Conlang Outline - Ponese

Name: Ponese
Native Name: Weir1 tsong2

A Priori or Posteriori?: The vocabulary is largely a priori, but some features are based on my limited knowledge of Mandarin.
Isolate or in a Family?: Isolate

How Many Numbers?: 2
Which Numbers?: Singular, plural, though plural marking is obligatory only on pronouns.

Native Script: Syllabary based on Hangul
Romanised?: Yes

Morphosyntactic Alignment: Primarily topic-comment, but clauses that have subjects are nominative-accusative.
Primary Word Order: VSO
Alternate Word Order: Analytic syntax locks word order fairly strictly.
Head Position: Largely head-initial
Language Type: Isolating
Secondary Type: Agglutinating

Different Registers?: No

Declined?: Not really.
Conjugated? Again, not really.

Amount of Phonemes: 36, counting tone.
How Many in Each Class?: 20 vowels, 14 consonants, 2 semivowels
Basic Syllable Structure: (C)(C)V(C)
Significant Sound Changes?:

Tonality?: Yes
Amount of Tones: 4 - Mid-high (1), rising(2), falling(3), modal (unmarked)

Affixes or (P)articles?: Particles
Where?: Before their dependents
Cases?: No

Verb Categories: No real conjugations. Tense is accomplished adverbially.

Pronouns?: Yes.
How many Persons?: 4
Genders?: 2
How many Numbers: 2 (plural marking is obligatory only on pronouns)
Clusitivity?: Yes
Proximate/Obivate Distinction?: Yes ("4th person" is obviate), and older texts show the remnants of a switch-reference system

Adjectives Agree with Nouns?: No need.

Honorifics?: Yes
Dependant on: Class (working/nobility)
Included How?: With special particles

Compounds and Derivations Frequency: Compounding is infrequent in nouns, but serial verbs are somewhat common.
Methods of Compounding: Serial
Methods of Derivation: Not sure.

Purpose of Conlang: Artlang/fanlang
Theme: The ancient language of the Earth Ponies, created for a My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic fan fiction.
Interesting Features?: Not particularly.
Problems?: Dead language that is still relevant in magic study, but isn't widely taught anymore; only a few ponies in Equestria have more than just a superficial knowledge of it.