SPEL Grammar

Composition

those marked with asterisk are mandatory for phrase formation.

Phonology
Grammar Words: are of the form CV or CCVH where C is consonant, H is /h/ and V is vowel.
Root Words: are of the form HCVC or CCVC where C is consonant, H is /h/ and V is vowel.
sentence: emotions evidentials mood*
noun phrase: (root or pro-form)* suffix case*
verb phrase: (root xor copula)* (aspect or tense)*
adjective phrase: (root or pro-form)* suffix adjective-marker* case
case needs to be marked if adjective comes after the head noun, or could be confused as part of a different noun phrase.
adverbial phrase: (root or pro-form)* suffix adverb-marker*

noun
- pro-form
  - person-deixis
  - time-deixis
  - space-deixis
  - interior-deixis
  - surface-deixis
  - under-deixis
  - discourse-deixis
  - social-deixis
  - amount-deixis
  - state-deixis
  - interrogative
  - pro-phrase
  - pro-sentence
- suffixes
  - proximity
    - proximal
    - medial
    - distal
  - number
    - singular
    - dual
    - trial
    - paucal
    - plural
    - multal
    - collective
    - distributive
    - inclusive
    - exclusive
  - classifier
    - name
    - number
    - length
    - mass
    - time
    - electric current
    - temperature
    - amount-of-substance
    - luminous-intensity
  - animacy
  - volition
  - gender
  - specificity
  - definiteness
  - quantifier
    - assertive
    - elective
    - universal
    - negatory
    - alternative
- adjective marker
- adverb marker
- case
verb
- aspect
- tense
correlative conjunction
- conjunction (and)
- inclusive disjunction (and-or)
- exclusive disjunction (xor)
particle
- sentence-final-particle
  - mood
- sentence-semi-final particle
  - emotions
  - evidentials
subordinator
- genitive
- relativizer
interjection