#+title: Zikãti
#+setupfile: ../headers

* Zikãti
Zikãti ({{{phon(d̻͡zikãti)}}}) is an agglutinative language I am currently
working on as an experiment. It doesn’t have any worldbuilding around
it yet and may never have. I’m mostly experimenting with vocabulary
generation with a language relying heavily on affixes modifying the
meaning of a root word.

** Phonology
*** Consonants
- b ::  {{{phon(b)}}}
- d ::  {{{phon(d̻)}}}
- g ::  {{{phon(ŋ)}}}
- h ::  {{{phon(h)}}}
- k ::  {{{phon(k)}}}
- l ::  {{{phon(ʟ)}}}
- m ::  {{{phon(m)}}}
- mb ::  {{{phon(ᵐb)}}}
- n ::  {{{phon(n̻)}}}
- nd ::  {{{phon(ⁿd̻)}}}
- nz ::  {{{phon(ⁿd̻͡z)}}}
- p ::  {{{phon(p)}}}
- q ::  {{{phon(kʷ)}}}
- r ::  {{{phon(r̻)}}}
- s ::  {{{phon(s̻)}}}
- t ::  {{{phon(t̻)}}}
- z ::  {{{phon(d̻͡z)}}}

|                              | bilabial | lamino-alveolar | velar | labial-velar | glottal |
|------------------------------+----------+-----------------+-------+--------------+---------|
| nasal                        | m        | n               | g     |              |         |
| nasalized plosive            | mb       | nd              |       |              |         |
| nasalized sibilant affricate |          | nz              |       |              |         |
| plosive                      | p b      | t d             | k     | q            |         |
| affricate                    |          | z               |       |              |         |
| fricative                    |          | s               |       |              | h       |
| trill                        |          | r               |       |              |         |
| lateral approximant          |          |                 | l     |              |         |

*** Vowels
- a :: {{{phon(a)}}}
- ã :: {{{phon(ã)}}}
- i :: {{{phon(i)}}}
- u :: {{{phon(u)}}}
- ŋ :: {{{phon(ŋ)}}}
- ɲ :: {{{phon(ɲ)}}}

*** Syllable and word structure
| Group | Consonants                           |
|-------+--------------------------------------|
| C_{1}    | m n g mb nd nz p b t d z k q s h r l |
| C_{2}    | p b t d z k q r h                    |
| V_{1}    | i u ɲ ŋ a ã                          |
| V_{2}    | i u a                                |
| V_{3}    | ɲ ŋ ã                                |

Prefixes follow the [C_{2}]V_{2} phonetic structure, with C_{2} being optional.
Suffixes follow the C_{1}V_{3}[C_{2}] structure with C_{2} being optional.

Roots are a bit more complex, with a C_{1}[V_{3}[C_{2}]C_{1}]V_{2}[C_{2}] structure.

The only consonants that can follow the vowels /ŋ/ and /ɲ/ are non-nasal
plosive consonants. These two vowels cannot follow the consonants /m/,
/n/, or /g/. If such an occurence is created be it while constructing a
word or when they co-occur between words, a dummy {{{phon(u)}}} is added.

A word may contain one or more core roots which affixes cannot
separate but which can aggregate around this word core. A word can
consist of its bare core only, or the core surrounded by affixes. The
amount of prefixes and suffixes is independent from each other.

** Grammar
Zikãti is a nominative and an SOV language, and its verbs are marked
with a marker dedicated to tense and a marked dedicated to aspect and
mood. The verb does not agree with the subject or the object.

*** Affixes
**** Prefixes
- -dãt :: participle
- -hãr :: must be done
- -hɲ :: verbalization (intransitive)
- -kŋt :: partisan
- -nzɲz :: badness
- -ŋãs :: liking, prone to
- -rã :: verbalization (transitive)
- -sŋr :: nominalisation
- -zãr :: verbalization (passive)
**** Suffixes
- a- :: locative
- hi- :: instance
- hu- :: thing, tool
- i- :: collection
- ka- :: ability
- pi- :: diminutive
- qa- :: augmentative
- qi- :: adjectivisation
- qu- :: process, study
- ra- :: place
- ru- :: negative
- ti- :: causative
- zi- :: person
** Vocabulary
*** mbi - meat, food
- mbi :: meat, food
- mbisŋr :: a meal
- mbihɲ :: to cook (vi.), to prepare food
- mbirã :: to cook (something)
- mbirãzãr :: to be cooked by (vt.)
- qimbi :: edible (adj.)
- mbidãt :: cooked (adj.)
- zimbi :: a cook, chef (n.)
- rambi :: a kitchen (n.)
- zirambi :: a chef (n.)
- humbi :: a knife (n.)
- humbirã :: to stab (vt.)
- zihumbirã :: a stabber (n.)
- humbirãsŋr :: a stab (n.)
- timbirã :: to feed (vt.)
- timbihɲ :: to feed (vi.)
- qambi :: a meal, feast (n.)
- pimbi :: a snack (n.)
*** keti - mountain
- kãti :: mountain (n.)
- pikãti :: hill (n.)
- qakãti :: summit (n.)
** Abbreviations
- adj. :: adjective
- adv. :: adverb
- n. :: noun
- vi. :: intransitive verb
- vt. :: transitive verb