Fenekere
Introductory text.
Contents
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.
Word Construction
How are words constructed, what is the proper order of roots to mean what you're trying to say?
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
