Sixth Linguifex Relay/Dodellian

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A TUZZO A LANTO 
-Poichi di Pare 

TANto SAca TULna TI, na YENta TUchi a SOti CHI la. 
RONto CAta CHANta MANto MI la PANta CHALlo MI la TI da. 
YALta CAra SULda MI la CHAta na Picha Pino Tito BRALda 
pe te CHIna nana CHUNda lala ONda MI la PENda!
RONto piti CAle, TANto CHINto quinta LALda, 
Ola TINta dalla LALda, YENta PUcha dalla TALta!

Glossary

• a = nominalization; relativizer; complementizer (not needed after a preposition)
• Poichi = (a name)
• di = for
• Pare = (a god)
• tuzzo = to speak
• lanto = to call
• mi = I; we (exc)
• chi = thou and I; we (inc)
• ti = you
• tanto = to say
• saca = thanks
• tulna = because of
• na = locative; in; on; at
• yenta = time, season
• tuchi = happy, joyous
• soti = arrive; meet
• la = plural marker
• ronto = after
• cata = walk
• chanta = wait
• manto = give effort
• panta = come
• challo = offer
• da = particle marking an event as a result or culmination of a past event
• yalta = please!
• cara = receive
• sulda = be satisfied
• chata = to pray, to request
• picha = give
• pino = work
• tito = this
• bralda = mediocre
• lala = all, whole
• pe = optative particle
• te = also; and
• china = wrath
• nana = same as na
• chunda = land
• onda = house
• penda = to cool (intransitive)
• piti = flow
• cale = sweat
• chinto = come forth
• quinta = rain
• lalda = sweet
• ola = bring
• tinta = harvest
• dalla = intensifier for adjectives
• pucha = to pass
• talta = quick

Notes

Plurals may not be marked consistently, except in pronouns.

By default, dative objects come after accusative objects. To change this, di can be used.

Dodellian uses serial verb constructions.

After the particle a, a verb must immediately follow; a-clauses use ergative syntax, with the particle po as the ergative particle.