short: /a//e//i//o//u/

long: /a:/(written as aa)/i:/(written as ii)/o:~u:/(written as oo)

The Syllable structure of Nevotak is (C)V(C)

Although in some cases, espacially in some writting materials, dual and plural pronouns are used, there are no such distinctions in colloquial forms.

strangely, while Nevotak has no nominal plural, it has a dedicated associative plural word "ris"

however, having no nominal plural but associative plural is not impossible, Cantonese of our world also shows this pattern(as listed in WALS).

however, some dialects have an inclusive we.

the word for "one"("hi") and the word for "leading; heading; main; starting"("we") can also be used to mean "first".

all expressions for "first" in Nevotak can also be used for forming superlatives.

all of them can directly precede the modified noun:

-- hat tak ya - (the) house of that person

-- mar ya - (the) big house

-- hat tak teuz ya - (the) house built by that person

besides, the word "res" can be used for both of the genitive structure and the relative clause structure:

-- hat tak res ya - (the) house of that person

-- hat tak teuz res ya - (the) house built by that person

the word order may change into OSV or VOS to emphasize different things, and when the the subject is animate and the object is inanimate, the SOV order is also used.

However, when a verb is used as an adposition(or a coverb), the complement of the "adposition" must follow the it, and when there's no subject, the object of a verb is also obligated to follow the verb.

Verbs and nouns(especially those with spatial and temporal meanings) may be used as adpositions in other languages.

NRel exists, but RelN is the most used

RelN and NRel are used, if one wants to say "fish that eat people", one can say "bek itak ire", "bek itak res ire", "ire res bek itak", "ire res bek itak zak", "ire hat bek itak", "ire bek itak zak", etc. but the first is the main way to form relative clauses, and the way using nominalizers "tak/zak", as shown in the phrase "ire bek itak zak", is also common.

In writting, however, the use of pronouns is mostly obligatory.

the usage of passive depends on the animacy of the agent and the patient, and if the agent is expressed or not.

if the agent is an animate, then one simply move the object to the front to express passive:

-- res keb hat tak - he/they attacked the person

-- hat tak res keb - the person was attacked by him/them

if the agent is not expressed, the aux verb ez("get") is used:

-- hat tak keb - the person was hit/attacked(by someone/something)

if the agent is an inanimate, the aux verb ez("get") is used, and the agent is marked with bar("to hold"):

-- hat tak ez keb bar hi tom - the person was hit by a rock.

There are no copulas in Nevotak.