Minankil / Sāsjki

Pronouns:

	Singular	Dual	Plural
1.P	man	mit	mine
2.P	dī	dit	dine
3.P human	sin	sit	sine
3.P inhuman	da	dat	dan

Only the copula lej - to be - declines by person:

	Singular	Dual	Plural
1.P	man le - I am	mit le - we two are	mine li - we are
2.P	dī li	dit li	dine li
3.P human	sin li	sit li	sine li
3.P inhuman	da lō	dat lō	dan lō

There is no overt marking of definite vs indefinite, so a noun like ōmer can mean both a boy and the boy.

Pluralisation of nouns can either follow a weak, irregular or a strong pattern. The weak pattern follows this principle:
Umlaut of initial vowel, gemination of final consonant, suffixation of -i or -e.
Umlaut is predictable by these rules:
ī -> i, ū -> u, ō -> o, ā -> a (shortening of long vowels)
u -> o, o -> a (lowering)
i -> i, e -> e, a -> a (no change).

Gemination is a lengthening of the consonant except in nasals where it is a preocclusion:
gume -> gopmi (friend(s)), nan -> nadne (child(ren)).

The irregular pattern is somewhat unpredictable, but the plural is a clear modification of the singular. Examples:
ōmer -> ombe (boy(s)), nej -> nidde (girl(s)), bīber -> bibe (day(s)), sjaske -> sjaskaj (boat(s)).

The strong pattern is a suppletive form for the plural; ie a different root entirely. Examples:
mān -> albe (man/men), jāri -> sū (lake(s)).

There are four marked nominal cases, marked by suffixation with different forms on singular and plural nouns. Where the plural form of the noun is weak, the singular form of the noun is used with plural marking. Core case markings (absolutive/accusative or similar) are absent and rely on word order S/AV(O). Case marking:

Case	singular marking	plural marking	Example of usage
Locative	-ses	-sesse	fotses - in (the/a) city, fotsesse - in (the) cities
Genitive	-(n)an	-(n)anne	mānan sjap - (the) man's hat , albenanne sjappi - (the) men's hats
Illative	-da	-dadde	jukda - towards (the/a) river, jukdadde - towards (the) rivers
Comitative	-(n)in	-(n)igge	nejin - (together) with (the) girl, niddinigge - (together) with (the) girls

The concept of having is expressed by marking the posessor in locative: manses lō sjaske - at me is a boat / I have a boat.

Numbers:
1 - otta
2 - gōte
3 - gulbe
4 - nilla
5 - bīta
6 - setta
7 - sami
8 - edne
9 - nabe
10 - lōhi
11 - lojatta
12 - lojōte
13 - loja gulbe
14 - loja nilla
15 - loja bīta
16 - loja setta
17 - loja sami
18 - loja edne
19 - loja nabe
20 - gōlohi
21 - gōlohi jatta
22 - gōlohi jōte
etc