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In which the Loukan language known natively as Luk is detailed.
This public article was written by [Deactivated User], and last updated on 9 Apr 2015, 06:45.
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1. Luk
Loukan is heavily based upon English and Spanish, with only few deviating elements. It is not intended to be particularly unique or strange. It is this writer's first conlang and is intended for casual fun as it is relatively easy to pick up for English speakers; especially those at least somewhat familiar with Spanish.
[top]Roots
Almost all nouns, adjectives, and verbs are all based on a root. The part of speech is dictated by the ending.
| POS | ENDING |
|---|---|
| noun | -u |
| verb | -o |
| adjective | -i |
| preposition | -ei |
Some examples...
| ENGLISH | LUK ROOT | N | V | ADJ | PREP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| food | com- | comu (food) | como (eat) | comi (culinary) | comei (eaten by) |
| thought | pins- | pinsu (n. thought) | pinso (think) | pinsi (cognitive) | pinsei (thought of by) |
| speech | sobl- | soblu (speech) | soblo (speak/talk) | sobli (conversational) | soblei (spoken by) |
[top]Nouns
Loukan has a semi-strict noun-class system. Noun classes are dictated by their suffixes. All nouns end in -u. Noun suffixes remain the same regardless of whether they are Subject or Object. The noun classes and their suffixes are as followed in the table below.
| CLASS | SUFFIX | ENGLISH EXAMPLE | LUK TRANSLATION |
|---|---|---|---|
| tangible | -u | human | humu |
| intangible/other | -vu | democracy | demavu |
| location | -iu | meadow | vegiu |
| person/vocation | -elu | cook | kosinelu |
Nouns are made plural by suffixing -ye. For example, dog is peru and dogs is peruye.
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