Ořoḵ

Compositions

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Ořoḵ is 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 Ořoḵ 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. There are different shapes to the roots which produce different paradigms of declension or inflection.

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 Ořoḵ 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 Ořoḵ.

Pronouns

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

Adjectives and Adverbs

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Adjectives and Adverbs in Ořoḵ 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 Ořoḵ.

Adpositions

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Ořoḵ uses postpositions.