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Zikãti

Zikãti

Zikãti () is an agglutinative language I am currently working on as an experiment. It doesnt have any worldbuilding around it yet and may never have. Im mostly experimenting with vocabulary generation with a language relying heavily on affixes modifying the meaning of a root word.

Phonology

Consonants

b
d
g
h
k
l
m
mb
n
nd
nz
p
q
r
s
t
z
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
ã
i
u
ŋ
ɲ

Syllable and word structure

Group Consonants
C1 m n g mb nd nz p b t d z k q s h r l
C2 p b t d z k q r h
V1 i u ɲ ŋ a ã
V2 i u a
V3 ɲ ŋ ã

Prefixes follow the [C2]V2 phonetic structure, with C2 being optional. Suffixes follow the C1V3[C2] structure with C2 being optional.

Roots are a bit more complex, with a C1[V3[C2]C1]V2[C2] 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 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