Wụúgụ

Wụūgụ (Eng: Wugu /wu.gu/, Yowugu: yōwụūgụ /ˌjo˥ˈwuː˨˦.gu˩/) is a language spoken by the Yōoŋwẹ (/ˈjoː˥˧.ŋwe˩/, lit. river-people), who live on a major river delta. It is the official language of the TBD:Kingdom Name Kingdom, and the primary language of the city of TBD:City Name (at the mouth of the river), with approximately 75% of the city's population speaking it as a first language.

The writing system of Wụūgụ is an Abugida. As per most languages in TBD:Setting Name it is written top-to-bottom, in columns that go from left to right.

Wụūgụ is strongly clause chaining, utilising a wide variety of converbs as well as switch reference markers.

It's nouns are divided into 4 noun classes - Avian, Aquatic, Misc. Animate, Inanimate. People are part of the Avian class - TBD if this is just cultural/religious, or if this has some broader implications for the worldbuilding.

Dialects
Wụūgụ has 3 major dialects:


 * River kingdom dialect
 * Lake dialect
 * Mountain dialect

The documentation here will focus mostly on the River kingdom dialect.