Ġol

Compositions

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Ġol is a dialect of Ořoḵ, and shares much with it. It is also a language of triconsonantal roots, with nonconcatenative morphology, and is an inflectionally, derivationally, and syntactically head-ambivalent language of ergative/absolutive alignment.

The Roots

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Roots in Ġol are formed from a series of consonants, around which templates of vowels are fitted to produce distinct wordforms. These templates are present in both inflection and derivation.

Verbs

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The Main Verb

The Tenses

The tense system is fairly straightforward. There is a Past, Present (unmarked), and Future tense.

The Aspects

Mood, Voice, and Valency

There is an Active and Passive voice, each of which have simple and causative forms. There is also a Reflexive construction.

Nouns

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The Noun

Nouns in Ġol are derived through application of one of several vocalic templates to a consonantal root, and potentially affixes after that. Gerunds are particularly common.

The Case Marking

The Article

The Gerund

Both active and passive gerunds exist in Ġol.

Pronouns

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Ġol has both free and bound pronouns, which inflect for case.

Adjectives and Adverbs

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Adjectives and Adverbs in Ġol are derived through application of one of several vocalic templates to a consonantal root, and potentially affixes after that. Participles are particularly common.

The Participles

Both active and passive participles exist in Ġol.

Adpositions

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Ġol uses postpositions.