Jaguar 3 –  A Constructed Language

Jaguar 3 Morphology

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Word Formats

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Asp	required slot
Nom	required marker
Pro	slot
Imp	marker

Composite Word Format

	Prefixes						Suffixes
Onset	JagR	Obv%	Pro%	ArgS	Num		Class	Modal	Det	Conj
Rhyme	TAM	Evid	Voice	Polar		Root
	Prefixes						Suffixes

Slot Abbreviations

Root	word Root	JagR	Jaguar's Role
TAM	Aspect/Mood	Obv%	Obviative Person
Evid	Evidentiality	Pro%	Proximative Person
Voice	Grammatical Voice	ArgS	Argument Structure
Polar	Polarity	Num	Number/Pluractionality
Class	Classifier	Modal	Modality
Det	Determiner	Conj	Conjunction

Finite Verb Format

	Prefixes						Suffixes
Onset	JagR	Obv%	Pro%	ArgS	Num		Class	Modal	Conj
Rhyme	TAM	Evid	Voice	Polar		Root
	Prefixes						Suffixes

Attributive Verb Format

	Prefixes					Suffixes
Onset	JagR	Obv%	ArgS	Num		Class	Modal
Rhyme	TAM	Voice	Polar		Root
	Prefixes					Suffixes

Imperative Verb Format

	Prefixes					Suffix
Onset	JagR	Obv%	ArgS	Num		Class
Rhyme	Imp	Voice	Polar		Root
	Prefixes					Suffix

Copular Noun Format 1

	Prefixes					Suffixes
Onset	Nul	Obv%	Pro%	Num		Class	Det	Conj
Rhyme	Nom	Evid	Polar		Root
	Prefixes					Suffixes

Copular Noun Format 2

	Prefixes				Suffixes
Onset	Gen	Pro%	Num		Class	Det	Conj
Rhyme	Evid	Polar		Root
	Prefixes				Suffixes

Phrasal Noun Format 1

	Prefixes				Suffixes
Onset	Nul	Obv%	Num		Class	Det
Rhyme	Nom	Polar		Root
	Prefixes				Suffixes

Phrasal Noun Format 2

	Prefixes			Suffixes
Onset	Gen	Num		Class	Det
Rhyme	Polar		Root
	Prefix			Suffixes

Pronoun Format

	Prefixes		Suffixes
Onset	O%	Num	Class	Det
Rhyme	Polar	Case
	Prefix		Suffixes

Postposition Format

	Prefix
Onset	3
Rhyme	Case

Specific Markers

Except for the initial prefix (jaguar's role or pronominal person), the prefixes come in pairs (rhyme plus onset): either both appear or neither do.

Case Roots

The case elements replace the root in pronouns and postpositions. When the pronoun is 3rd person and the case is not absolutive, at least 1 affix must be marked; otherwise, the word will be a postposition.

Case Roots

Root	Tag	Name
or	Erg	Ergative Case
as	Dat	Dative Case
en	Abs	Absolutive Case
i'	Loc	Locative Case

Jaguar's Role

Jaguar's Role Prefixes

Prefix	Tag	Name	Applies to
r-	ER-	Ergative Role	verb
s-	DR-	Dative Role
n-	AR-	Absolutive Role
k-	LR-	Locative Role
p-	Gen-	Genitive Role	noun
'-	Nul-	(no role)	both

Aspect and Mood

Argument Structure Prefixes

Prefix	Tag	Description
e-	Nom-	Nominal
an-	Aor-	Aoristic
o'-	Prf-	Perfect
íi-	Dur-	Durative
úu-	Fut-	Future
a-	Imp-	Imperative

Person Marking

Personal Prefixes

Obviative		Proximative		Description
Prefix	Tag	Prefix	Tag
m-	1O-	m-	1-	1st person
t-	2O-	t-	2-	2nd person
x-	3O-	x-	3-	3rd person
g-	Rfx-	-	-	Reflexive
'-	U-	-	-	Unspecified

Evidentiality

Evidential Prefixes

Prefix	Tag	Description
ee-	Wit-	Direct Evidential
ao-	Hrs-	Indirect Evidential
is-	EN-	Epistemic Necessity
on-	EP-	Epistemic Possibility

Grammatical Voice

Grammatical Voice Prefixes

Prefix	Tag	Description
i-	Dir-	Direct
aá-	Inv-	Inverse
ox-	Rcp-	Reciprocal

Argument Structure

The prefix pair is omitted if the grammatical voice is direct and the argument structure is active.

Argument Structure Prefixes

Prefix	Tag	Description
p-	Act-	active
r-	Auto-	autocausative

Polarity

Polarity Prefixes

Prefix	Tag	Description
o-	Pos-	Positive
ar-	Neg-	Negative
ée-	Aff-	Affirmative
aí-	PQ-	Polar Question

Number and Pluractionality

The prefix pair is omitted if the polarity is positive and the number/pluractionality is singular.

Number/Pluractional Prefixes

Prefix	Tag	Description
n-	Sg-	Singular
k-	Pc-	Paucal
s-	Pl-	Plural

Modality

Modal Suffixes

Suffix	Tag	Description
-xii	-NN	Natural Necessity
-ma	-NP	Natural Possibility
-ta	-VN	Volitive Necessity
-geh	-VP	Volitive Possibility
-si	-DN	Deontic Necessity
-no	-DP	Deontic Possibility

Determiners

A noun lacking a determiner is definite.

Determiner Suffixes

Suffix	Tag	Description
-kai	-CQ	Content Question
-CV	-Rel	Relative
-tii	-Prox	Proximal Demonstrative
-suu	-Medi	Medial Demonstrative
-naa	-Dist	Distal Demonstrative
-CV	-NR	Non-referential

Conjunctions

Conjunction Suffixes

Suffix	Tag	Description
-	-Tmp	temporal adjunct
-	-CE	cause-effect
-	-MP	means-purpose

Derivation

Nouns may be derived from verb roots by appending a classifier suffix and marking the aspect and mood as nominal (Nom-). Zero-derivation of a noun from a verb may be accomplished by just marking the aspect and mood as nominal. Conversely, zero-derivation of a verb form a noun may be accomplished by marking the aspect and mood as something other than nominal.

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