Alumikai
The northernmost surviving language of the East Serkr languages, Alumikai is an endangered language in the Aeridanish mountains. It has many grammatical features and is very compact.
Verbs
Alumikai has:
Two voices (active, passive) - s, [default]
Two moods (desire, need) - á, io
Two aspects (imperfective, perfective) - l, [default]
Three tenses (past, present, future) - z, o, palatize last consonant
Three genders (masc. neut. fem.) - a, e, i
Three persons (first, second, third) - []*, t, v
Three numbers (singular, dual, plural) - [default], m, n
+clusivity u(number) = exclusive
* First person is same as gender. First person goes where person is.
They are arranged in the order:
(root3)-(voice)-root1-(mood)-(aspect)-(person)-root2-(gender)-(number)-(tense)
Verbs have 2-5 letters as their root. Root1 = first letter, root2 = second letter, the 3rd, 4th and 5th are placed in order at the front. If unpronounceable cluster occurs:
a)move nearest vowel to inbetween cluster
b)if double, add e on front. ff -> eff
vr - eye
verz - seen
vro - seeing
vŕ - will see
vero - i see
vermo - us two see
verumo - us two see
verno - we see
veruno - we see
vetro - you see
vtreo -> vetro
vetron - you see
vtreno -> vetrno -> vetron
evvreo - they see
evvreno - they see
