Mukako Buzo

Mukako Buzo is a language spoken by Merfolk in a group called Mukako which translated literally means "Red People" with buzo translating to tongue or speak. It is spoken in areas the Sea of Pearls, the Atsyllean Sea and other surrounding large bodies of water. While other languages spoken by Merfolk certainly exist, Mukako Buzo is currently the only known one. There is no evidence to support the hypothesis that these languages are somehow related.
The alphabet and phonetics shares a distinct similarity to that of the Traveler's Tongue with the omission of the letters <l>, <c>, , and <x> along with the inclusion of distinct symbols for <ch< and <sh>.
Mukako Buzo is a subject–object–verb language with adjectives following after the word they are attached to. The language lacks terms for "the", "am", and "are" merely implying their existence. For example a sentence such as "the red frog jumped over the blue toad while a green newt watched" would realign to "frog red toad blue jumped over while watched newt green" in the rules of Mukako Buzo.
== Verbs and suffixes ==
All verbs in Mukako Buzo end in a vowel which allows for a system of suffixes to denote variations on the base verb where it only needs to include a single new letter.
Examples of Verbs
Meaning 	Infinitive	Past Tense	Present Tense	Future Tense	Profession
Sample Word 	Cook 	Cooked 	Cooking 	Will Cook 	Cooker
fight 	Keno 	Kenor 	Kenot 	Kenos 	Kenok
Physically Moving yourself	Wosa 	Wosar 	Wosat 	Wosas 	Wosak
grab/dig 	Baso 	Basor 	Basot 	Basos 	Basok
eat 	Naso 	Nasor 	Nasot 	Nasos 	Nasok
speak 	Buzo 	Buzor 	Buzot 	Buzos 	Buzok
== Numbers ==
Opposed to the more common decimal system of Traveler's Tongue, Mukako Buzo uses a ocal system. Numeral adverbs are formed by adding an "A" to the start of a numerical adjective. For example, Chaso means "one" while Achaso means "once". 
Numbers
 	Single Digit Number	Double Digit Number	Triple Digit Number	Quadruple Digit Number
zero/nothing	Wosho 	 	 	
one 	Chaso 	Chasom 	Chason 	Chasov
two 	Tosi 	Tosim 	Tosin 	Tosiv
three 	Sute 	Sutem 	Suten 	Sutev
four 	Bena 	Benam 	Benan 	Benav
five 	Rimu 	Rimum 	Rimun 	Rimuv
six 	Yoto 	Yotom 	Yoton 	Yotov
seven 	Paza 	Pazam 	Pazan 	Pazav
eight 	Vinona 	Vinonam 	Vinonan 	Vinonav
== Colors ==
Colors
Traveler's Tongue	Mukako Buzo	Lighter variation	Darker variation
Red 	Kako 	Wokako 	Bakako
Yellow 	Toko 	Wotoko 	Batoko
Blue 	Vako 	Wovako 	Bavako
Purple 	Kavako 	Wokavako 	Bakavako
Orange 	Tokako 	Wotokako 	Batokako
Green 	Vatoka 	Wovatoka 	Bavatoka
Black 	Bako 	Wobako 	
White 	Woko 	 	Bawoko
In Mukako Buzo, there are only three color words with variations on them filling out the other colors such as color combinations and darker/lighter varations. 
== Pronouns ==
Most pronouns and honorifics derive from the word Mu which translates to "people". And one thing to keep in mind for he grammar specifically referring to pronouns is the use of the word for He/Her in it's use in Traveler's Tongue and in the role as the noun boy/girl, as well as the distinction of they/them as a pronoun from they/them when referring to a group of people.
 Personal pronouns
Person	Number 	Subject	Object	Possessive adjective	Possessive	Reflexive
First 	Singluar 	Muze 	Mus 	Muko 	Musuka 	Mukocho
First 	Plural 	Muzus 	Musuz 	Musuti 	Mutuni 	Museyi
Second	Singluar 	Muz 	Muz 	Musho 	Muche 	Muha
Second	Plural 	Muzan 	Muzan 	Mushon 	Muchen 	Muhan
Third 	Singluar (masculine)	Muvo 	Muwa 	Muvi 	Muwe 	Muvu
Third 	Plural (masculine) 	Muvosh 	Muwash	Muvish 	Muwish 	Muvush
Third 	Singluar (feminine) 	Muto 	Muba 	Muti 	Mube 	Mutu
Third 	Plural (feminine) 	Mutosh 	Mubash	Mutish 	Mubish 	Mutush
Third 	Singular (neuter) 	Muso 	Musa 	Musi 	Muse 	Musu
Third 	Plural (neuter) 	Kason 	Kuson 	Keson 	Kison 	Koson
== Loanwords ==
Because Mukako Buzo is a language spoken by Merfolk, it does not have native words for most things above the water. In the past, speakers described literally what they see. Boats, for example, were referred to as "Bako Wosat", literally translating to "black moving (thing)". In modern times, the increasing exposure to languages such as Traveler's Tongue lead to the importation of multiple loanwords.
There are two main steps in the process of importing words from Traveler's Tongue to Mukako Buzo. First is the substitution or exclusion of any /l/ phonemes. If the /l/ is located at the start of a word, it is replaced with /t/. Otherwise, the /l/ phoneme is an /r/, except if the /l/ is part of a consonant cluster. If the /l/ is part of a consonant cluster, it is simply excluded.
The second step is changing the lettering of a word to be in line with Mukako Buzo which entails spelling it as it sounds. For example, the Traveler's Tongue word "leopard" is adapted to "teperd". The spelling of verbs is adjusted to end with a vowel. If a vowel is only one letter away from the end, the ending consonant is excluded as seen with "run" becoming "ru". Should there be two or more consonants at the end of a verb, the first vowel in the word is affixed to the end of the word. Thereby, the Traveler's Tongue word "jump" becomes "jumpu".
== Naming system ==
In Mukako culture each person has a first name and a last name, the first name is commonly created by combining an adjective or a verb with a noun then using the first syllable of a word, but in the case that the first word ends in a vowel and the second word starts with one the first word shortening will also include the next consonant so something like "Shiny Apple" would become "Shina", for an example with Mukako Buzo words a common name is "Kewi" which is composed of the words "Keno" which is a noun meaning warrior or fighter and "Wiche" which is an adjective which means talented or gifted thus Kewi translates to "Gifted warrior". The last name is commonly comprised of the word for family "Samo" and a profession title after it, so for example "Samotichek" would translate to "Artist family",
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