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	\|name=Skerre		\|name=Skerre
	\|familycolor= ~~lightblue~~		\|familycolor= conlang
	\|fam1=Skerre		\|fam1=Skerre
	\|creator=Doug Ball		\|creator=Doug Ball

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Interrogatives

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	==== Interrogatives ====		==== Interrogatives ====
	The three most central question words in Skerre are ''sina'' ‘who’, ''tseyi'' ‘what’, and ''rowa'' ‘where’. The last usually appears with a location/direction-related prenominal.		The three most central question words in Skerre are ''sina'' ‘who’, ''tseyi'' ‘what’, and ''rowa'' ‘where’. The last usually appears with a location/direction-related [[Skerre#Prenominals\|prenominal]].

	=== Numerals ===		=== Numerals ===

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Prenominals

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	Skerre nouns are not obligatorily marked for number, yet there are two number(-like) categories present: the distributive and collective. The distributive is marked with partical reduplication: the reduplicant consists of the base’s initial syllable with a long vowel, e.g. ''kina'' ‘bird’ – ''kiikina'' ‘various birds’. The distributive signals a number of individuated entities distributed over space, time, or types. The collective is marked with the prefix ''tin''-, as in ''tinkina'' ‘flock of birds’. The collective signals that the group is to be considered as a whole.		Skerre nouns are not obligatorily marked for number, yet there are two number(-like) categories present: the distributive and collective. The distributive is marked with partical reduplication: the reduplicant consists of the base’s initial syllable with a long vowel, e.g. ''kina'' ‘bird’ – ''kiikina'' ‘various birds’. The distributive signals a number of individuated entities distributed over space, time, or types. The collective is marked with the prefix ''tin''-, as in ''tinkina'' ‘flock of birds’. The collective signals that the group is to be considered as a whole.

	==== Prenominals ====		=== Prenominals ===
	Syntactic relationships between nouns and other parts of sentences are signaled by function words before the noun, which have been called prenominals. These function words encode both status (proper or common) and syntactic function (including what adpositions normally encode). The forms are:		Syntactic relationships between nouns and other parts of sentences are signaled by function words before the noun, which have been called prenominals. These function words encode both status (proper or common) and syntactic function (including what adpositions normally encode). The forms are:
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 ;Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 1:
 ==Other resources==

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	=== Numerals ===		=== Numerals ===
	{\| class="~~wikitable~~"		{\| class="bluetable"
	\|-		\|-
	! Number !! Skerre		! Number !! Skerre

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	=== Numerals ===		=== Numerals ===
			{\| class="wikitable"
			\|-
			! Number !! Skerre
			\|-
			\| 1 \|\| yaat
			\|-
			\| 2 \|\| haas
			\|-
			\| 3 \|\| siya
			\|-
			\| 4 \|\| quee
			\|-
			\| 5 \|\| yaan
			\|-
			\| 6 \|\| yaan-yaat
			\|-
			\| 7 \|\| yaan-haas
			\|-
			\| 8 \|\| yaan-siya
			\|-
			\| 9 \|\| yaan-quee
			\|-
			\| 10 \|\| waar
			\|-
			\| 11 \|\| waar-yaat
			\|-
			\| 12 \|\| waar-haas
			\|-
			\| 20 \|\| ari
			\|}

			As is evident from the use of ''yaan'' ‘five’ and ''waar'' ‘ten’ as bases for higher numbers, Skerre has a biquinary number system.

	=== Verbs ===		=== Verbs ===

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Interrogative

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	==== ~~Interrogative~~ ====		==== Interrogatives ====
			The three most central question words in Skerre are ''sina'' ‘who’, ''tseyi'' ‘what’, and ''rowa'' ‘where’. The last usually appears with a location/direction-related prenominal.

	=== Numerals ===		=== Numerals ===

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 Some example possessed nouns include ''wiyet-he'' ‘my boat’; ''ana-sa'' ‘her mother’.
-==== Demonstrative ====
+==== Demonstratives ====
 ==== Interrogative ====

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Other resources

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	<!-- Template area -->		<!-- Template area -->
			* [http://tsketar.conlang.org/conlangs/skerre/SkerreGrammarConcise.pdf A Concise Grammar of Skerre]
			* [http://tsketar.conlang.org/conlangs/skerre/skerreswadesh.html 100-Word Swadesh List]
			* [http://tsketar.conlang.org/conlangs/skerre/texts/textsmain.html Texts, Examples of the language]
			* [http://tsketar.conlang.org/conlangs/skerre/ethnography.html Ethnographic Data About the Speakers of Skerre]
			* [http://tsketar.conlang.org/conlangs/skerre/SkerrePlay.pdf The Script to the Play Done in Skerre]
			* [http://tsketar.conlang.org/conlangs/skerre/behind_the_scenes.html Behind the Scenes, history of the development of Skerre]
			* [http://tsketar.conlang.org/conlangs/skerre/skerreelsewhere.html Skerre Elsewhere on the Web]

	[[Category:Skerre]]		[[Category:Skerre]]
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	[[Category:Conlangs]]		[[Category:Conlangs]]
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Example texts

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	==Example texts==		==Example texts==
	<!-- An example of a translated or unique text written in your language. Again, it is recommended that you make sure that the phonology, constraints, phonotactics and grammar are more or less finished before writing. -->		<!-- An example of a translated or unique text written in your language. Again, it is recommended that you make sure that the phonology, constraints, phonotactics and grammar are more or less finished before writing. -->
			;Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 1:

	==Other resources==		==Other resources==
	<!-- Example: Word order, qualifiers, determinatives, branching, etc. -->		<!-- Example: Word order, qualifiers, determinatives, branching, etc. -->