For /a/, /u/ and /i/, merge anyways.

-          Or for /e/, get split by a palatal approximant.

If an affix with a rhotic or lateral is attached to a stem with the same liquid in its stem, the affix rhotic becomes a lateral, same for a lateral in the affix. For example, curá “play” + -rî “negative” becomes curálî.

This rule is cancelled if there is an opposite liquid in between.

When two syllables with the onset /v/ appear back to back, the first /v/ gets deleted.