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Tukupadam | |
|---|---|
Ka nanu Tukupadam | |
 The Tukupadam flag | |
| Writing system | Latin script |
| Sounds | |
| Vowels | 3 |
| Diphthongs | 4 |
| Consonants | 7 |
| Total | 14 |
Phonology
[edit]Tukupadam has a phonology of 18 sounds, 3 vowels, 4 diphthongs and 7 consonants.
| Front | Back | |
|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u |
| Open | a |
| w- | j- | |
|---|---|---|
| -a | wa (ua) | ja (ia) |
| -i | wi (ui) | - |
| -u | - | ju (iu) |
| Bilabial | Labio-dental | Alveolar | Velar | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | p | t | k | |
| Nasal | m | n | ||
| Fricative | f | s |
Grammar
[edit]Sentence order
[edit]The sentence order plays a big role in the meaning of the sentence. The sentence order is:
(nominative Noun) (Verb) (genitive Noun) (acusative Noun) (locative Noun)
Nouns
[edit]Nouns never change, no matter what their number or sentence role is. These details are portrayed by other words that are around the nouns, and do not change due to each other. These grammatical categorizations are article, number and case. The noun structure is:
(article) (Noun) (number) (case).
Article
[edit]The article indicates whether the speaker is talking about a specific thing or any thing (the car / a car).
| Type | Article |
|---|---|
| Specific | ka |
| Non-specific | ku |
| Neutral | - |
Number
[edit]The number indicates whether there's one of the noun (singular) or more (plural) (car / cars). If the number is singular, there is no word, but if the number is plural, "ua" is used,
Case
[edit]The case indicates the role of the noun in the sentence, like subject, object, place...
Gramatical cases
[edit]In gramatical cases, the word order is important.
| Case | Word | Meaning | Example | Example translation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | - | (subject) | ||
| Genitive | sa | -'s / of | ||
| Acusative | tu | (object) | ||
| Vocative | ia | (When calling on someone / something.) |
Locative cases
[edit]All locative cases are
| Case | Word | Meaning | Example | Example translation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inessive | ti | in | Si taui i ka nimi ti. | It's in the car. |
| Elative | tua | from (inside) / out of | Si kotui i ka nimi tua. | It's going out of the car. |
| Illative | tiu | into | Si kotui i ka nimi tiu. | It's going into the car. |
| Adessive | pi | on | Si taui i ka nimi pi. | It's on the car. |
| Ablative | pua | from (outside) / off of | Si kotui i ka nimi pua. | It's going off of the car. |
| Allative | piu | onto | Si kotui i ka nimi piu. | It's going onto the car. |
Translator
[edit]You can access the English - Muthansin / Muthansin - English translator here.
Flag
[edit]The Karga flag uses only two colors: dark blue (#000070) and yellow (#FFDC00).
The flag's dimensions are 2x1 (width x height), and it uses a dark blue background with a yellow trim, and an another dark blue trim around that. In the middle of the left half of the flag is a
with a cross standing on the cut out hill and a circle in the middle of the cross, representing Jesus' halo around his head, and his holiness and cleanliness.