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{{PAGENAME}} uses an indefinite article ''ain''. There is no definite marker.
{{PAGENAME}} uses an indefinite article ''ai''. There is no definite marker.


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===Verb phrase===

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Todo

Ypyḷḷityyn = a place name?

njokanaaḷ = a vagrant

Iki njokamainta 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: riemü 1: aintu 2: lüöntü 3: vaṭṭu 4: jäämü 5: kuovu 6: töḷḷü 7: naamu 8: ümpü 9: marru 10: iikü

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/
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. /k/ can be [x] intervocallically.

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 ü 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

  • nominative: tingka 'mother', äänü 'son'
  • genitive: tingkako, äänü
  • adessive: tingkavuur, äänüjüür
  • ablative: tingkava, äänü
  • allative: tingkarru, äänürrü
  • inessive: tingkantu, äänüntü
  • elative: tingkaḷpa, äänüḷpä
  • illative: tingkatan, äänütän
  • comitative: tingkanar, äänünär
  • instrumental: tingkattu, äänüttü
  • essive: tingkanal, äänünäl

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

Pronouns

  • tai, ümü, äḷä, taiṇṭo, ümüṇṭö, äḷäṇṭö = 1sg, 2sg, 3sg, 1pl, 2pl, 3pl
    • taijuur ain nyömäi = I have a dream

Verbs

  • puu = does
  • küü = is
  • nüö = dreams
  • ṭolu = eats

Adjectives

Adjectives conjugate like verbs.

  • jäkä = good
  • unja = bad
  • äälä = big
  • ingku = small

Derivational morphology

  • -mAi: deverbal noun
    • kiramai "language"; nüömäi "dream"
  • -nAAḷ, -nAAḷU-: agent noun
    • kiranaaḷ: "speaker"

Syntax

Constituent order

Noun phrase

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

Verb phrase

Sentence phrase

Dependent clauses

Example texts

Other resources