Grammar

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Phonology and orthography

African has 6 vowels: /i/, /u/, /e/, /o/, /a/, /ə/ and 23 consonants: /p/, /b/, /t/, /d/, /t͡ʃ/, /d͡ʒ/, /k/, /g/, /f/, /…

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The basic word order is SVO (subject-verb-object) for example: Yo am la pastǝ "I like pasta" Adjectives go after the nou…

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Nouns in African are divided in two genders: masculine and feminine; and two numbers: singular and plural. Masculine nou…

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African has two types of articles: definite and indefinite. The definite articles are lu and lo(s) in the masculine and…

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The pronouns are the only African words that have cases. The pronoun chart can be seen in the paradigm category. In thei…

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The numbers from 1 to 19 are : 1: Un/Unə; 2: Duo/Dua; 3: Tre(s)/Tria; 4: Patorr; 5: Cinc; 6: Se(s); 7: Xet; 8: Wot, 9: N…

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African adjective inflect for gender and number and there are two classes of them: The U-stem adjectives end in a conson…

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Massirian has four verb classes classified by their endings in the infinitive: -ar, -er, -r and -ir.The conjugation of t…

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Massirian has two ways to express genitive constructions: One for non-human ones, using the preposition "de" or a posses…

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