Kwomoran language / Qumrug nara

The Kwomoran language is a language spoken by the Kwomoran people (Qumla), located in the island of
Kwomoros (Qumorau). It is distantly related to the Maetian languages, as the island was settled by
ancient Maetians who spoke a very old form of Maetian, extremely different from both Kwomoran and
Eastern Maetian. Both languages, however, no longer share most grammar or vocabulary, only retaining
certain nouns for simple concepts - Kwomoran drara vs Maetian tara, both meaning sun. More examples
include egre vs ägär (water), qarag vs karaka (human), quzu vs kuso (boat (in general)), and za vs sa
(fire).

The language uses a strict SVO word order. Adjectives go before nouns.

The language uses (C)(C)V(C) phonotactics.

Its consonants consist of:

P /p/, T /t/, D /d/, M /m/, N /n/, F /f/, V /v/, R [ /ɾ ~ r/ | /ɹ/ ] (Mainlanders prefer /ɾ ~ r/, easterners /ɹ/), S
/s/, Z /z/, J/I /ʎ/, L /l/, W /w/, K /k/, G /g/, TT /θ/.
And the africate:
Q /kw/.

Its vowels consist of:

A [ Mainland - /ɒ/ | easterners - /a/ ]
O [ Mainland - /ɔ/ | easterners - /ʌ/ ]
U [ Mainalnd - /u/ ( /ʊ/ in diphthongs) | easterners - /ʊ/ ]
E [ Mainland - /ɛ/ | easterners - /e/ ]
I [ Mainland - /i/ | easterners - /i/ ]
Y [Mainland - /ʏ/ | easterners - /ʏ/ ]

The language has grammatical gender in adjectives and nouns, which is marked by either the 1 st
harmony for masculine roots and the 2nd harmony for feminine roots. Roots that can have either gender
(including all adjective roots and mostly professions; f.e.: sailor, blacksmith, captain, fisher, soldier.), do
not have a uniform system of which vowels are used in both genders, in this document both roots will be
shown. For example, the masculine root for “cook (n)” is marug, but the feminine form is merig, while
the masculine root for “brave (adj.)” is qamuk but the feminine form is qymek.

The 1st harmony is the vowels a, o, u

The 2nd harmony is the vowels e, i, y

The language has consonant mutation, which is also coupled with vowel harmony similar to other
Maetian languages. In general, mutation occurs in nouns and pronouns that start with consonants after
transitive verbs that end in consonants and certain prepositions. Mutation also occurs if the last
consonant of the previous word matches the mutated consonant of the first consonant of the next word.
Mutation is ignored in names of people or names of other living creatures. For example:
Fan weg gara (I saw the cat)
qara gara
Qara weg van (The cat saw me)
fan van

Here's a list of consonants that mutate when mutation does occur:

q (kw)  g
rl
lw
zs
d  tt
td
w
fv
gj

The Kwomoran language is highly agglutinative in nouns, however tends to be more analytical in
adjectives, verbs and adverbs.

1st harmony (a, o, u) (masc.) 2nd harmony (i, e, y) (fem.)

Noun conjugation
Sng. Plr. Sng. Plr

Nomino-
-a -(r)au* -e -ei
accusative
Possesive -aun -aunau -ein -einei
Locative -ua -ara -ie -ere
Prepositional
Locative -u -(q)ar** -(q)y** -(q)er**
Dative -(w)ao** -(w)am** -ien -iey
Causal -(z)az* -(a)zau -(z)ez* -(e)zei*
Genitive -auno -(r)ug* -eine -(r)eg*
 Pronoun Conjugation
1st p. 2nd p. 3rd p.
sng plr sng sng plr
informa plr
fem. masc. excl. incl. general formal fem. masc. fem. masc.
l
Nom
Fen Fan Fy Faur Fei Ka Qen Qei E A Je Wa
-acc.
Poss.
Freg Frag Freyg Faurag Freig Kryg Qenig Qeig Eg Ag Jeg Wag
Gen.
Freyk
Loc. Fenie Fanua Faurar Feinere Kerie Qenie Qara Egie Agua Je Wa
e
Prep
Fein Faun Fyir Fawar Feir Kein Kein Kein Ei Au Jen An
. Loc.
Dat. Fei Fau Fim Fawam Feiym Kien Qien Qey Em Am Jem Wam
Caus Feiz[y Fauz[u Fauraz[ Feigez[y Qenez[ Qeiez[y Emyz[y Amaz[ Jez[y Waz[u
Fyz[y] Kaz[u]
. ] ] u] ] u] ] ] u] ] ]
* The consonant in parentheses comes if the previous consonant is either a vowel or a consonant that's
not a cluster.
** The consonant in parentheses comes only if the previous phone is a vowel

Pronouns have their own conjugation, derived from noun conjugation

Verb roots are defaulted as the present tense. The verb ag/ig, meaning is/to be is used as the present
simple. Meanwhile, the present perfect tense is formed by adding the particle (r)y/(r)a (consonant in
parentheses is added when the previous phone is a consonant) before a transitive verb (keep note, that
the verb that follows the particle mutates if it can, alongside the noun that follows the verbs), or, before
an intransitive verb the past simple verb (g)y/(g)u is used. Copular verbs follow transitive verb
conjugation. For example:

Fen weg gara – I see a cat

Fen y eg gara – I have seen a cat
Fen ig gara – I am a cat
Fen y ig gara – I have been a cat
Fen weg – I see
Fen y weg – I have seen

The past simple is formed by adding the affix –(tt)ym/(tt)um. The past simple of to be is gyn/gun. The
past perfect is formed by adding the auxiliary verb (g)y/(g)u before the past simple form of verb. The
main verb mutates in the past perfect, if it can. For example:

Fen wegym gara – I saw a cat

Fen y egym gara – I have seen a cat
A drattum tti vein – He ran up to me
A gu ttrattum tti vein – He had ran up to me
Fen drattum – I ran
Fen u ttrattum – I had ran

The past simple iterative is formed by adding the affix -(tt)yntti/(tt)untta to verbs, while the past perfect
iterative is formed by adding (tt)y/(tt)u before the main past iterative verb, which mutates. For example:
Fen drattuntta – I used to run
Fen u ttrattuntta – I had used to run
A yrgyntti morna – He used to eat meat
A tty yrgyntti morna – He had used to eat meat

The future tense is formed by adding the affix –(m)yg/(m)ag. Future tense verbs mutate. For example:

E ttramag – She will run

Ka yrgyg morna – You will eat meat
Qei egynyg e – You will see him

Interrogative sentences are formed by adding the prefix ry(n)/ru(n)- to main verbs. In sentences without
a verb, ryg/rug is written after the subject if the sentence contains a subject with or without an object,
but after the object if the sentence doesn’t contain a subject. The verb ig/ag has an irregular
interrogative form ryg/rug. Keep in mind, that the interrogative form still mutates, if their previous
conjugation allows for it. For example:

E ig pere – She is a woman

E ryg pere? – Is she a woman?
Fen y eg gara – I have seen a cat
Fen y lyweg gara? – Have I seen a cat?
Pere ryg? – A woman?
Qoron rug? – A man?
Fen y lyweg gara fy gu ttrattum tti kein? – Have I seen the cat who had run up to you?

Interrogative/relative pronouns differentiate between the accusative and nominative, which managed to
remain in spoken speech after Kwomoran lost the nominative and accusative in its nouns and other
pronouns. Nominative pronouns always go first as the subject, while accusative pronouns go last as the
object. They also retain the archaic dual number in the nominative and accusative cases, which is still
present in Maetian languages. Additionally, pronouns that depend on a noun (possessive and genitive)
go before nouns, while the others go after the sentence (except nominative and accusative pronouns,
which function as regular subject and object nouns in syntax), or function as copular agent or patient
interchangeably.

Relative pronouns
sng plr dual
Nom. fy fyn nen
Acc. fe fyne ne
Poss. Fyg / Feine Fynyg / Feine
Gen. Feine
Loc.
Prep. [prep.] + fua [prep.] + finy
Loc.
Dat.
fyz
Caus.
For example:

Fy rumagonum nala? – Who broke the vase?

Rynyrgym ve? – What/who was eaten?
Fy rynyrgym ve? – Who ate what?
Qara rag fyg ? – Whose cat is it?
Qara ag fua? – Where is the cat?
Fan rynedri fua? – Where do I search?
Ka rynyren feine nara? – Whose/what language are you speaking? (In this case, genitive pronoun is used
to ask which nation’s or people’s language the subject is speaking)
Nala ag fyz? - What/who is the vase for?

The singular Causal/Dative pronoun is used in place of because, and functions as a linking word, and
goes in the end of the clause. For example:

Fan nele garau, wa ag numan fyz – I like cats, because they are cute
Qarau ag numan fyz, fan nele a. – Because cats are cute, I like them

Interrogative pronouns are not necessarily used in questions (like fyz), and they no longer become
interrogative when there is nothing to indicate that the sentence they are in is interrogative
(interrogative verbs or verb endings).

Ka rynedri ve? – What are you searching for?

Fan nedri ve – I am searching that
Fan nedri ve fy drattum – I am searching for the one who ran