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A Reference Gramar and Descriptive Guide by Phil Leasure Version NoteMaþal has been under continuous development for app…
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1. OverviewMaþal has a comparatively rich phonemic inventory. By the standards of most natural human languages, its vowe…
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1. OverviewMaþal is written in two parallel forms: an original runic script used as the primary native writing system, a…
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1. OverviewMaþal employs a punctuation system that is visually distinct from Latin punctuation but functionally comparab…
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1. OverviewIn Maþal, permissible sound combinations are conditioned not only by general phonological constraints but als…
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1. OverviewMaþal exhibits a system of morphophonological alternations at root boundaries. When suffixes beginning with a…
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1. OverviewMaþal is a richly agglutinative language characterized by extensive use of prefixes, infixes, suffixes, and,…
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1. OverviewNouns in Maþal are morphologically constructed forms rather than bare lexical roots. A noun must be built fro…
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1. OverviewCases are grammatical markers that show the role of a noun in the sentence. They indicate relations such as s…
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Adjectives in Maþal are built from lexical roots and stand before the noun they describe.They receive adjective endings…
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PronounsA pronoun is a word that can stand in for a noun or a whole noun phrase.For example, instead of repeating “the d…
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This section covers the remaining major pronoun types in Maþal:TypeFunctiondemonstrative pronounspoint to someone or som…
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Infinitives and VoiceVerbs express actions, events, processes, and states.In Maþal, the basic dictionary form of a verb…
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How to Identify ThemMaþal verbs are divided into five verb classes.The class of a verb is not random. It is determined b…
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Verb Class I: Basic TensesClass I verbs have a short root vowel and end in one consonant .They form their basic tenses t…
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Class II verbs have a short root vowel and end in a consonant cluster .They form their basic tenses with tense vowels .…
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Class II verbs have a short root vowel and end in a consonant cluster .They form their basic tenses with tense vowels .…
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Class IV verbs have a long root vowel and end in a consonant cluster .They form their basic tenses with tense vowels and…
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