Proto-Kinnərə language

Phonology
p~ɸ t~ɾ̻ k~x ʔ~h

b~β̝ d~ɾ g~ɰ

s

m n ŋ

l r

j

i u

e ə o

ä

Vocalic harmony (Low vs High)

i~e

u~o

ə~ä

Phonotactics

(C)(C)V(G)(C)

Accent

Acute accent on first syllable.

Grammar
Nouns


 * indirective ditransitive alignment
 * no case and gender
 * number (preffixal): singular, plural
 * 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