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-This language was sparked by a mention in Tolkien's ''The Monsters and the Critics'' about how he overheard a man deciding he would "mark the accusative with a prefix", so I ran with the idea. The language is pretty CVCV and marks cases with prefixes rather than suffixes.
+'''Kamatarna''' was sparked by a mention in Tolkien's ''The Monsters and the Critics'' about how he overheard a man deciding he would "''mark the accusative with a prefix''", so I ran with the idea. The language is pretty consistently CVCV and marks cases with prefixes rather than suffixes. Some words have the shape CVCCV arising from a contraction of one syllable in a previous stage CVCVCV.
-::Sample:
-:'''Kima dūma plo-kamatar?'''
-:''Who comes to our lands?''
 == History ==
 == Phonology ==
+===Consonants===
+{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable" style="width: 660px; text-align:center;"
+! style="width: 68px; "|
+! style="width: 68px; " |Bilabial
+! style="width: 68px; " |Dental
+! style="width: 68px; " |Palatal
+! style="width: 68px; " |Velar
+! style="width: 88px; " |Labio-Velar
+! style="width: 68px; " |Glottal
+|-
+! style="" |Stop
+| p b
+| t d
+|
+| k g
+|
+|
+|-
+! style="" |Fricative
+| f v
+|
+|
+|
+|
+| h
+|-
+! style="" |Sibilant
+|
+| s
+|
+|
+|
+|
+|-
+! style="" |Nasal
+| m
+| n
+|
+|
+|
+|
+|-
+! style="" |Liquid
+|
+| l r
+|
+|
+|
+|
+|-
+! style="" |Approximant
+|
+|
+| j {{angbr|y}}
+|
+|
+|
+|}
+===Vowels===
+{| class="wikitable" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="text-align: center;"
+|-
+! !! Front !! Central !! Back
+|-
+! Close
+| {{IPA|i}} || || {{IPA|u}}
+|-
+! Mid
+| {{IPA|e}} || || {{IPA|o}}
+|-
+! Open
+| || {{IPA|a}} ||
+|}
 == Grammar ==
 === Pronouns ===
+{| class="bluetable" style="text-align: center;"
+|-
+! !! Singular !! Plural
+|-
+! First person
+| taa || tar
+|-
+! Second person
+| koon || koor
+|-
+! Third person
+| poon || poor
+|}
-Yo	Ta
+Pronouns can be used as suffix for possession.
-Tú	Koon
-Él
-Nosotros	Tar
+====Interrogative====
-Vosotros	Koor
+'''Kima'''. ''Who.''
-Ellos
 === Noun ===
 ==== Cases ====
-Acusativo se forma con el prefijo: plo-
+{| class="bluetable" style="text-align: center;"
+|-
+! !! Singular !! Plural
+|-
+! Nominative
+| Ø || -r
+|-
+! Accusative
+| plo- || plo- -r
+|-
+! Dative
+| ba- || ba- -r
+|-
+! Genitive
+| ko- || ko- -r
+|}
-Quién		Kima
+The accusative is used to indicate the goal of verbs of motion.
-==== Number ====
+== Sample sentences==
-plural: -r
+'''Kima duma plo-kamatar?'''
-y	na, ga
-de	ko-
-== Sample sentences==
+''Who comes to our land?''
-'''Kima dúma plo-kamatar?'''
-''Quién viene a nuestra tierra?''
+'''Lubunga ba-taa galu ba-koon'''
-'''Lubunga ko-ta luga ko-koon'''
+''It's not up to you, nor up to me.''
-''No depende de ti, ni de mi.''
+'''Ko-plusmakoon kaa plesa!'''
-'''Pulsamakoon plesa ka!'''
+''It's an order from your king!''
-''Es una orden de tu rey!''
+==Sample words==
+* '''bulsa'''. scepter.
+* '''bunga'''. to weight.
+* '''duma'''. to come.
+* '''ga'''. and.
+* '''ka'''. to be.
+* '''kama'''. land, earth.
+* '''kema'''. to give.
+* '''kima'''. who.
+* '''lu'''. no, not.
+* '''plesa'''. order.
+* '''plusma'''. commander, chief, king.
+* '''pulsa'''. to command.
+* '''tol'''. to love.