#I still like the idea of an alphasyllabary script but I'm... starting to think my language just ain't for it lmfao
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Mazanagu Noun Class Peak
(This is easier than trying to take 5 different screenshots lmfao)
Class 1 - ma(n): The most commonly used class, more or less committed to ‘people’ and things directly related to them. Beasts of burden or household pets which have been highly modified all fall into this class due to how they’ve changed alongside more obvious things such as jobs, kinship titles, relationships and the like.
Duja mapiya The small nomad
Class 2 - ba(n): Colloquially referred to as ‘the untamed’ class, just about every base form of creature and plant falls into this category (ex. Wolves, trees, flowers, berries, thorns) alongside other outside elements such as the weather and celestial bodies. Given its association of being ‘things beyond mortal command,’ gods and goddesses typically trigger this class.
Nayirigizan bayaa The large skewer-bird
Class 3 - azi(n): Something of a mirror-class to the Untamed, the third class takes in all things that can be consumed by a sophonant and specifies that it is safe to do so. Consists primarily of food but also of things like medicines, water and is particularly important to pay attention to when talking about alien foods. Always ensure whatever you're eating was referred to in this class!
Nezidumi azimazilo! Delicious mudfish!
Class 4 - so(n): Specifically tools used for domestic purposes such as sewing, carving, pottery and the like. It primarily holds the words for furniture and is the class that new technologies tend to be automatically assigned to unless shown that they deserve to be elsewhere.
Sonigu soguvik A sharp needle
Class 5 - sha(n): Specifically tools and creations meant for the act of drawing blood in some fashion. Sometimes it’s still referred to as the hunter’s class due to its continued reality of it being founded on hunter’s tools (knives, spears, bows, arrows, traps) and the like. Often, the only difference between Class 5 and Class 4 words is the prefix.
Sogaaga shanyak An old dagger
Class 6- sa(n) or va(n): Primarily a migratory class that all words can be dropped in to create a place associated with the word, though all resulting words will trigger this class. Interestingly, this class appears to consist of two different variants merged under one banner.
Sakuba savivyak* A filthy nest Vakuba vagagajuk An abandoned den
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I still have to decide if I want articles. I think I only want an indefinite article (a/an) and dropping it would more mean the X.
*the v and y swapped places during this pronunciation; the actual word is vak (filth, foul, dirty, unclean) + vak (a state or condition)
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