The Kankhri Language
Kankhri is the language spoken by the Kmekh people of the Nauglimir cities in western Gradia. It is the most widely spoken language in the Kmekh language family.
Grammar
- Word Order
- Subject Object Verb (Prepositional phrase) “Mary the door opened with a key.”
- Adjectives come before nouns they modify
- Prepositions come after (postpositions)
- Noun Cases
- Nominative (doer of a verb) - No suffix
- Accusative (target of a verb) - Suffix -r or -er
- Genitive (possessor of something) - Suffix -ak
- Dative (recipient of something) - suffix -u
- Locative (location of something) - suffix -d or -od
Derivational Morphology
| Type | Description | Suffix |
|---|---|---|
| Adjective → adverb | -e | |
| Adjective → noun | the quality of being adj | -in |
| Adjective → verb | to make something adj | -it |
| Noun → adjective | having the quality of noun | -iv |
| Noun → adjective | relating to noun (economy → economic) | -ti (after vowel) / -oti |
| Noun → verb | -ash | |
| Verb → adjective | result of doing verb | -ek |
| Tending to | -e | |
| Verb → noun | the act of verb | -h (after vowel) / -ih |
| Verb → noun | What that verb produces (know → knowledge) | -v (after vowel) / -uv |
| One who does verb | e.g. paint → painter | -k (after vowel) / -ak |
| Place of | e.g. wine → winery | -ah |
| Diminutive | -i |