Grammar

Determiners:
Noun phrases can be marked with a generic determiner "k-" which can be inflected for ergativity (agent of transitive verb) or absolutivity (subject of intransitive verb/object of transitive verb) with suffixes:

Ergative: ke
Absolutive: ka

Definite article
"Os". It can become a suffix on nouns.

Nouns:

-Plural number can be indicated by a suffix -p or with a reduplication of the first syllable in the stem:

hana "book" > [b]hahana "books"
tik "word" > [b]titik, tikp/tihp? "words"

There are several cases that can be utilized:
Code:
dos: instrumental
l(e)-: genitive
ma: locative/adessive

Verbs:

—Marked for person and number with suffixes:

Code:
sg. pl.
1 -o 1 -op
2 -i 2 -ip
3 -a 3 -ap
Indef. "it/that" -ak

—In "proto-Omni" tense is marked with auxiliaries preceding the verb, whereas in "vulgar-Omni" suffixes are used in addition to person and number suffixes:
Code:
Proto-Omni:
Present: yo
Past: yal
Future: ye

Vulgar-Omni
Present: -y(o)
Past: -(ya)l,-lya
Future: -ye

In Proto-Omni a k- prefix is used on tense auxiliaries to form interrogatives (kyo, kyal, kye):

Yo juni. "You write"
Kyo juni. "Do you write?"

-Object agreement can occur as a prefix on verbs:

Code:
1 lo-
2 li-
3 la-

…and also with free morphemes after the verb:

Code:
1 hono
2 hani
3 la

Other Pronouns include:

ama: there
kusak: that
kusehu: this one
kusey: this
kusku: that one

-Negation is achieved with a circumfix auxiliary si….sa in "proto-Omni" and a preceding auxiliary si (or prefixed s'-) in "vulgar-Omni".

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