Proto-Kinnərə language

Spelling
p~ɸ t~ɾ̻ k~x ʔ~h /p~f t~ṭ k~x '~h/

b~β̝ d~ɾ g~ɰ /b~v d~ḍ g~ḥ/

s /s/

m n ŋ /m n ŋ/

l r /l r/

j /y/

Deplosivization
Plosives are deplosivized to non-plosive counterparts in positions between vowels and before another plosive consonant.

Vowels
i u /i u/

e ə o /e ə o/

ä /a/

Phonotactics
(C)V(R/F)(C) C = any consonant V = any vowel R = any resonantal consonant F = any fricative

Accent
Acute accent on first syllable.

Nouns

 * indirective ditransitive alignment
 * no case and gender
 * non-clitic postpositions
 * possessors (preffixal)
 * tense markers (suffixal): shows position of an objects in time
 * definiteness: definite and indefinite clitics

[Possessor + Number + Root + Root extension + Definiteness + Tense] + [Postposition]

Verbs

 * polypersonal agreement (preffixal): subjective and objective
 * persons with clusivity in first, second and third person + obviative
 * intransitivity suffixed
 * three tenses (preffixal): present, past, future
 * three aspects (suffixal): durative, frequentative, momentane
 * two moods (cliticized): realis, irrealis
 * causative by auxiliary verb

[Subject + Object + Tense + Root + Root extension + Transitivity + Aspect + Mood]

Pronouns

 * clusivity
 * age hierarchy: young, average, older.

Syntax

 * SOV
 * head-initial