/r/conlangs Chat Network Relay Game - 1st Improv Relay (July 2015)

#2Bougaouga by Gwaur
BougaougaEnglish

aedugga eatpuki, augbougzaglebi oanlu

when big things become silent, our lives start to end.

a<ed><ug>ga e<at><pu>ki, a<ug><bo<ug><zag>le>bi o<an>lu

  • abi – n. life
  • ad – adj. silent
  • aga – n. thing
  • an – v. to end
  • bole – first person
  • eki – v. to become
  • et – adj. big
  • olu – v. to start
  • pu – adv. as, when
  • uk – plural
  • zak – genitive

Descriptors are infixed within what they describe, at the end of the first syllable.

If several descriptors are infixed within one word, they are in the order of adjective-number-case-possessor (nouns) or mainverb-adverb (verbs).

In case of consonant clusters of different voicings, the all the consonants mutate to the voicing of the last consonant.