Basic Sentences

Majok is written left to right, or top to bottom and left to write when written vertically. The basic sentence structure is flexible between SVO and SOV (S = subject, O = object, V = verb), so "I like dogs." and "I dogs like." are both valid. Sentences are usually written without spaces between words. However, one can omit the join characters and instead specify multi-glyph word boundaries with spaces surrounding the word when writing in script. The join character is optional in block print. Here's an example with the sentence "I like chocolates". (chocolates = creamy + brown + sweet + plural)

 - Note that glyphs that serve a grammatical function (i.e. particles) are optional, and are placed after the word they mark usually when things need to be clarified. Interestingly, poetry in Majok often omits such words to add ambiguity.

Descriptors and Specifiers

All words that act to describe or specify something are usually placed in front of the word they describe. So you would say, "The blue in-the-tree-sitting bird happily sang a beautiful song." or "The blue in-the-tree-sitting bird a beautiful song happily sang. " But again, as long as the meaning is understandable, any order is okay, so "The blue bird (subject marker) sitting in the tree happily sang a beautiful song (object marker)." is okay too.

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