Logical Connectives
The binary logical connectives are as follows:
| Logical Operation | Grammatical Conjunction |
|---|---|
| conjunction (ᴀɴᴅ) | sɪsɪ ⟨sɪ⟩ — and… |
| disjunction (ᴏʀ) | zovzov ⟨zov⟩ — or… |
| exclusive disjunction (xᴏʀ) | draðdrað ⟨drað⟩ — exclusive or… |
| material implication (ɪᴍᴘʟʏ) | ŋazŋaz ⟨ŋaz⟩ — if; implies… |
| material biconditional (xɴᴏʀ) | juθjuθ ⟨juθ⟩ — if and only if… |
Note
Binary logical connectives are the only true grammatical conjunctions in Najan. Other semantic relationships between phrases or clauses are expressed using prepositional phrases.
There is one unary connective, txətxə ⟨txə⟩ — notnot, which indicates logical negation (ɴᴏᴛ).
The logical constants ᴛʀᴜᴇ and ꜰᴀʟꜱᴇ, which can be considered nullary logical connectives, are expressed using the verbs jʊjʊ ⟨jʊ⟩ — yes; true… and txəytxəy ⟨txəy⟩ — no; false…, respectively.