Q'en|gài

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  • Language: Q'en|gài
  • Created: 2003
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  • Language family: personal language
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A constructed language by Henrik Theiling.

Language sources: Major: Kalaallisut (Greenlandic), Nootka, Central Pomo, Zhu|'hoansi. Minor: Arabic, Qetchua, Hungarian, Finnisch, Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, Hebrew, Gaelic, Lojban.

Polysynthesis, only one open lexical class, split-S system, click phonemes, regularity, no concord. Evidence/mood and case are mandatory, all other categories are optional. It is a pro-drop language, meaning subjects and objects may be left out to be inferred from context. The language features agent and patient incorporation and even limited adjunct incorporation.

Used in the 10th Conlang Translation Relay.

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