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Kattomec [scratch-a-pad]

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Kattomec (a priori, artlang) is a language of some peoples that live in a dry environment of some sort. For now, this language describes a dialect of a few tribes that herd sheep, hunt and gather, build wells and mud/brick/straw/stone settlements and are known for their trade and carpet making. They are in a cultural exchange with a country called Asabedt, where they have adopted the Asabedtian alphabet and loan words.
The language leans toward agglutination, is VSO, ergative-absolutive, has 12 cases, non-simple derivation and non-simple verb morphology including different reduplication forms.
Flag of the people who speak Kattomec: I withhold the right to retcon everything.
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Abbr. Information
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1     First person
2     Second person
3     Third person
ABL   Ablative case
ALL   Allative case
COM   Comitative case
DAT   Dative case
EQ    Equative case
ERG   Ergative case
FOC   Focus
GEN   Genitive case
INS   Instrumental case
LOC   Locative case
PERL  Perlative case
VOC   Vocative case
2 Phonology
Pronounciation Guide
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Letter Sound Example
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<a>    /a/   As in ”hAt” or ”Armour”
<b>    /b/   As in ”Bee”
<c>    /ç/   As in German ”ICh”, it sometimes appears in the english word ”Hue”
<d>    /d/   As in ”Duck”
<e>    /e/   As in ”drEss” and ”Egg”
<i>    /i/   As in ”India”
<k>    /k/   As in ”king”
<l>    /l/   As in ”Lemon”
<m>    /m/   As in ”Monkey”
<n>    /n/   As in ”Nut”
<o>    /o/   As in Italian ”Ombra” or Spanish ”sOl”, a bit like English ”yAWn”
<p>    /p/   As in ”Pebble”
<q>    /q/   As in Arabic words with ”q”, it sounds like a ”k” but further back in the mouth, it sometimes appears in the English word ”Caught”
<r>    /ʀ/   As in French ”Rendezvous” or German ”bRot”
<s>    /s/   As in ”Soul”
<t>    /t/   As in ”Table”
<y>    /j/   As in ”Yellow”
<z>    /ts/   As in ”piZZa” or German ”Zwei” or Japanese ”TSunami”
2.1 Vowels: Monophthongs, long vowels, and the singular diphthong
/i, iː/ <i, ii>
/e, eː, o, oː/ <e, ee, o, oo>
/a, aː/ <a, aa>
/ai/ <ai>

2.2 Consonants
/m, n/ <m, n>
/p, b, t, d, k, q/ <p, b, t, d, k, q>
/s ç/ <s, c>
/ts/ <z>
/l, j, ʀ/ <l, y, r>

2.3 Syllable structure and prosody
Syllables in Kattomec optionally have an initial consonant, always has a nucleus that contains one or two vowels, and an optional final consonant.
giving it a (C)V(V)(C) syllable structure.
Stress is placed on the first syllable, unless the first syllable is of the type V(C) and the word has more than two syllables.
Thus etabolo (n.path), ece (v.mirror) and endenit (n.grass) have stress on the second.
oobar (v.saw), monada (n.smoke) and ran (n.bridge) have stress on the first.

2.4 Sound changes
b → (β) /V_V
d → (ɾ) / V_V
n → (ŋ) / _C [+velar]
n → (ɴ) / _C [+uvular}
n → (ɲ) / _{i, j}
ç → (x) / o(ː)_
qk kq → kk
a aː → (ʌ) (ʌː) / _{q, ʀ}
i iː → (ə) (iə) / _{q, ʀ}

Stage two (unimplemented):
je → i / _C
j → ʑ / #_i
e → ∅ / #_C
i → (ə) / {V,C}_[-stress]#
ts → tɕ / _i
k → tɕ / i_{i, e}
sç çs → ɕɕ
s → h / _p
q → h
mb nd {ŋk,ɴʀ,ɴq} → (ᵐb) (ⁿd) (ᵑɡ) /#_
k → g /{j,n}_
k → g /_{n}
p t k → (m) (t̚) (k̚) / _#
Stage three (unimplemented):
I would imagine there would be some consonant cluster management. with word initial e gone I might have /ʀbV/ → /bʀV/
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Re: Kattomec [scratch-a-pad]

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3 Grammar
3.1 Case
Absolutive Usage: Subject and object : -UNMARKED

Ergative Usage: Agent of a verb : -en/-n
oobar yobee-n belaqa.
saw person-ERG stone
”The person saw the stone.”

Genitive Usage: Of the [thing], Genitive stringing : -kol
belaqa yobee-kol.
stone person-GEN
”The person's stone.”

belaqa yerep yobee-kol-kol.
stone child person-GEN-GEN
”The stone of the person’s child.”

Dative Usage: Indirect object, or otherwise, receiver of the object : -ar (a simple -r when following a long aa).
kayo yobee-n namilom-ar belaqa.
gave person-ERG fish-DAT stone
”The person gave the fish the stone.”

Instrumental Usage: With the [thing] on something : -onqe
telaan yobee-n kedenne-onqe.
dug person-ERG shovel-INS
”The person dug with the shovel.”

Comitative Usage: with someone, together with : -sai
pases yobee-n al kamana yobee-sai belaqa.
lifted person-ERG and other person-COM stone
”The person together with the other person lifted the stone.”

Equative Usage: comparing, equating : -todol
yobee belaqa-todol.
person stone-EQ
”The person is as/like a stone.”

Vocative Usage: call out to or address someone : -doo
belaqa-doo
stone-VOC
”Hey stone!”

Locative Usage: the [thing] by, on or at something : -na
yobee belaqa-na.
person stone-LOC
''The person was next to the stone.''

Allative Usage: toward, to bring to, connecting : -za
yobee belaqa-za.
person stone-ALL
The person came to the stone / The person is towards the stone.

Ablative Usage: Away from, off (e.g: off a tree ) : -yetak
loori belaqa-yetak yobee.
fell stone-ABL person
''The stone fell from the person.''

Perlative Usage: by way of, through, across a surface : -kaal
neyede yoso kiispa-kaal.
swam they.ERG river-PERL
''They swam through the river.''

zaka yobee-n etabolo-kaal.
gone person-ERG road-PERL
''The person had gone along the road.''
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