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*com: ''tingka'''nar''''', ''ääny'''när'''''
*com: ''tingka'''nar''''', ''ääny'''när'''''
*ins: ''tingka'''ttu''''', ''ääny'''tty'''''
*ins: ''tingka'''ttu''''', ''ääny'''tty'''''
*ess: ''tingka'''val''''', ''äány'''väl'''''
*ess: ''tingka'''val''''', ''ääny'''väl'''''


The plural is formed with ''-ṇṭO'': ''tingkaṇṭo'', ''äänyṇṭö''.
The plural is formed with ''-ṇṭO'': ''tingkaṇṭo'', ''äänyṇṭö''.

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Todo

Ypyḷḷityyn = a place name?

aikataaḷ = a vagrant

Iki aikamainta kyy = the man is wandering

Introduction

A priori language ([tiŋkaʈkiramai] 'mother language') is a language inspired aesthetically by Finnish and Tamil. It is spoken by a tribe of dwarves in the Tolkienian fantasy world of Rotunu.

Numbers: 0: riemy 1: aintu 2: lyönty 3: vaṭṭu 4: jäämy 5: kuovu 6: töḷḷy 7: naamu 8: ympy 9: marru 10: iiky

Phonology

Orthography

Consonants

A priori language consonants
  Labial Dental Retroflex Palatal Velar
Nasal m /m/ n /n̪/ /ɳ/ nj /ɲ/ ng /ŋ/
Plosive p /p~b/ t /t̪~d̪/ /ʈ~ɖ/ tj /c/ k /k~g~x/
Trill/Flap r /ɾ~r/ /ɻ/
Approximant v /ʋ/ l /l̪/ /ɭ/ j /j/

/p t̪ ʈ c k/ are voiceless word-initially, as geminates and before consonants, and voiced otherwise.

Vowels

/ɑ e i o u æ ø y/ a e i o u ä ö ü

There is vowel harmony in roots and suffixes: e i are neutral, a o u are back vowels, and ä ö y are the front counterparts of a o u. A word with only neutral vowels is considered to be a front-vowel word.

Prosody

Stress

A priori language has no phonemic stress.

Intonation

Phonotactics

Morphophonology

Morphology

Nouns

  • nom: tingka 'mother', ääny 'son'
  • gen: tingkako, ääny
  • ade: tingkavuur, äänyjyyr
  • abl: tingkava, ääny
  • all: tingkarru, äänyrry
  • ine: tingkantu, äänynty
  • ela: tingkaḷpa, äänyḷpä
  • ill: tingkatan, äänytän
  • com: tingkanar, äänynär
  • ins: tingkattu, äänytty
  • ess: tingkaval, äänyväl

The plural is formed with -ṇṭO: tingkaṇṭo, äänyṇṭö.

Pronouns

  • tai, ymy, äḷä, taiṇṭo, ymyṇṭö, äḷäṇṭö
    • taijuur ain nyömäi = I have a dream

Verbs

puu = to do

kyy = to be

Derivational morphology

  • -mAi: deverbal noun
    • kiramai "language"; nyömäi "dream"

Syntax

Constituent order

Noun phrase

A priori language uses an indefinite article ain. There is no definite marker.

Verb phrase

Sentence phrase

Dependent clauses

Example texts

Other resources