Fenekere

Introductory text.

Fictional History

How does Maofrrao fit into our fictional mythology, and where did it come from? How does it work in practice?

Lexography

What does the writing system for Maorfrrao look like, and how does it work?

Root Words

Root words in Fenekere consist of four consonantal phonemes and four vowels, making four syllables, with this structure: CvCvCvCv. The romanization appears to have consonantal clusters, such as CC and CCC, but in the original orthography these are represented by single characters. The default vowel, denoting the root meaning, for all four syllables is <e>. This renders the word to be a proper noun referring to an individual who performs a particular art or skill, an emotion, an element, a part of speech, or certain body parts that are considered elemental in nature.

All other primary words in Fenekere are derived from these roots by altering the vowel structure. As each syllable can contain one of five vowels, a table of these modifications looks like this:

As you make sense of this and read the following grammar, it is important to remember that nearly any combination of words and word particles is considered to be a legitimate sentence. But minor differences in placement of prefixes or vowels chosen for derived words can sometimes make enormous or very subtle changes in meaning. A listener may well be able to puzzle out what you mean, even if you get something slightly off, but until you get a feel for the subtle details it is always good and acceptable to double check.

Auxiliary Words

To accommodate a broader range of grammar structures and alter the purpose of a sentence, Fenekere has some auxiliary words. Most of them can stand alone in the sentence or clause and provide logical meaning to the whole structure. Many of them often serve time as prefixes as well, lending their meaning to the word that they are attached to (though this meaning alters in some ways, depending on which word they modify).

Counting

How does one count in Maofrrao?

Word Types

Are there Nouns, Verbs, Adverbs, and Adjectives?

Word Order

What is the word order for sentence structure?

Tenses

How does Tense work in Maofrrao?

Transitive v.s. Intransitive

Is there a difference between transitive and intransitive verbs?

Passive Voice

How do you do passive voice in Maofrrao?

Subclauses

There are no subclauses in Maofrrao. What is done instead?

Subclauses

There are no subclauses in Maofrrao. What is done instead?

Recursive Structure

Because there are no subclauses, it is not possible to have a recursive structure in Maofrrao