Ninja Language

Basics

Sounds

Vowels: a e i o u
Consonants: k g t s w b m n j sh ch d f h r p y

Syllable structure

1: (C +) V
2: C + V (+ V) (+ n)
3: C + y + V
No "yy"

Word structure

1: Words must be made up of one or more syllables (no really).

Grammar

Word Order

Subject + Object + Verb
(He the apple eats)

Noun cases

Base : subject or nominative (X does)
-te : object or accusative (... is done to X)
-de : possessive or genitive

Demonstratives

Prefixes -ke (close to speaker), -su (distant to speaker) and -do (inquisitive) is added to certain words to form demonstratives (this, that, which, etc.).

Noun phrases

All noun modifiers must be placed before the head noun.

Verb Inflections

Base : No tense, present
-ka : perfect (action is completed)
-ku : future
-in : uncertain (action might happen)
-ite : negative (action will not happen)
-kare : imperative (action is a command)

Adjectives

Adjectives are actually verbs and conjugate as such
Base : Normal (red, or rather "redding")
-da : perfect (was red)
-du : future (will be red)
-nane : uncertain (is possibly red)
-nage : negative (not red)

No comparative or superlative inflections. Use "deku" - "more" or "misho" - "most"

Since the adjectives are words, the word "dasi" - "is" is mostly meaningless when assigning properties to nouns (the sentences would read like "he is redding" whereas the correct would be "he reds").

Adverbs

All adjectives in the base form can be used as adverbs by adding the suffix -kiro. It is actually the adjective's imperative form.

Pronouns

"ane" may be used to reference the previous topic or subject
"oma" references the previous object

Reflexive pronouns

There is only one reflexive pronoun; jabun. It can also mean "I"

Topic or subject

If the particle -na is used, then that is the topic. The topic must always be in the beginning of a sentence. -na also indicates emphasis on the action.

If -ta is used instead of -na, then it indicates that this (and only this) is the subject.

Objects, locatives, instrumentals

The direct object of verbs is indicated by -a. With motion verbs it can also mean "through", etc. when used with motion verbs.

Locative is indicated by -ji. It can mean "to", "in", etc. A location, in space or time

-wa means instrumental, that is the verb is done using it.
E.g: "I go by train", "I swim in the sea", "I'll win in a minute"

Conjunctions

ko : and (sentences)
e : and (words etc.)
to : or (exclusive)
dato : or (inclusive and/or)
dame : but
geto : before
atto : after
tsuka : than

Sentence final particles

ryu, rya, ryo : turns a declaritive sentence into a question (you are weird, yes?) ryu = neutral, rya = suggests positive answers (yes), ryo = suggests negative answer (no)
che : adds emotional or empathic impact to sentence (you didn't, did you!)
yo : used for extra emphasis

Questions

Simple yes/no-questions are formed by the rya, rya or ryo particles.
Other questions are formed by moving the subject of the verb to after the verb (I there go => there go I?)

Numerals

The ninjas use a base-10 system (though in ancient times they used base-14, as they had ten fingers and four toes with their boots on). Numbers are read from left to right, ie: 1307 = "one thousand, three hundred (zero tens) and seven"