A Grammar of Fuma

Introduction

Scope and Purpose

This grammar provides a systematic description of the Fuma language (the 1783rd 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 Fuma.

Typological Profile

It has a highly marked collection of glottal, uvular, pharyngeal or epiglottal contrasts, proper polysynthesis, not just singular and plural, but also dual, as well as ergative case marking, i.e., the object of a transitive verb is marked the same as the subject of an intransitive one, and a relatively uncommon VOS word order.

Phonology

Phoneme Inventory

Consonants

Fuma has 21 consonant phonemes, a size that falls within a broadly average range.

It has a highly marked collection of glottal, uvular, pharyngeal or epiglottal contrasts, a complete absence of affricates, a strongly reduced sibilant system and a complete absence of phonemic voicing contrasts.

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

labialdentalalveolarlateralpalatalvelaruvularepiglottalglottal
stopp t k q ʡ ʔ
nasalm n ɲ ŋ ɴ
trill/tap/flapʜ
fricativef s h
approximantʋ l j
clickᵏǀ
click, nasalᵑǀ

Vowels

Fuma has 3 vowel qualities. This constitutes a relatively small inventory, with contrasts limited to the vowel categories displayed in the chart. The phonological system relies primarily on these few qualities to encode vocalic distinctions.

It has a fully contrastive long–short vowel distinction across the system, a strikingly compressed height system with only two vowel heights and a full range of vowel qualities even in reduced syllables.

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

frontcentralback
closei u
opena

Stress and Tones

Fuma 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

The language employs vowel harmony. To be specific, the following vowels change to match the first vowel of the root: /i/ becomes /u/.

Writing System

Introduction

Fuma is normally written using the Latin alphabet, whose familiarity makes it straightforward for most readers. For clarity and precision, phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) are also provided throughout this grammar.

Orthography

Here are the various components of the orthography:

Simple letters

a /a/c /ᵏǀ/f /f/h /h/
i /i/j /j/k /k/l /l/
m /m/n /n/p /p/q /q/
s /s/t /t/u /u/w /ʋ/
ñ /ɲ/ɴ /ɴ/ʡ /ʡ/

Multi-letter combinations such as digraphs

aa /aː/ii /iː/nc /ᵑǀ/
ng /ŋ/uu /uː/ħħ /ʜ/
’ /ʔ/

Word Classes and Morphology

Number and Gender

Number

Fuma distinguishes singular, dual and plural.

Gender

Fuma has the following genders:

Gender masc – for instance: ca ‘book’, ha ‘man’, kaajaa ‘idea’, lasani ‘neck’, ngifaafi ‘umbrella’, nu ‘small’, nuni ‘round’, qa ‘north’, qaastañaa ‘jaguar’, qijati ‘mouse’, spanungi ‘straight’, spu ‘red’, sʡu ‘day’, ti’iina ‘school’, ñalasqa ‘embrace’, ñawima ‘apple’, ħħiingaña ‘smooth’, ɴa ‘bad’, ɴu ‘good’, ʡu ‘whole’.

Gender fem – for instance: catañii ‘anus’, ciʡuma ‘brick’, fa ‘head’, faaskili ‘river’, fiiñahi ‘liver’, fumaa ‘Fuma’, haaspupa ‘faeces’, haspima ‘market’, hu ‘wind’, ncuu ‘leaf’, ngaaħħija ‘knee’, niqisa ‘teacher’, sqipaaɴa ‘lake’, stu ‘water’, waa ‘surface’, wii ‘mouth’, ñuu ‘west’, ħħipufa ‘flower’, ʡaa ‘dog’, ’ii ‘moon’.

The Nominal Phrase

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

Tatu’uuqa qijatingiʡa kuu ci wusu’imi tu piiniɴa tunufu culuwiña tu pupu.

[tatuʔuːqa qijatiŋiʡa kuː ᵏǀi ʋusuʔimi tu piːniɴa tunufu ᵏǀuluʋiɲa tu pupu]

tatu
catch
-ʔiːqa
PAST
qijati
mouse
-ŋiʡa
plur
kuː
three
ᵏǀi
yon
ʋusi
blind
-ʔimi
GEN
tu
the
piː
woman
-niɴa
ERG
tu
the
-nifi
fem
ᵏǀuli
knife
-ʋiɲa
LOC
tu
the
pipu
COMIT

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

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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 Fuma consists of first, the root; second, an optional suffix expressing number, comprising -naka /-naka/ ‘dual’ and -ngiʡa /-ŋiʡa/ ‘plur’; and finally, third, an optional suffix expressing case, comprising -niɴa /-niɴa/ ‘ERG’, -’imi /-ʔimi/ ‘GEN’, -miki /-miki/ ‘DAT’, -ʡaapi /-ʡaːpi/ ‘INS’, -ñiima /-ɲiːma/ ‘VOC’, -jasqa /-jasqa/ ‘ALL’, -wiña /-ʋiɲa/ ‘LOC’, -qiha /-qiha/ ‘ABL’ and -haami /-haːmi/ ‘PART’.

The noun displays the following derivational morphology: 39 suffixes, namely -faa /-faː/ ‘little’, -ki /-ki/ ‘big’, -kaa /-kaː/ ‘old’, -ʡaa /-ʡaː/ ‘new’, -sqi /-sqi/ ‘good’, -jaa /-jaː/ ‘bad’, -’a /-ʔa/ ‘make’, -taa /-taː/ ‘help’, -ʡi /-ʡi/ ‘have’, -ña /-ɲa/ ‘use’, -ngaa /-ŋaː/ ‘see’, -ji /-ji/ ‘break’, -wi /-ʋi/ ‘eat’, -ñii /-ɲiː/ ‘drink’, -’ii /-ʔiː/ ‘wear’, -mii /-miː/ ‘own’, -ska /-ska/ ‘contain’, -ñaa /-ɲaː/ ‘hold’, -pii /-piː/ ‘lack’, -ʡa /-ʡa/ ‘touch’, -mi /-mi/ ‘carry’, -’aa /-ʔaː/ ‘find’, -la /-la/ ‘hunt’, -sta /-sta/ ‘guard’, -si /-si/ ‘search’, -fi /-fi/ ‘learn’, -ma /-ma/ ‘teach’, -ħħaa /-ʜaː/ ‘follow’, -ka /-ka/ ‘chase’, -sʡa /-sʡa/ ‘build’, -’i /-ʔi/ ‘burn’, -saa /-saː/ ‘hit’, -wii /-ʋiː/ ‘take’, -ha /-ha/ ‘cut’, -ħħa /-ʜa/ ‘hear’, -ɴaa /-ɴaː/ ‘know’, -pa /-pa/ ‘love’, -qa /-qa/ ‘protect’ and -ñi /-ɲi/ ‘possess’

The Adjective

In Fuma, the adjective has the following structure: the root followed by an optional suffix expressing number, comprising -ngaʡi /-ŋaʡi/ ‘dual’ and -ñita /-ɲita/ ‘plur’.

Numerals

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

Determiners

In Fuma, the determiner has the following structure: the root followed by an optional suffix expressing gender, comprising -nifi /-nifi/ ‘fem’.

Pronouns

The pronoun in Fuma has the following structure: the root followed by an optional suffix expressing number, comprising -’a’ii /-ʔaʔiː/ ‘dual’ and -kakii /-kakiː/ ‘plur’.

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

Siipa.

[siːpa]

siː
girl
-pa
love

“He (the boy) loves her (the girl).”

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But here, the word corresponding to he is stressed:

Siipa la.

[siːpa la]

siː
girl
-pa
love
la
3.sing.masc

“He loves her.”

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

Siipa.

[siːpa]

siː
girl
-pa
love

“He loves her.”

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Proper Nouns

’iħħiñii Puulupa tunufu Qifikaniɴa tu.

[ʔiʜiɲiː puːlupa tunufu qifikaniɴa tu]

ʔiʜiɲiː
hate
piːlupa
Pilupa
tu
the
-nifi
fem
qifika
Qifika
-niɴa
ERG
tu
the

“Qifika hates Pilupa.”

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Possession

ñawima tu ɴuu’imi tu

[ɲaʋima tu ɴuːʔimi tu]

ɲaʋima
apple
tu
the
ɴuː
boy
-ʔimi
GEN
tu
the

“the boy’s apple”

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ñawima tu la

[ɲaʋima tu la]

ɲaʋima
apple
tu
the
la
3.sing.masc

“his (the boy’s) apple”

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ñawima tu fu

[ɲaʋima tu fu]

ɲaʋima
apple
tu
the
fu
1excl.sing

“my apple”

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Nifiispaa’iiqa saa tu faatiwa’imi tunufu wuu nganiɴa tunufu ma’afaa’imi tu.

[nifiːspaːʔiːqa saː tu faːtiʋaʔimi tunufu ʋuː ŋaniɴa tunufu maʔafaːʔimi tu]

nifiːspaː
kiss
-ʔiːqa
PAST
saː
son
tu
the
faːtiʋa
neighbour
-ʔimi
GEN
tu
the
-nifi
fem
ʋuː
2.sing
ŋa
daughter
-niɴa
ERG
tu
the
-nifi
fem
maʔafaː
hunter
-ʔimi
GEN
tu
the

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

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Derivation

sʡalawaa

[sʡalaʋaː]

sʡalaʋaː
lamb

“a lamb”

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sʡalawaafaa

[sʡalaʋaːfaː]

sʡalaʋaː
lamb
-faː
little

“a little lamb”

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Sʡalawaafaaʡi’iiqa.

[sʡalaʋaːfaːʡiʔiːqa]

sʡalaʋaː
lamb
-faː
little
-ʡi
have
-ʔiːqa
PAST

“She had a little lamb.”

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Sʡalawaafaaʡisa’iiqa.

[sʡalaʋaːfaːʡisaʔiːqa]

sʡalaʋaː
lamb
-faː
little
-ʡi
have
-sa
want
-ʔiːqa
PAST

“She wanted to have a little lamb.”

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Squu’uuqa ni wasqa’iiqaspingaa sʡalawaafaaniɴa.

[squːʔuːqa ni ʋasqaʔiːqaspiŋaː sʡalaʋaːfaːniɴa]

squː
want
-ʔiːqa
PAST
ni
often
ʋasqa
have
-ʔiːqa
PAST
-spiŋaː
COMP
sʡalaʋaː
lamb
-faː
little
-niɴa
ERG

“She often wanted to have a little lamb.”

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Ciiwaɴilaaspii kaaʡii’iiqaspingaa squu’uuqaspingaa ni wasqa’iiqaspingaa sʡalawaafaaniɴa jaa?

[ᵏǀiːʋaɴilaːspiː kaːʡiːʔiːqaspiŋaː squːʔuːqaspiŋaː ni ʋasqaʔiːqaspiŋaː sʡalaʋaːfaːniɴa jaː]

ᵏǀiː
be
-ʋaɴi
NEG
-laːspiː
Q
kaːʡiː
think
-ʔiːqa
PAST
-spiŋaː
COMP
squː
want
-ʔiːqa
PAST
-spiŋaː
COMP
ni
often
ʋasqa
have
-ʔiːqa
PAST
-spiŋaː
COMP
sʡalaʋaː
lamb
-faː
little
-niɴa
ERG
jaː
3.sing.fem

“Are you not one of those who thought that she often wanted to have a little lamb?”

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Compounding

Verbs

Inflectional Categories

There are no clitics in the verbal phrase.

In addition, the verb is structured like this: first, the root; second, an optional suffix expressing ta, comprising -’iiqa /-ʔiːqa/ ‘PAST’; third, an optional suffix expressing mode, comprising -ɴaħħi /-ɴaʜi/ ‘imperative’, -mafa /-mafa/ ‘conditional’ and -siiqi /-siːqi/ ‘optative’; fourth, an optional suffix expressing voice, comprising -naħħi /-naʜi/ ‘passive’; fifth, an optional suffix expressing negation, comprising -waɴi /-ʋaɴi/ ‘NEG’; sixth, an optional suffix expressing question, comprising -laaspii /-laːspiː/ ‘Q’; and finally, seventh, an optional suffix expressing comp, comprising -spingaa /-spiŋaː/ ‘COMP’.

The verb displays the following derivational morphology: 19 suffixes, namely -ta /-ta/ ‘begin’, -wa /-ʋa/ ‘stop’, -qaa /-qaː/ ‘continue’, -nga /-ŋa/ ‘try’, -li /-li/ ‘start’, -sa /-sa/ ‘want’, -ngii /-ŋiː/ ‘can’, -ti /-ti/ ‘finish’, -ni /-ni/ ‘need’, -haa /-haː/ ‘decide’, -ɴi /-ɴi/ ‘fail’, -jii /-jiː/ ‘hope’, -pi /-pi/ ‘must’, -fii /-fiː/ ‘pretend’, -ɴa /-ɴa/ ‘let’, -naa /-naː/ ‘force’, -kii /-kiː/ ‘keep’, -ħħi /-ʜi/ ‘cause’ and -ngi /-ŋi/ ‘allow’

Qilaa.

[qilaː]

qilaː
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.

jumuwiña tunufu ha

[jumuʋiɲa tunufu ha]

jumi
table
-ʋiɲa
LOC
tu
the
-nifi
fem
ha
in_surface

“on the table”

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qaluʡawiña tunufu fa

[qaluʡaʋiɲa tunufu fa]

qaluʡa
box
-ʋiɲa
LOC
tu
the
-nifi
fem
fa
to_inside

“into the box”

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fu pupu

[fu pupu]

fu
1excl.sing
pipu
COMIT

“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.

Fuma 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 Fuma.

Haamii’iiqa ma’afaa tu qaastañaaniɴa tu.

[haːmiːʔiːqa maʔafaː tu qaːstaɲaːniɴa tu]

haːmiː
kill
-ʔiːqa
PAST
maʔafaː
hunter
tu
the
qaːstaɲaː
jaguar
-niɴa
ERG
tu
the

“The jaguar killed the hunter.”

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ʡaspa’iiqa ʡaa tunufu nga’imi tunufu ma’afaa’imi tu huɴujaniɴa tu.

[ʡaspaʔiːqa ʡaː tunufu ŋaʔimi tunufu maʔafaːʔimi tu huɴujaniɴa tu]

ʡaspa
eat
-ʔiːqa
PAST
ʡaː
dog
tu
the
-nifi
fem
ŋa
daughter
-ʔimi
GEN
tu
the
-nifi
fem
maʔafaː
hunter
-ʔimi
GEN
tu
the
hiɴuja
lion
-niɴa
ERG
tu
the

“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 Fuma 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-initial: the possessed noun precedes the possessor. For instance, Fuma expresses “the child’s toy” with the equivalent of “toy child”. This structure is typologically rarer and often co-occurs with verb-initial syntax or with grammatical marking on the noun.

ca tu si’imi tunufu saa’imi tu wuu

[ᵏǀa tu siʔimi tunufu saːʔimi tu ʋuː]

ᵏǀa
book
tu
the
si
friend
-ʔimi
GEN
tu
the
-nifi
fem
saː
son
-ʔimi
GEN
tu
the
ʋuː
2.sing

“your son’s friend’s book”

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Case Marking

Fuma uses ergative–absolutive case marking. The subject of an intransitive verb and the object of a transitive verb are treated alike and take the absolutive case, while the subject of a transitive verb is marked with the ergative case. From the point of view of such a system, this is a perfectly natural way to organise the clause: the absolutive marks the participant most directly involved in the event or state, while the ergative marks the additional participant that causes or controls a transitive event.

Ngiħħa tii tunufu.

[ŋiʜa tiː tunufu]

ŋiʜa
sleep
tiː
cat
tu
the
-nifi
fem

“The cat is sleeping.”

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Caa tii tunufu.

[ᵏǀaː tiː tunufu]

ᵏǀaː
run
tiː
cat
tu
the
-nifi
fem

“The cat is running.”

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Caɴani qijati tu tiiniɴa tunufu.

[ᵏǀaɴani qijati tu tiːniɴa tunufu]

ᵏǀaɴani
chase
qijati
mouse
tu
the
tiː
cat
-niɴa
ERG
tu
the
-nifi
fem

“The cat is chasing the mouse.”

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Tatu’uuqa qijati tu tiiniɴa tunufu.

[tatuʔuːqa qijati tu tiːniɴa tunufu]

tatu
catch
-ʔiːqa
PAST
qijati
mouse
tu
the
tiː
cat
-niɴa
ERG
tu
the
-nifi
fem

“The cat caught the mouse.”

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Conjunctions

Here is an example of a conjunction.

Haamii’iiqa qaastañaangiʡa tu naa ɴaaʡaapiingiʡa tu naa huɴujanguʡa tu ma’afaaniɴa tu.

[haːmiːʔiːqa qaːstaɲaːŋiʡa tu naː ɴaːʡaːpiːŋiʡa tu naː huɴujaŋuʡa tu maʔafaːniɴa tu]

haːmiː
kill
-ʔiːqa
PAST
qaːstaɲaː
jaguar
-ŋiʡa
plur
tu
the
naː
and
ɴaːʡaːpiː
tiger
-ŋiʡa
plur
tu
the
naː
and
hiɴuja
lion
-ŋiʡa
plur
tu
the
maʔafaː
hunter
-niɴa
ERG
tu
the

“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 Fuma 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

Fuma forms relative clauses by placing them before the noun they modify. The modifier takes the form of a finite clause that precedes the head noun without any relative pronoun. The clause shows ordinary clausal structure, with the role of the head noun recoverable from the syntactic position inside the clause.

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

Siñaali’iiqa tii tunufu.

[siɲaːliʔiːqa tiː tunufu]

siɲaːli
pat
-ʔiːqa
PAST
tiː
cat
tu
the
-nifi
fem

“I patted the cat.”

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We can now add a relative clause modifying the noun:

Siñaali’iiqa tatu’uuqaspingaa qijati tu tii tunufu.

[siɲaːliʔiːqa tatuʔuːqaspiŋaː qijati tu tiː tunufu]

siɲaːli
pat
-ʔiːqa
PAST
tatu
catch
-ʔiːqa
PAST
-spiŋaː
COMP
qijati
mouse
tu
the
tiː
cat
tu
the
-nifi
fem

“I patted the cat that caught the mouse.”

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Relative clauses may themselves contain other relative clauses:

Siñaali’iiqa tatu’uuqaspingaa ʡaspa’iiqaspingaa miħħingaa tu qijati tu tii tunufu.

[siɲaːliʔiːqa tatuʔuːqaspiŋaː ʡaspaʔiːqaspiŋaː miʜiŋaː tu qijati tu tiː tunufu]

siɲaːli
pat
-ʔiːqa
PAST
tatu
catch
-ʔiːqa
PAST
-spiŋaː
COMP
ʡaspa
eat
-ʔiːqa
PAST
-spiŋaː
COMP
miʜiŋaː
cheese
tu
the
qijati
mouse
tu
the
tiː
cat
tu
the
-nifi
fem

“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:

Siñaali’iiqa tatu’uuqaspingaa ʡaspa’iiqaspingaa ’ii’a’iiqaspingaa fu miħħingaa tu qijati tu tii tunufu.

[siɲaːliʔiːqa tatuʔuːqaspiŋaː ʡaspaʔiːqaspiŋaː ʔiːʔaʔiːqaspiŋaː fu miʜiŋaː tu qijati tu tiː tunufu]

siɲaːli
pat
-ʔiːqa
PAST
tatu
catch
-ʔiːqa
PAST
-spiŋaː
COMP
ʡaspa
eat
-ʔiːqa
PAST
-spiŋaː
COMP
ʔiːʔa
buy
-ʔiːqa
PAST
-spiŋaː
COMP
fu
1excl.sing
miʜiŋaː
cheese
tu
the
qijati
mouse
tu
the
tiː
cat
tu
the
-nifi
fem

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

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Complementation Strategies

Fuma marks complement clauses with subordinating verbal morphology. The embedded verb is fully finite and carries a subordinating suffix that identifies the clause as a complement. No structural changes occur within the clause apart from this verbal marking.

The following example illustrate how complement clauses function:

Skaaniki’iiqa niqisamiki tunufu ncaata’iiqaspingaa ñawima siimiki tunufu ɴuuniɴa tu.

[skaːnikiʔiːqa niqisamiki tunufu ᵑǀaːtaʔiːqaspiŋaː ɲaʋima siːmiki tunufu ɴuːniɴa tu]

skaːniki
surprise
-ʔiːqa
PAST
niqisa
teacher
-miki
DAT
tu
the
-nifi
fem
ᵑǀaːta
give
-ʔiːqa
PAST
-spiŋaː
COMP
ɲaʋima
apple
siː
girl
-miki
DAT
tu
the
-nifi
fem
ɴuː
boy
-niɴa
ERG
tu
the

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

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Quotes

Fuma 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:

Manu’uuqa qilaaspingaa wuu fu siimiki tunufu ɴuuniɴa tu.

[manuʔuːqa qilaːspiŋaː ʋuː fu siːmiki tunufu ɴuːniɴa tu]

manu
tell
-ʔiːqa
PAST
qilaː
love
-spiŋaː
COMP
ʋuː
2.sing
fu
1excl.sing
siː
girl
-miki
DAT
tu
the
-nifi
fem
ɴuː
boy
-niɴa
ERG
tu
the

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

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How to cite this grammar

Language Creator. 2026. A Grammar of Fuma. Generated by the Language Creator, version 0.92, on 1 October 2026. https://languagecreator.org/grammar/5JVK7

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@misc{LC-5JVK7,
  year         = 2026,
  author       = {{Language Creator}},
  title        = {A Grammar of {Fuma}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://languagecreator.org/grammar/5JVK7}},
  note         = {Generated by the Language Creator, version 0.92, on 1 October 2026}
}

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