A Grammar of Fav

Introduction

Scope and Purpose

This grammar provides a systematic description of the Fav language (the 1097th one produced by the Language Creator), outlining its sound system, word formation and syntactic structure, with the aim of presenting a coherent account of the language as an integrated whole. Attention has been paid to both regular patterns and minor irregularities, as these together define the internal balance of the language.

The grammar is accompanied by a bilingual dictionary and a collection of illustrative texts, offering material for further study and comparison. The examples have been selected to demonstrate typical constructions and to give a sense of the language in extended use. The description is intended as a reference work for linguists and language enthusiasts alike, and as a foundation for any future research, teaching or creative adaptation of Fav.

Typological Profile

It has a highly marked collection of glottal, uvular, pharyngeal or epiglottal contrasts, proper polysynthesis, four genders, a maximally developed dental–alveolar opposition and a relatively uncommon VOS word order.

Phonology

Phoneme Inventory

Consonants

Fav has an extremely large consonant inventory, totalling 98 phonemes. Such a system is exceptional in scale.

It has a maximally developed dental–alveolar opposition, a richly developed retroflex subsystem, a highly marked collection of glottal, uvular, pharyngeal or epiglottal contrasts, an exceptionally dense sibilant inventory and a highly developed aspirated consonant series.

The table below presents the full inventory of consonant phonemes in Fav. The chart lists all places and manners of articulation attested in the language.

labialphar. labialdentalphar. dentalalveolarphar. alveolarpostalveolarlateralretroflexvelarphar. velaruvularphar. uvularpharyngealepiglottalglottal
stopp b pˤ bˤ d t dˤ tˤ ɖ ʈ k ɡ kˤ ɡˤ q ɢ qˤ ɢˤ ʡ ʔ
aspirated stoppʰˤ tʰˤ ʈʰ kʰˤ
ejective stoptˤʼ ʈʼ kˤʼ qˤʼ
nasalm n
trill/tap/flapr ɽ ʜ
fricativef ð θ ðˤ θˤ s z sˤ zˤ ʃ ʒ ʂ ʐ x ɣ xˤ ɣˤ ʁ ʁˤ ħ ʕ h ɦ
approximantʋ ʋˤ l
affricated͡z t͡s d͡zˤ t͡sˤ d͡ʒ t͡ʃ d͡ʐ t͡ʂ k͡x k͡xˤ q͡χ q͡χˤ
implosiveɓ ɓˤ ɗ ɗˤ ʄ ɠ ɠˤ
clickᵏǀ ᵏǀʰ ᵏǀˤ ᵏǀʰˤ ᵏǁ ᵏǁʰ
ejective clickᵏǀʼ ᵏǀˤʼ ᵏǁʼ

Vowels

Fav has 13 vowel qualities, forming a relatively large inventory. The system distinguishes several vowel categories, as indicated in the chart, offering a wide range of vocalic contrasts.

It has a fully contrastive long–short vowel distinction across the system, a strongly reduced vowel system in unstressed syllables, phonologically distinctive back unrounded vowels, a regular pattern of underlying ghost nuclei that often delete and a triangular vowel system with few low vowels.

The table below presents the full inventory of vowel phonemes in Fav. The system comprises the distinct vowel qualities listed in the chart.

frontcentralback unroundedback rounded
closei ɨ ɯ u
mide ə ɤ o
opena

Stress and Tones

Fav has neither phonemic stress nor lexical tone. Prosodic prominence and pitch variation are determined by pragmatic and discourse factors rather than by lexical contrasts.

Phonological Processes

Vowel Harmony

Vowel harmony does not exist in this language.

Writing System

Introduction

Fav is normally written using the Devanagari abugida, the script employed for Sanskrit, Hindi, Marathi and several other Indo-Aryan languages. This grammar also makes systematic use of the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) to present an exact account of pronunciation.

Devanagari’s syllabic structure differs markedly from the IPA’s segmental approach, so the two notations complement one another: the script shows the organisation of syllables, while the IPA supplies detail on individual sounds.

Orthography

Here are the various components of the orthography:

Simple letters

अ /a/आ /aː/इ /i/ई /iː/
उ /u/ऊ /uː/ए /e, ᵊ/ऐ /ai, eː, əː/
ओ /o/औ /au, oː/क् /k/क़् /kˤ/
ख् /kʰ, k͡x/ख़् /kʰˤ, k͡xˤ/ग़् /ɢ/ग़़् /ɢˤ/
ग् /ɡ/ग़् /ɡˤ/च् /t͡ʃ/ज् /d͡ʒ/
ट् /ʈ/ठ् /ʈʰ/ड् /ɖ/त् /t/
त़् /tˤ/थ् /tʰ, θ/थ़् /tʰˤ, θˤ/द् /d/
द़् /dˤ/ध् /ð/ध़् /ðˤ/न् /n/
ऩ् /nˤ/प् /p/प़् /pˤ/फ् /pʰ/
फ़् /pʰˤ/ब् /b/ब़् /bˤ/भ् /ɓ/
भ़् /ɓˤ/म् /m/म़् /mˤ/र् /r/
ऱ् /rˤ/ऱ् /ɽ/ल् /l/व् /ʋ/
व़् /ʋˤ/श् /ʃ/ष़् /ʐ/ष् /ʂ/
स् /s/स़् /sˤ/ह़् /ħ, ʜ/ह् /h, ɦ/
ऽ /ʔ, ʕ, ʡ/क़ /kʼ/क़़ /kʼˤ/क़् /q/
क़़् /qˤ/ग़् /ɣ, ʁ/ग़़् /ɣˤ, ʁˤ/ज़् /z, ʒ/
ज़़् /zˤ/फ़् /f/फ़़् /fˤ/ॲ /ə/
ॶ /ɨ/ॷ /ɨː/ॾ् /ɗ/ॾ़् /ɗˤ/

Multi-letter combinations such as digraphs

ऑइ /ɔi/क्त् /ᵏǀ/क्त्ह् /ᵏǀʰ/
क्त्ह़् /ᵏǀʰˤ/क्त़् /ᵏǀˤ/क्त्ऽ /ᵏǀʼ/
क्त्ऽ़ /ᵏǀʼˤ/क्ल् /ᵏǁ/क्ल्ह् /ᵏǁʰ/
क्ल्ऽ /ᵏǁʼ/ग्ऽ /ɠ/ग्ऽ़ /ɠˤ/
ज्ऽ /ʄ/ट्ष् /t͡ʂ/ट्ऽ /ʈʼ/
ड्ज़् /d͡ʐ/त्स् /t͡s/त्स़् /t͡sˤ/
त्ऽ /tʼ/त्ऽ़ /tʼˤ/द्ज़् /d͡z/
द्ज़़् /d͡zˤ/व्इ /ɯ/व्ई /ɯː/
व्ए /ɤ/व्ऐ /ɤː/क़्ऽ /qʼ/
क़्ऽ़ /qʼˤ/क़्ख़् /q͡χ/क़्ख़़् /q͡χˤ/

Diacritics

◌़ /xˤ/

Word Classes and Morphology

Number and Gender

Number

Fav does not have grammatical number.

Gender

Fav has the following genders:

Gender cl.1 – for instance: क़ॅह़ॗऽ ‘penis’, क्त्हेक़आक़्ऽ़ ‘feather’, क्त्ऽ़ऐमिक़् ‘lamb’, गोफ़़् ‘child’, जल् ‘moon’, डैह़् ‘bird’, त़ॅद्ज़्वीफ़् ‘ice’, त़ेक़् ‘sky’, थ़ाव् ‘tongue’, थ़ैॾ्विॾ़् ‘binoculars’, दोऱ् ‘woman’, द्ज़ात्ऽ ‘chair’, ऩष़् ‘stone’, म़ैएस् ‘bottle’, सॅरव् ‘net’, ह़ोऱ् ‘wife’, ऽउग़़् ‘day’, क़़एॾ़् ‘time’, ग़िक़् ‘nose’, ज़ोक़़् ‘bed’.

Gender cl.2 – for instance: क़ॅत्सीह़् ‘tower’, क्त़ज़् ‘inside’, ख़ेग़़ीक् ‘hunter’, जॅग़़ॖऩ् ‘brick’, ज्ऽऊग्ऽ ‘east’, ठेक़्ख़ाक़्ऽ ‘stick’, डाम़् ‘heart’, त़िज्ऽ ‘top’, त्स्वेत्स् ‘water’, नुफ़् ‘people’, बेथूऽ ‘fat’, मऱ् ‘hand’, ऱीग़् ‘west’, ऱेथीह् ‘snake’, ऱैऱ् ‘south’, सॅजुग्ऽ़ ‘neck’, क़्ख़ेसीष़् ‘God’, ग़क् ‘father’, ग़़ेचिह् ‘jaguar’, ॾुष़् ‘bone’.

Gender cl.3 – for instance: क्त्हॗड् ‘sound’, क्लेत्ऽएन् ‘embrace’, ज्ऽॲखक़़ ‘wheat’, ट्षैर् ‘fight’, ट्ऽआ़ ‘egg’, ट्ऽओभ़् ‘human being’, तेत्सोह़् ‘wild boar’, त्स़ूस् ‘hair’, थ़ैह़ेह़् ‘salt’, थित्स् ‘speech’, प़ैत़िक़़् ‘belly’, पोफ़् ‘meat’, वैम् ‘leaf’, षैद़ीद़् ‘teacher’, हौक़् ‘tree’, ़ॲफ़़ुप़् ‘root’, ऽॲत्स़ुव़् ‘anus’, क़िर् ‘head’, क़्ख़़ैशाट्ष् ‘bark’, ज़ॉइऱ् ‘fruit’.

Gender cl.4 – for instance: एट् ‘land’, कॅक़ऱ् ‘court’, कैद़ैऽ ‘school’, क्त़ेव़ीत् ‘lake’, क्ल्हेव़ॉइ़ ‘mouse’, ख़ेॾॾ़् ‘restaurant’, चैष़्वेष़् ‘cloud’, जेहॉइग़़् ‘lion’, टॅष़ाग्ऽ ‘guts’, थ़ेत़क़्ख़् ‘fog’, द्विऱ् ‘back’, धैज़ीॾ़् ‘neighbour’, ऩेग़ुक़़ ‘worm’, भॅज़़ैग़् ‘plain’, रैनैक् ‘market’, ़ॲस़ॖ ‘tail’, क़्ख़़ेग़्विग़् ‘fingernail’, ग़़ॅमिऽ ‘snow’, ज़ेक़्ऽॷट्ष् ‘bank’, ॾ़्वैग़़् ‘friend’.

The Nominal Phrase

Nominal phrases in Fav can be exemplified by the following example:

ट्षॅट्ऽ त़ेह्वीऽ ज्ऽएधेपिग्ऽ क्ल्हॉइथ़् ग़ेक़्ऽऐथ् लैक्त्ऽ़क्ल्हेव़ॉइ़ द़ॖग़़् दोऱ् दॅक़्ख़़ेॾ् द़ॖग़़् क्त्ह़ॖत्स़्।

[t͡ʂəʈʼ tˤᵊhɯːʡ ʄᵊðᵊpiɠ ᵏǁʰɔiθˤ ɢᵊqʼaiθ ləːᵏǀʼˤᵏǁʰᵊʋˤɔixˤ dˤɨʁˤ doɽ dəq͡χˤeɗ dˤɨʁˤ ᵏǀʰˤɨt͡sˤ]

t͡ʂəʈʼ
3.plur.cl.4.OBJ
tˤᵊh-
PAST
ᵏǁɯːʡ
catch
ʄᵊð-
ACC
ɡᵊp-
cl.4
ʈiɠ
yon
ᵏǁʰɔiθˤ
three
ɢᵊɢ-
ACC
qʼaiθ
blind
ləːᵏǀʼˤ-
plur
ᵏǁʰᵊʋˤɔixˤ
mouse
dˤɨʁˤ
the
doɽ
woman
dəq͡χˤeɗ
COMIT
dˤɨʁˤ
the
ᵏǀʰˤɨt͡sˤ
knife

“The woman with the knife caught those three blind mice.”

(1)

In the following, we shall look at the various components in more details.

There are no clitics in the nominal phrase.

The Noun

The noun in Fav consists of an optional prefix expressing number, comprising लैक्त्ऽ़- /ləːᵏǀʼˤ-/ ‘plur’ followed by the root.

The noun displays the following derivational morphology: 29 prefixes, namely क्त्ऽ़एख्- /ᵏǀʼˤᵊk͡x-/ ‘little’, षॅक्त्ह्- /ʂəᵏǀʰ-/ ‘big’, क्त्ऽ़एक्त़्- /ᵏǀʼˤᵊᵏǀˤ-/ ‘old’, लॅथ़्- /ləθˤ-/ ‘new’, क्त्हैब्- /ᵏǀʰəːb-/ ‘good’, पॅग़्- /pəʁ-/ ‘bad’, ध़ेऩ्- /ðˤᵊnˤ-/ ‘have’, ख़ॅक़्ऽ- /kʰˤəqʼ-/ ‘use’, क्त्ऽऐऱ्- /ᵏǀʼəːɽ-/ ‘see’, क़्ख़ेक्ल्ऽ- /q͡χᵊᵏǁʼ-/ ‘make’, क्त्ऽएत़्- /ᵏǀʼᵊtˤ-/ ‘break’, क़्ख़़ॅग्ऽ़- /q͡χˤəɠˤ-/ ‘eat’, त्स़ेत़्- /t͡sˤᵊtˤ-/ ‘drink’, फ़ॅष़्- /pʰˤəʐ-/ ‘wear’, शॅच्- /ʃət͡ʃ-/ ‘own’, क़़एॾ्- /kʼˤᵊɗ-/ ‘contain’, क्तेम्- /ᵏǀᵊm-/ ‘hold’, ठॅह़्- /ʈʰəħ-/ ‘lack’, द्ज़़ैथ्- /d͡zˤəːtʰ-/ ‘touch’, तेप्- /tᵊp-/ ‘carry’, जॅद्- /d͡ʒəd-/ ‘find’, क़्ख़़ेध्- /q͡χˤᵊð-/ ‘hunt’, ़एक्त्ऽ़- /xˤᵊᵏǀʼˤ-/ ‘guard’, क्त्हेख़्- /ᵏǀʰᵊkʰˤ-/ ‘search’, ट्षेध़्- /t͡ʂᵊðˤ-/ ‘learn’, फ़ेॾ्- /fᵊɗ-/ ‘teach’, फ़़ेथ्- /fˤᵊθ-/ ‘help’, ऽॲत्- /ʡət-/ ‘follow’ and क्त्ऽ़ॲध़्- /ᵏǀʼˤəðˤ-/ ‘chase’

The Adjective

In Fav, the adjective has the following structure: an optional prefix expressing case, comprising ग़ेग़्- /ɢᵊɢ-/ ‘ACC’, बॅऩ्- /bənˤ-/ ‘GEN’, भ़ेथ्- /ɓˤᵊθ-/ ‘DAT’, क़ेट्ऽ- /qᵊʈʼ-/ ‘INS’, ऽएख्- /ʔᵊk͡x-/ ‘VOC’, थ़ेग्- /θˤᵊɡ-/ ‘ALL’, क्त़ॅ़- /ᵏǀˤəxˤ-/ ‘LOC’, ग़ॅव्- /ʁəʋ-/ ‘ABL’ and त्सेक्त़्- /t͡sᵊᵏǀˤ-/ ‘PART’ followed by the root.

Numerals

The numeral in Fav stands alone without any prefixes or suffixes attached to it.

Determiners

In Fav, the determiner has the following structure: first, an optional prefix expressing case, comprising ज्ऽएध्- /ʄᵊð-/ ‘ACC’, टैध़्- /ʈəːðˤ-/ ‘GEN’, ष़े़- /ʐᵊxˤ-/ ‘DAT’, ज्ऽएह़्- /ʄᵊħ-/ ‘INS’, ठेक़्- /ʈʰᵊq-/ ‘VOC’, क्त्ऽएत़्- /ᵏǀʼᵊtˤ-/ ‘ALL’, ष़ॅक़्ख़़्- /ʐəq͡χˤ-/ ‘LOC’, क्त्ऽ़एह़्- /ᵏǀʼˤᵊħ-/ ‘ABL’ and त्ऽ़एठ्- /tʼˤᵊʈʰ-/ ‘PART’; second, an optional prefix expressing gender, comprising क्त्हेक्त़्- /ᵏǀʰᵊᵏǀˤ-/ ‘cl.2’, ऱेख्- /ɽᵊk͡x-/ ‘cl.3’ and गेप्- /ɡᵊp-/ ‘cl.4’; and finally, third, the root.

Pronouns

The pronoun in Fav stands alone without any prefixes or suffixes attached to it.

In Fav, both subject and object pronouns are dropped unless they are stressed. Here is an example where neither of the pronouns are stressed:

क्त़ेर् षेक़़ोस्।

[ᵏǀˤᵊr ʂᵊqˤos]

ᵏǀˤᵊr
3.sing.cl.1.OBJ
ʂᵊᵏǁʰ-
3.sing.cl.2.SUBJ
qˤos
love

“He (the boy) loves her (the girl).”

(2)

But here, the word corresponding to he is stressed:

क्त़ेर् षेक़़ोस् ट्ऽऑइक़्ऽ।

[ᵏǀˤᵊr ʂᵊqˤos ʈʼɔiqʼ]

ᵏǀˤᵊr
3.sing.cl.1.OBJ
ʂᵊᵏǁʰ-
3.sing.cl.2.SUBJ
qˤos
love
ʈʼɔiqʼ
3.sing.cl.2

He loves her.”

(3)

And here, it is the one translated as her that is stressed:

क्त़ेर् षेक़़ोस् ॾेन्।

[ᵏǀˤᵊr ʂᵊqˤos ɗen]

ᵏǀˤᵊr
3.sing.cl.1.OBJ
ʂᵊᵏǁʰ-
3.sing.cl.2.SUBJ
qˤos
love
ɗen
3.sing.cl.1

“He loves her.”

(4)

Proper Nouns

क्त़ेर् षेग्ऽएफ़ॉइग़़् ज्ऽएद़ॖग़़् भ़ॅह़्विज़़् क्त्हेद़ॖग़़् क़्ख़़ेजऱ्।

[ᵏǀˤᵊr ʂᵊɠᵊpʰˤɔiɣˤ ʄᵊdˤɨʁˤ ɓˤəʜɯzˤ ᵏǀʰᵊdˤɨʁˤ q͡χˤᵊd͡ʒaɽ]

ᵏǀˤᵊr
3.sing.cl.1.OBJ
ʂᵊᵏǁʰ-
3.sing.cl.2.SUBJ
ɠᵊpʰˤɔiɣˤ
hate
ʄᵊð-
ACC
dˤɨʁˤ
the
ɓˤəʜɯzˤ
Bahuz
ᵏǀʰᵊᵏǀˤ-
cl.2
dˤɨʁˤ
the
q͡χˤᵊd͡ʒaɽ
Qakhjar

“Qakhjar hates Bahuz.”

(5)

Possession

टैध़ेद़ॖग़़् ग़ो ऱेद़ॖग़़् पेग्ऽवेऽ

[ʈəːðˤᵊdˤɨʁˤ ʁox ɽᵊdˤɨʁˤ pᵊɠɤʕ]

ʈəːðˤ-
GEN
ᵏǀʰᵊᵏǀˤ-
cl.2
dˤɨʁˤ
the
ʁox
boy
ɽᵊk͡x-
cl.3
dˤɨʁˤ
the
pᵊɠɤʕ
apple

“the boy’s apple”

(6)
ट्ऽऑइक़्ऽ ऱेद़ॖग़़् पेग्ऽवेऽ

[ʈʼɔiqʼ ɽᵊdˤɨʁˤ pᵊɠɤʕ]

ʈʼɔiqʼ
3.sing.cl.2
ɽᵊk͡x-
cl.3
dˤɨʁˤ
the
pᵊɠɤʕ
apple

“his (the boy’s) apple”

(7)
क़्ऽ़औम़् ऱेद़ॖग़़् पेग्ऽवेऽ

[qʼˤoːmˤ ɽᵊdˤɨʁˤ pᵊɠɤʕ]

qʼˤoːmˤ
1excl.sing
ɽᵊk͡x-
cl.3
dˤɨʁˤ
the
pᵊɠɤʕ
apple

“my apple”

(8)
ज़ेक़्ऽ त़ेहैक़़औफ़़् क्लज़् टैध़ेद़ॖग़़् धैज़ीॾ़् ज्ऽएधेद़ॖग़़् प़ॖत्स् टैध़ेद़ॖग़़् ख़ेग़़ीक् द़ॖग़़् क़्ऽऔश्।

[ʒᵊqʼ tˤᵊhəːkʼˤaufˤ ᵏǁaʒ ʈəːðˤᵊdˤɨʁˤ ðəːʒiːɗˤ ʄᵊðᵊdˤɨʁˤ pˤɨt͡s ʈəːðˤᵊdˤɨʁˤ kʰˤᵊʁˤiːk dˤɨʁˤ qʼauʃ]

ʒᵊqʼ
3.sing.cl.4.OBJ
tˤᵊh-
PAST
ɦəːkʼˤaufˤ
kiss
ᵏǁaʒ
2.sing
ʈəːðˤ-
GEN
ɡᵊp-
cl.4
dˤɨʁˤ
the
ðəːʒiːɗˤ
neighbour
ʄᵊð-
ACC
ᵏǀʰᵊᵏǀˤ-
cl.2
dˤɨʁˤ
the
pˤɨt͡s
son
ʈəːðˤ-
GEN
ᵏǀʰᵊᵏǀˤ-
cl.2
dˤɨʁˤ
the
kʰˤᵊʁˤiːk
hunter
dˤɨʁˤ
the
qʼauʃ
daughter

“The hunter’s daughter kissed your neighbour’s son.”

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Derivation

थुन् क्त्ऽ़ऐमिक़्

[tʰun ᵏǀʼˤəːmiq]

tʰun
a
ᵏǀʼˤəːmiq
lamb

“a lamb”

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थुन् क्त्ऽ़एखैमिक़्

[tʰun ᵏǀʼˤᵊk͡xəːmiq]

tʰun
a
ᵏǀʼˤᵊk͡x-
little
ᵏǀʼˤəːmiq
lamb

“a little lamb”

(11)
क्त़ेर् त़ेफ़्विव़् ज्ऽएथुन् क्त्ऽ़एखैमिक़्।

[ᵏǀˤᵊr tˤᵊfɯʋˤ ʄᵊtʰun ᵏǀʼˤᵊk͡xəːmiq]

ᵏǀˤᵊr
3.sing.cl.1.OBJ
tˤᵊh-
PAST
fɯʋˤ
have
ʄᵊð-
ACC
tʰun
a
ᵏǀʼˤᵊk͡x-
little
ᵏǀʼˤəːmiq
lamb

“She had a little lamb.”

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त़ेहॅफ़्विव़्।

[tˤᵊhəfɯʋˤ]

tˤᵊh-
PAST
ʔəʈ-
want
fɯʋˤ
have

“She wanted to have a little lamb.”

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मॅक् त़ेह्विष़् ब़त्ऽ़ त़ेफ़्विव़् थुन् क्त्ऽ़एखैमिक़् क्लॅकैस्।

[mək tˤᵊhɯʐ bˤatʼˤ tˤᵊfɯʋˤ tʰun ᵏǀʼˤᵊk͡xəːmiq ᵏǁəkais]

mək
3.sing.cl.3.OBJ
tˤᵊh-
PAST
ʈɯʐ
want
bˤatʼˤ
often
tˤᵊh-
PAST
fɯʋˤ
have
tʰun
a
ᵏǀʼˤᵊk͡x-
little
ᵏǀʼˤəːmiq
lamb
ᵏǁəkais
COMP

“She often wanted to have a little lamb.”

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Compounding

Verbs

Inflectional Categories

All verbal phrase clitics in Fav are proclitics (placed initially, and there are five types: first, a clitic expressing question, comprising फ़़ेऱ् /fˤᵊrˤ/ ‘Q’; second, a clitic expressing obj, comprising वॅष् /ʋəʂ/ ‘1incl.sing’, नेज् /nᵊd͡ʒ/ ‘1excl.sing’, ग़ेष़् /ɢᵊʐ/ ‘2.sing’, क्त़ेर् /ᵏǀˤᵊr/ ‘3.sing.cl.1’, मेष़् /mᵊʐ/ ‘3.sing.cl.2’, मॅक् /mək/ ‘3.sing.cl.3’, ज़ेक़्ऽ /ʒᵊqʼ/ ‘3.sing.cl.4’, क़़ऐध् /kʼˤəːð/ ‘1incl.plur’, ड्ज़ॅप़् /d͡ʐəpˤ/ ‘1excl.plur’, क़ॅन् /kˤən/ ‘2.plur’, क्ल्हॅग़् /ᵏǁʰəɡˤ/ ‘3.plur.cl.1’, क़्ख़़ेऽ /q͡χˤᵊʡ/ ‘3.plur.cl.2’, षैॾ़् /ʂəːɗˤ/ ‘3.plur.cl.3’ and ट्षॅट्ऽ /t͡ʂəʈʼ/ ‘3.plur.cl.4’; third, a clitic expressing negation, comprising ऱॅड् /ɽəɖ/ ‘NEG’; fourth, a clitic expressing voice, comprising क्ल्ऽएह् /ᵏǁʼᵊɦ/ ‘passive’; and finally, fifth, a clitic expressing mode, comprising क़़ैस् /qˤəːs/ ‘imperative’, एह् /xᵊɦ/ ‘conditional’ and ष़ॅत़् /ʐətˤ/ ‘optative’.

In addition, the verb is structured like this: first, an optional prefix expressing subj, comprising क़्ख़़ॅॾ़्- /q͡χˤəɗˤ-/ ‘1incl.sing’, बॅन्- /bən-/ ‘1excl.sing’, ग़ेह़्- /ɡˤᵊʜ-/ ‘2.sing’, षेक्ल्ह्- /ʂᵊᵏǁʰ-/ ‘3.sing.cl.2’, शेस़्- /ʃᵊsˤ-/ ‘3.sing.cl.3’, ज्ऽएद्- /ʄᵊd-/ ‘3.sing.cl.4’, ग़़ॅक्- /ʁˤək-/ ‘1incl.plur’, तेष्- /tᵊʂ-/ ‘1excl.plur’, ग़़ेम़्- /ɢˤᵊmˤ-/ ‘2.plur’, क़़ेफ्- /qˤᵊpʰ-/ ‘3.plur.cl.1’, हैग़़्- /həːɣˤ-/ ‘3.plur.cl.2’, क़ेग्ऽ़- /kˤᵊɠˤ-/ ‘3.plur.cl.3’ and ध़ेऽ- /ðˤᵊʔ-/ ‘3.plur.cl.4’; second, an optional prefix expressing ta, comprising त़ेह्- /tˤᵊh-/ ‘PAST’; and finally, third, the root.

The verb displays the following derivational morphology: 14 prefixes, namely ह़ेत्स़्- /ʜᵊt͡sˤ-/ ‘begin’, ष़ैफ़्- /ʐəːf-/ ‘stop’, फ़े़- /fᵊxˤ-/ ‘continue’, म़ेभ़्- /mˤᵊɓˤ-/ ‘try’, ख़ॅट्ऽ- /kʰˤəʈʼ-/ ‘start’, ऽॲट्- /ʔəʈ-/ ‘want’, क़़ेह्- /qˤᵊh-/ ‘can’, क़्ख़़ेग़्- /q͡χˤᵊɣ-/ ‘finish’, थ़ॅज्ऽ- /tʰˤəʄ-/ ‘need’, थ़ेक्त्ऽ़- /tʰˤᵊᵏǀʼˤ-/ ‘decide’, क्त्हेज़़्- /ᵏǀʰᵊzˤ-/ ‘fail’, त्ऽ़एक्त्ऽ- /tʼˤᵊᵏǀʼ-/ ‘hope’, थेक़्ख़्- /tʰᵊq͡χ-/ ‘must’ and द्ज़ेब़्- /d͡zᵊbˤ-/ ‘pretend’

ग़ेष़् बॅनोस्।

[ɢᵊʐ bənos]

ɢᵊʐ
2.sing.OBJ
bən-
1excl.sing.SUBJ
qˤos
love

“I love you.”

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Adverbs Minor Classes

Adpositions

There is one type of clitic in the adpositional phrase, namely an enclitic (placed finally), expressing root.

नेत़् द़ॖग़़् ऱैऱ्

[netˤ dˤɨʁˤ ɽeːrˤ]

netˤ
in_surface
dˤɨʁˤ
the
ɽeːrˤ
table

“on the table”

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ग़िम़् द़ॖग़़् ऽएव़ाध्

[ɢimˤ dˤɨʁˤ ʕᵊʋˤaːð]

ɢimˤ
to_inside
dˤɨʁˤ
the
ʕᵊʋˤaːð
box

“into the box”

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दॅक़्ख़़ेॾ् क़्ऽ़औम़्

[dəq͡χˤeɗ qʼˤoːmˤ]

dəq͡χˤeɗ
COMIT
qʼˤoːmˤ
1excl.sing

“with me”

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Syntax

Basic Clause Structure

Constituent Order

Constituent order describes the typical arrangement of the subject (S), verb (V) and object (O) in simple declarative clauses. It is a fundamental parameter in grammatical description and forms one of the clearest ways of characterising the overall structure of a language’s clause system.

Fav displays Verb–Object–Subject (VOS) as its primary word order. The verb is followed by the object, with the subject appearing clause-finally. Although relatively uncommon, VOS is well documented cross-linguistically.

The following examples illustrate the basic, unmarked, constituent order in Fav.

मेष़् षेत़ेद्ज़़ॖभ् ज्ऽएधेद़ॖग़़् ख़ेग़़ीक् क्त्हेद़ॖग़़् ग़़ेचिह्।

[mᵊʐ ʂᵊtˤᵊd͡zˤɨɓ ʄᵊðᵊdˤɨʁˤ kʰˤᵊʁˤiːk ᵏǀʰᵊdˤɨʁˤ ʁˤᵊt͡ʃiɦ]

mᵊʐ
3.sing.cl.2.OBJ
ʂᵊᵏǁʰ-
3.sing.cl.2.SUBJ
tˤᵊh-
PAST
d͡zˤɨɓ
kill
ʄᵊð-
ACC
ᵏǀʰᵊᵏǀˤ-
cl.2
dˤɨʁˤ
the
kʰˤᵊʁˤiːk
hunter
ᵏǀʰᵊᵏǀˤ-
cl.2
dˤɨʁˤ
the
ʁˤᵊt͡ʃiɦ
jaguar

“The jaguar killed the hunter.”

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क्त़ेर् ज्ऽएदेहऩ् टैध़ेद़ॖग़़् ख़ेग़़ीक् टैद़ॖग़़् क़्ऽऔश् ज्ऽएधेद़ॖग़़् द़ेग्ऽ़ गेद़ॖग़़् जेहॉइग़़्।

[ᵏǀˤᵊr ʄᵊdᵊhanˤ ʈəːðˤᵊdˤɨʁˤ kʰˤᵊʁˤiːk ʈəːdˤɨʁˤ qʼauʃ ʄᵊðᵊdˤɨʁˤ dˤeɠˤ ɡᵊdˤɨʁˤ d͡ʒᵊɦɔiʁˤ]

ᵏǀˤᵊr
3.sing.cl.1.OBJ
ʄᵊd-
3.sing.cl.4.SUBJ
tˤᵊh-
PAST
ɦanˤ
eat
ʈəːðˤ-
GEN
ᵏǀʰᵊᵏǀˤ-
cl.2
dˤɨʁˤ
the
kʰˤᵊʁˤiːk
hunter
ʈəːðˤ-
GEN
dˤɨʁˤ
the
qʼauʃ
daughter
ʄᵊð-
ACC
ɡᵊp-
cl.4
dˤɨʁˤ
the
dˤeɠˤ
dog
ɡᵊp-
cl.4
dˤɨʁˤ
the
d͡ʒᵊɦɔiʁˤ
lion

“The lion ate the hunter’s daughter’s dog.”

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The language has a fixed constituent order, and major phrases normally appear in a predictable position in the clause. Movement for discourse reasons is highly restricted: topics and foci are expressed not by rearranging elements, but through dedicated constructions such as clefts, focus clauses or topic–comment frames. Constituents remain continuous, and both the relative order of phrases and the internal structure of each phrase are stable. As a result, significant deviations from the basic word order are ungrammatical, and discourse structure is managed through these specialised constructions rather than through word-order variation.

Noun Phrases

Structure and Order

The internal structure of noun phrases in Fav reveals typologically significant preferences in the ordering of nominal constituents. This includes the position of adjectives, numerals, and possessors relative to the noun, each of which can offer clues to the overall headedness of the language.

Possessive constructions are head-final: the possessor precedes the possessed noun. For example, Fav expresses “the child’s toy” with the equivalent of “child toy”. This ordering is found in many SOV and postpositional languages and aligns with a broader tendency towards modifier-first structures.

क्लज़् टैध़ेद़ॖग़़् प़ॖत्स् टैध़ेद़ॖग़़् ॾ़्वैग़़् द़ॖग़़् द़ैग्ऽऐऽ

[ᵏǁaʒ ʈəːðˤᵊdˤɨʁˤ pˤɨt͡s ʈəːðˤᵊdˤɨʁˤ ɗˤɤːɣˤ dˤɨʁˤ dˤəːɠeːʔ]

ᵏǁaʒ
2.sing
ʈəːðˤ-
GEN
ᵏǀʰᵊᵏǀˤ-
cl.2
dˤɨʁˤ
the
pˤɨt͡s
son
ʈəːðˤ-
GEN
ɡᵊp-
cl.4
dˤɨʁˤ
the
ɗˤɤːɣˤ
friend
dˤɨʁˤ
the
dˤəːɠeːʔ
book

“your son’s friend’s book”

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Case Marking

Fav uses nominative–accusative case marking. The subject of an intransitive verb and the subject of a transitive verb are treated alike and take the nominative case, while the object of a transitive verb is marked with the accusative case. This is the familiar pattern from many European languages: the grammar groups together the participants that function as subjects and marks the participant affected by a transitive action separately.

षेतूद् क्त्हेद़ॖग़़् ज़़ॖल्।

[ʂᵊtuːd ᵏǀʰᵊdˤɨʁˤ zˤɨl]

ʂᵊᵏǁʰ-
3.sing.cl.2.SUBJ
tuːd
sleep
ᵏǀʰᵊᵏǀˤ-
cl.2
dˤɨʁˤ
the
zˤɨl
cat

“The cat is sleeping.”

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षेफ़ह् क्त्हेद़ॖग़़् ज़़ॖल्।

[ʂᵊfaɦ ᵏǀʰᵊdˤɨʁˤ zˤɨl]

ʂᵊᵏǁʰ-
3.sing.cl.2.SUBJ
faɦ
run
ᵏǀʰᵊᵏǀˤ-
cl.2
dˤɨʁˤ
the
zˤɨl
cat

“The cat is running.”

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ज़ेक़्ऽ षेऱेऱोह् ज्ऽएधेद़ॖग़़् क्ल्हेव़ॉइ़ क्त्हेद़ॖग़़् ज़़ॖल्।

[ʒᵊqʼ ʂᵊrˤᵊrˤoɦ ʄᵊðᵊdˤɨʁˤ ᵏǁʰᵊʋˤɔixˤ ᵏǀʰᵊdˤɨʁˤ zˤɨl]

ʒᵊqʼ
3.sing.cl.4.OBJ
ʂᵊᵏǁʰ-
3.sing.cl.2.SUBJ
rˤᵊrˤoɦ
chase
ʄᵊð-
ACC
ɡᵊp-
cl.4
dˤɨʁˤ
the
ᵏǁʰᵊʋˤɔixˤ
mouse
ᵏǀʰᵊᵏǀˤ-
cl.2
dˤɨʁˤ
the
zˤɨl
cat

“The cat is chasing the mouse.”

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ज़ेक़्ऽ षेत़ेह्वीऽ ज्ऽएधेद़ॖग़़् क्ल्हेव़ॉइ़ क्त्हेद़ॖग़़् ज़़ॖल्।

[ʒᵊqʼ ʂᵊtˤᵊhɯːʡ ʄᵊðᵊdˤɨʁˤ ᵏǁʰᵊʋˤɔixˤ ᵏǀʰᵊdˤɨʁˤ zˤɨl]

ʒᵊqʼ
3.sing.cl.4.OBJ
ʂᵊᵏǁʰ-
3.sing.cl.2.SUBJ
tˤᵊh-
PAST
ᵏǁɯːʡ
catch
ʄᵊð-
ACC
ɡᵊp-
cl.4
dˤɨʁˤ
the
ᵏǁʰᵊʋˤɔixˤ
mouse
ᵏǀʰᵊᵏǀˤ-
cl.2
dˤɨʁˤ
the
zˤɨl
cat

“The cat caught the mouse.”

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Conjunctions

Here is an example of a conjunction.

क़्ख़़ेऽ षेत़ेद्ज़़ॖभ् ज्ऽएधेद़ॖग़़् लैग़़ेचिह् ष़ौज़़् ज्ऽएधेद़ॖग़़् लै़ऐटीॾ् ष़ौज़़् ज्ऽएधेद़ॖग़़् लैजेहॉइग़़् क्त्हेद़ॖग़़् ख़ेग़़ीक्।

[q͡χˤᵊʡ ʂᵊtˤᵊd͡zˤɨɓ ʄᵊðᵊdˤɨʁˤ ləːʁˤᵊt͡ʃiɦ ʐoːzˤ ʄᵊðᵊdˤɨʁˤ ləːxˤəːʈiːɗ ʐoːzˤ ʄᵊðᵊdˤɨʁˤ ləːd͡ʒᵊɦɔiʁˤ ᵏǀʰᵊdˤɨʁˤ kʰˤᵊʁˤiːk]

q͡χˤᵊʡ
3.plur.cl.2.OBJ
ʂᵊᵏǁʰ-
3.sing.cl.2.SUBJ
tˤᵊh-
PAST
d͡zˤɨɓ
kill
ʄᵊð-
ACC
ᵏǀʰᵊᵏǀˤ-
cl.2
dˤɨʁˤ
the
ləːᵏǀʼˤ-
plur
ʁˤᵊt͡ʃiɦ
jaguar
ʐoːzˤ
and
ʄᵊð-
ACC
ɡᵊp-
cl.4
dˤɨʁˤ
the
ləːᵏǀʼˤ-
plur
xˤəːʈiːɗ
tiger
ʐoːzˤ
and
ʄᵊð-
ACC
ɡᵊp-
cl.4
dˤɨʁˤ
the
ləːᵏǀʼˤ-
plur
d͡ʒᵊɦɔiʁˤ
lion
ᵏǀʰᵊᵏǀˤ-
cl.2
dˤɨʁˤ
the
kʰˤᵊʁˤiːk
hunter

“The hunter killed the jaguars, the tigers and the lions.”

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Modifiers and Determiners

The ordering of demonstratives, articles (if present), and other modifiers in Fav provides further insight into the structure of the noun phrase. These elements frequently exhibit fixed positions and may reveal whether the language favours head-initial or head-final patterns.

Complex Sentences

Relative Clauses

Fav forms relative clauses by using a head-internal strategy. The head noun appears inside the clause itself, occupying its regular syntactic position. The entire clause functions as a modifier, and its external syntactic behaviour is identical to that of a noun-modifying phrase.

To illustrate how relative clauses work, let us begin with a simple sentence:

मेष़् बॅनेहॅब़ैट्ष् ज्ऽएधेद़ॖग़़् ज़़ॖल्।

[mᵊʐ bənᵊhəbˤeːt͡ʂ ʄᵊðᵊdˤɨʁˤ zˤɨl]

mᵊʐ
3.sing.cl.2.OBJ
bən-
1excl.sing.SUBJ
tˤᵊh-
PAST
θˤəbˤeːt͡ʂ
pat
ʄᵊð-
ACC
ᵏǀʰᵊᵏǀˤ-
cl.2
dˤɨʁˤ
the
zˤɨl
cat

“I patted the cat.”

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We can now add a relative clause modifying the noun:

मॅक् बॅनेहॅब़ैट्ष् ज़ेक़्ऽ षेत़ेह्वीऽ ज्ऽएधेद़ॖग़़् क्ल्हेव़ॉइ़ क्त्हेद़ॖग़़् ज़़ॖल् क्लॅकैस्।

[mək bənᵊhəbˤeːt͡ʂ ʒᵊqʼ ʂᵊtˤᵊhɯːʡ ʄᵊðᵊdˤɨʁˤ ᵏǁʰᵊʋˤɔixˤ ᵏǀʰᵊdˤɨʁˤ zˤɨl ᵏǁəkais]

mək
3.sing.cl.3.OBJ
bən-
1excl.sing.SUBJ
tˤᵊh-
PAST
θˤəbˤeːt͡ʂ
pat
ʒᵊqʼ
3.sing.cl.4.OBJ
ʂᵊᵏǁʰ-
3.sing.cl.2.SUBJ
tˤᵊh-
PAST
ᵏǁɯːʡ
catch
ʄᵊð-
ACC
ɡᵊp-
cl.4
dˤɨʁˤ
the
ᵏǁʰᵊʋˤɔixˤ
mouse
ᵏǀʰᵊᵏǀˤ-
cl.2
dˤɨʁˤ
the
zˤɨl
cat
ᵏǁəkais
COMP

“I patted the cat that caught the mouse.”

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Relative clauses may themselves contain other relative clauses:

मॅक् बॅनेहॅब़ैट्ष् मॅक् षेत़ेह्वीऽ मॅक् ज्ऽएदेहऩ् ज्ऽएधेद़ॖग़़् ग्ऽएसेस् गेद़ॖग़़् क्ल्हेव़ॉइ़ क्लॅकैस् क्त्हेद़ॖग़़् ज़़ॖल् क्लॅकैस्।

[mək bənᵊhəbˤeːt͡ʂ mək ʂᵊtˤᵊhɯːʡ mək ʄᵊdᵊhanˤ ʄᵊðᵊdˤɨʁˤ ɠᵊses ɡᵊdˤɨʁˤ ᵏǁʰᵊʋˤɔixˤ ᵏǁəkais ᵏǀʰᵊdˤɨʁˤ zˤɨl ᵏǁəkais]

mək
3.sing.cl.3.OBJ
bən-
1excl.sing.SUBJ
tˤᵊh-
PAST
θˤəbˤeːt͡ʂ
pat
mək
3.sing.cl.3.OBJ
ʂᵊᵏǁʰ-
3.sing.cl.2.SUBJ
tˤᵊh-
PAST
ᵏǁɯːʡ
catch
mək
3.sing.cl.3.OBJ
ʄᵊd-
3.sing.cl.4.SUBJ
tˤᵊh-
PAST
ɦanˤ
eat
ʄᵊð-
ACC
ɽᵊk͡x-
cl.3
dˤɨʁˤ
the
ɠᵊses
cheese
ɡᵊp-
cl.4
dˤɨʁˤ
the
ᵏǁʰᵊʋˤɔixˤ
mouse
ᵏǁəkais
COMP
ᵏǀʰᵊᵏǀˤ-
cl.2
dˤɨʁˤ
the
zˤɨl
cat
ᵏǁəkais
COMP

“I patted the cat that caught the mouse that ate the cheese.”

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Finally, here is an example containing several layers of embedding:

मॅक् बॅनेहॅब़ैट्ष् मॅक् षेत़ेह्वीऽ मॅक् ज्ऽएदेहऩ् मॅक् बॅनेहेथ् ज्ऽएधेद़ॖग़़् ग्ऽएसेस् क़्ऽ़औम़् क्लॅकैस् गेद़ॖग़़् क्ल्हेव़ॉइ़ क्लॅकैस् क्त्हेद़ॖग़़् ज़़ॖल् क्लॅकैस्।

[mək bənᵊhəbˤeːt͡ʂ mək ʂᵊtˤᵊhɯːʡ mək ʄᵊdᵊhanˤ mək bənᵊheθ ʄᵊðᵊdˤɨʁˤ ɠᵊses qʼˤoːmˤ ᵏǁəkais ɡᵊdˤɨʁˤ ᵏǁʰᵊʋˤɔixˤ ᵏǁəkais ᵏǀʰᵊdˤɨʁˤ zˤɨl ᵏǁəkais]

mək
3.sing.cl.3.OBJ
bən-
1excl.sing.SUBJ
tˤᵊh-
PAST
θˤəbˤeːt͡ʂ
pat
mək
3.sing.cl.3.OBJ
ʂᵊᵏǁʰ-
3.sing.cl.2.SUBJ
tˤᵊh-
PAST
ᵏǁɯːʡ
catch
mək
3.sing.cl.3.OBJ
ʄᵊd-
3.sing.cl.4.SUBJ
tˤᵊh-
PAST
ɦanˤ
eat
mək
3.sing.cl.3.OBJ
bən-
1excl.sing.SUBJ
tˤᵊh-
PAST
tʼeθ
buy
ʄᵊð-
ACC
ɽᵊk͡x-
cl.3
dˤɨʁˤ
the
ɠᵊses
cheese
qʼˤoːmˤ
1excl.sing
ᵏǁəkais
COMP
ɡᵊp-
cl.4
dˤɨʁˤ
the
ᵏǁʰᵊʋˤɔixˤ
mouse
ᵏǁəkais
COMP
ᵏǀʰᵊᵏǀˤ-
cl.2
dˤɨʁˤ
the
zˤɨl
cat
ᵏǁəkais
COMP

“I patted the cat that caught the mouse that ate the cheese that I bought.”

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Complementation Strategies

Fav introduces complement clauses with a dedicated complementiser, similar to English that. The complementiser appears at the beginning of the embedded clause and signals that the clause functions as a syntactic argument. The embedded clause is fully finite and displays the same tense, aspect and agreement patterns as independent clauses.

The following example illustrate how complement clauses function:

शेस़ेहॅठ्वेज़् ष़े़एद़ॖग़़् षैद़ीद़् मॅक् षेत़ेह्वि ज्ऽएधेखुन् पेग्ऽवेऽ ष़ेद़ॖग़़् क्त्ह्विच् क्त्हेद़ॖग़़् ग़ो क्लॅकैस्।

[ʃᵊsˤᵊhəʈʰɤz ʐᵊxˤᵊdˤɨʁˤ ʂəːdˤiːdˤ mək ʂᵊtˤᵊhɯx ʄᵊðᵊk͡xun pᵊɠɤʕ ʐᵊdˤɨʁˤ ᵏǀʰɯt͡ʃ ᵏǀʰᵊdˤɨʁˤ ʁox ᵏǁəkais]

ʃᵊsˤ-
3.sing.cl.3.SUBJ
tˤᵊh-
PAST
tʼˤəʈʰɤz
surprise
ʐᵊxˤ-
DAT
ɽᵊk͡x-
cl.3
dˤɨʁˤ
the
ʂəːdˤiːdˤ
teacher
mək
3.sing.cl.3.OBJ
ʂᵊᵏǁʰ-
3.sing.cl.2.SUBJ
tˤᵊh-
PAST
rɯx
give
ʄᵊð-
ACC
ɽᵊk͡x-
cl.3
tʰun
a
pᵊɠɤʕ
apple
ʐᵊxˤ-
DAT
dˤɨʁˤ
the
ᵏǀʰɯt͡ʃ
girl
ᵏǀʰᵊᵏǀˤ-
cl.2
dˤɨʁˤ
the
ʁox
boy
ᵏǁəkais
COMP

“It surprised the teacher that the boy had given the girl an apple.”

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Quotes

Fav expresses quoted or reported speech without a dedicated quotative particle. Quotations appear as ordinary clauses, distinguished only by the surrounding syntactic context or by the use of verbs of speaking.

Here is an example of how quotations are expressed:

ग़ेष़् षेत़ेह्वेम़् ग़ेष़् बॅनोस् क्लज़् क़्ऽ़औम़् क्लॅकैस् ष़ेद़ॖग़़् क्त्ह्विच् क्त्हेद़ॖग़़् ग़ो।

[ɢᵊʐ ʂᵊtˤᵊhɤmˤ ɢᵊʐ bənos ᵏǁaʒ qʼˤoːmˤ ᵏǁəkais ʐᵊdˤɨʁˤ ᵏǀʰɯt͡ʃ ᵏǀʰᵊdˤɨʁˤ ʁox]

ɢᵊʐ
2.sing.OBJ
ʂᵊᵏǁʰ-
3.sing.cl.2.SUBJ
tˤᵊh-
PAST
ʃɤmˤ
tell
ɢᵊʐ
2.sing.OBJ
bən-
1excl.sing.SUBJ
qˤos
love
ᵏǁaʒ
2.sing
qʼˤoːmˤ
1excl.sing
ᵏǁəkais
COMP
ʐᵊxˤ-
DAT
dˤɨʁˤ
the
ᵏǀʰɯt͡ʃ
girl
ᵏǀʰᵊᵏǀˤ-
cl.2
dˤɨʁˤ
the
ʁox
boy

“The boy told the girl that he loved her.”

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How to cite this grammar

Language Creator. 2026. A Grammar of Fav. Generated by the Language Creator, version 0.92, on 13 August 2026. https://languagecreator.org/grammar/1GN7R

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@misc{LC-1GN7R,
  year         = 2026,
  author       = {{Language Creator}},
  title        = {A Grammar of {Fav}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://languagecreator.org/grammar/1GN7R}},
  note         = {Generated by the Language Creator, version 0.92, on 13 August 2026}
}

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