Since I am an engineer and not a linguist, a made the embarrassing mistake of not realizing the roots of a language also count as morphemes and not just the affixes, articles, etc. So my idea for building an Oligosynthetic language went out the window.

Now I am trying to see in my language would qualify as a minlang. The basics of the language is this:

1. Minimal roots - 150 verbs, less than 500 nouns, and about 150 adverbs, adjectives and conjunctions/prepositions

2. Limited number of affixes that impart complex meanings - about 100

3. A defined grammar, syntax and order of affixes to create words and meanings

4. A method of combining roots/affixes to create complex concepts and ideas

5. Logical construction, at least in my mind but someone might argue differently.

Here is an example of how the language can create words from a single root verb (to LEARN [jen]):

nāl jū'ōn sūjen ōl lijenon il jenonēs, mōdē dūjen il dōjād jū'ōn sēlādūjen ōl lodūjen, dūjan lājen nējēn ēz lējenūl, il dūjenoneb lidūjenon ōl lidūjenūl.

Translation:

When you read and comprehend the books of literature, apply the information learned from your education and can write the prose of your wisdom, you become the master of instruction and teaching.