Talk:Tabiṛ

Introduction

Diltiazem is a Wakanic language spoken in eastern Cuadhlabh. It's inspired by Black Speech and is related to Verapamil.

Phonology

Consonants

Tabiṛ has 19 consonants.

		Labial	Dental	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		m /m/	n /n/			[ŋ]
Plosive	voiceless	p /p/	t /t/			k /k/
	voiced	b /b/	d /d/			g /g/
Fricative	voiceless		th /θ/	s /s/	sh /ʃ/	kh /x/	h /h~ɦ/
	voiced	v /v/		z /z/		gh /ɣ/
Trill				r /r/
Approximant			l /l/		y /j/

Vowels

The vowels are similar to the Sanskrit system: a i u â î û ê ô ai au /ɐ e~i o~u aː iː uː eː oː ɐi ɐu/

Morphology

Nouns

Definite nouns suffix -(u)l to the stem: tain 'a person (nom)', tainul 'the person (nom)', tainatul 'the people (nom)'

Consonant nouns

tain - human
	Indefinite		Definite
	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural
Nominative	tain	tainat	tainul	tainatul
Accusative	tainûk	tainatûk	tainulûk	tainatulûk
Dative	tainun	tainatun	tainulun	tainatulun
Locative	tainud	tainatud	tainulud	tainatulud
Ablative	tainûl	tainatûl	tainulûl	tainatulûl
Genitive	tain-hai	tainat-hai	tainul-hai	tainatul-hai
"and"	tain-ishi	tainat-ishi	tainul-ishi	tainatul-ishi

Vowel nouns?

gulbi - fruit
	Indefinite		Definite
	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural
Nominative	gulbi	gulbiyat	gulbil	gulbilat
Accusative	tainûk	tainatûk	tainulûk	tainatulûk
Dative	tainun	tainatun	tainulun	tainatulun
Locative	tainud	tainatud	tainulud	tainatulud
Ablative	tainûl	tainatûl	tainulûl	tainatulûl
Genitive	tain-hai	tainat-hai	tainul-hai	tainatul-hai
"and"	tain-ishi	tainat-ishi	tainul-ishi	tainatul-ishi

Verbs

Tense

• Past: -ri-
• Future: -bli-

Connective affixes

• "and": -urz