So, I'm starting a new conlang because I haven't done so in a while. It's probably the closest I've come to creating a polysynthetic language.
The basic word order is probably SVO, leaning towards SOV, but it's otherwise pretty free due to inflections. It's also an active-stative language, specifically a fluid-s language.
Orthography and phonology:
Nasals:
<m mm n nn> /m m: n n:/
Plosives:
<p pp ph b bb bh> /p p: pʰ b b: bʱ/
<t tt th d dd dh> /t t: tʰ d d: dʱ/
<k kk kh g gg gh> /k k: kʰ g g: gʱ/
Affricates:
<c cc ch ʒ ʒʒ ʒh> /ts ts: tsʰ dz dz: dzʱ/
<č čč čh ǯ ǯǯ ǯh>/tɕ tɕ: tɕʰ dʑ dʑ: dʑʱ/
Fricatives:
<s ss z zz š šš ž žž h hh ǧ ǧǧ x xx* ř řř> /s s: z z: ɕ ɕ: ʑ ʑ: x x: ɣ ɣ: χ χ: ʁ ʁ:/
Liquids and approximants:
<l ll ł łł r rr jj ww> /l l: ɬ ɬ: ɾ ɾ: j j: w w:/
Vowels: <a e i o u y> /a e i o u ə/
Tones: low (not marked) and high: á é í ó ú ý
*I don't really like to use <x> and especially <xx> but I've no idea what else to use that would fit nicely. <ǩ> and <ȟ" are even more terrible than <x>, and I might use <ḫ> to indicate aspiration anyway.
And below are some preliminary sketches about the grammar:
Nouns:
Morphological cases: agentive, patientive, genitive, dative
Numbers: singular, paucal, plural
Genders: feminine, non-feminine
Nominal chain:
possessive-negative-ROOT-derivational gender-derivational classifier-number-pejorative/meliorative/approbative-approximative-diminutive/augmentative-tense-(restrictive/coordinative)-cases-postpositions-contrastive-(restrictive-coordinative)-[topical non-subject?]
Verbs:
Verbs are still mostly undecided, but I have the verbal chain done:
relative-agentive*-negation-ROOT-valency**-patientive*-dative*-locative*-reflexive/reciprocal-degree I-passive-verbal classifier-aspect I***-mood and tense-epistemic/deontic-determinative-degree II-aspect II-switch reference-emphatics
*includes gender, number and person
**includes causative and other transitivity-changing markers
***mostly spatial aspectual markers
I'll post more as I figure it out