Ring C: 6/11: Escinet

Two notes: Two  neighbouring vowels are
contracted: The first one is lengthened, the
second one is disappearing. Endings whose vowel
is marked with brackets lose their vowel without
lengthending of the preceding one. Generally,
sounds of affixes marked with brackets are purely
optional.
If two similar consonants would appear in a row,
only one of them is written. Thus, teloksan-ni
becomes teloksani. Beware, /ts/ is always written
"c", even if it is the result of additional
affixes.

Escinet is a ergative-absolutive language with 
S-V-O word order. Since its nouns are marked with 
case endings, word order is not very strict.  
Adjectives come before the noun they describe.

Nouns are marked with cases. In this text, the following cases appear:
The absolutive (no suffix in the singular, -ni in 
the plural) which is used for objects in 
transitive sentences and the subject in 
intransitive sentences.
The ergative (ending -um) for the subject of transitive sentences.
The genetive (suffix -sa) marks attributes
The dative (ending -od) if something  is done for 
someone, in his favour or it is a goal. A dative 
can also mark the possessor of something.
The temporalis or locative (ending -(e)g) is used 
for spatial or temporal expressions, i.e. how 
long is something going on or where do I come 
from etc.
The instrumental case (ending -(w)u) marks 
something that was used to achieve the described 
action.
The adverbial case (-che) is used to transform 
nouns or adjectives in adverbs; some can be used 
as conjunctions as well.

Compounds are formed by combining roots. The last
root is the determined one, the earlier roots the 
determiners.

Adjectives
Adjectives use the same case declensions as 
nouns. The elative has the ending -eng and is 
used if something is "very Š" or "too Š".

Verbs are marked for mood, evidentiality and 
aspect. In the text, the following affixes appear:

-è imperative mood
-haz potientialis mood: a likely action (i can do sthg.)
-esp optative mood: a desired action ( i want to do sthg.)
modal endings come directly after the word root

-o evidential ending: this marks something one
tells although one does not know it firsthand, 
i.e. someone told him.
-be evidential ending: something the speaker has 
witnessed himself, or he is so sure of it as if
he had witnessed it himself.
Evidential endings come always last.

Ca: reduplication for perfect action, i.e. it has 
happened but its effects are still noticeable. 
The reduplication works this way: You doube the 
first consonant of the word and insert an "a" in 
between, e.g. shert > shashert
Co: infix for inchoative action, i.e. it begins 
or is just to begin, or I try to do it. The infix
works this way: You take the first consonant and, 
insert it after the vowel of the word root, 
followed by an "o", e.g. shert > sheshort
ê: for durative action, that is action that is 
ongoing for a while, the vowel of the word root 
is lengthenend.

Deverbal nouns can be formed by adding -s to the 
root and changing the vowel: e becomes è, a 
becomes ò.

esna-construction: esna + plat is frequently used 
as dummy phrase, like "there is" or "it is".