| Emmut language Ral'ęmyt syr'atkan | |
|---|---|
| Writing systems: | Latin, Neo-emmut script |
| In real life | |
| Created by: | Milya0 in 2009 |
| Reason: | artistic |
| In the Pears in the Willows conworld | |
| Used in: | Ral'ettoh |
| Other regions: | Baucasia, Khomonto |
| Codes | |
| Conlanger–3 | gnw.em.mil |
| List of conlangs | |
Some words written in Neo-emmut script
Flag of Ral'ettoh is an unoficial logo of Emmut language.
Emmut language (from ęmyt - 'associated with being') - a polysynthetical language used by Eths in the Pears in the Willows conworld.
Sentences[]
Emmut is polysynthetic: some words in a sentence are combining to one polysynthesed word. If there are no adjuncts on the subject, it can be optionally combined.
Structure[]
- subject (if not polysynthesed) - Nominative case
- personal adverbials - Postpositive cases
- polysynthesed word
- adjunct of object - Genitive case
- object - Genitive case
- predicative - Formal case
- verb endings
- polysynthesed subject
- impersonal adverbials - Postpositive cases
Naming a personal adverbial at the end of the sentence indicates contempt. In official documents it is used only for Nommip hamsters.
Question[]
Questions are formed by intonation. There are no special particles or inversion. At the end of a sentence can be used ker? (Isn't it? Doesn't it?) or sar? (Is it? Does it?) for emphasis
Negation[]
In case of negation, the suffix kiś- is added to predicative. If there are pronouns, negated forms of them aren't used.
Numbers[]
Cardinal numerals:
- keh
- guh
- kekuh
- ryh
- mikan
- śoh
- keśoh
- veh
- keveh
- mah
- kemah
- majguh
- kemajguh
- majryh
- kemajryh
- majśoh
- kemajśoh
- majveh
- kemajveh
- gųmah
- gųmah keh
- gųmah guh
- gųmah kekuh
- gųmah ryh
- mikmikan
- etc.
For numbers: 2-4, 6-20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, ordinal numerals are formed by replacing -h with -tot, and multiplying prefixes: with -w̃ (ogonek or tilde). Multiples of 10 and 100 are formed by multiplying prefixes. Multiples of 10 000, 1 000 000 and more - by describing.
Irregular numerals[]
| Number | Cardinal numeral |
Ordinal numeral |
Multiplying prefixes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | ah | (atǫ-) | |
| 1 | keh | ekmyt | |
| 5 | mikan | mikantot | mik- |
| 25 | mikmikan | mikmikantot | mikmik- |
| 100 | sit | sįmyt | sit- |
| 1000 | mąsit | mąsįmyt | mąsit- |
| 10 000 | zot | zotǫmyt | zot- |
| 1 000 000 | milzun |
Numbers 5, 25, 100 (from 125) i 10 000 (from 3125) are relicts of a quinary numeral system.