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

a-nouns

lêda - house
	Indefinite		Definite
	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lêda	lêdat	lêdal	lêdatul
Accusative	lêdâk	lêdatûk	lêdalûk	lêdatulûk
Dative	lêdan	lêdatun	lêdalun	lêdatulun
Locative	lêdad	lêdatud	lêdalud	lêdatulud
Ablative	lêdâl	lêdatûl	lêdalûl	lêdatulûl
Genitive	lêda-hai	lêdat-hai	lêdal-hai	lêdatul-hai
"and"	lêda-ishi	lêdat-ishi	lêdal-ishi	lêdatul-ishi

i-nouns

gulbi - fruit
	Indefinite		Definite
	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural
Nominative	gulbi	gulbit	gulbil	gulbitul
Accusative	gulbîk	gulbitûk	gulbilûk	gulbitulûk
Dative	gulbin	gulbitun	gulbilun	gulbitulun
Locative	gulbid	gulbitud	gulbilud	gulbitulud
Ablative	gulbîl	gulbitûl	gulbilûl	gulbitulûl
Genitive	gulbi-hai	gulbit-hai	gulbil-hai	gulbitul-hai
"and"	gulbi-ishi	gulbit-ishi	gulbil-ishi	gulbitul-ishi

u-nouns

tablu - tree
	Indefinite		Definite
	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural
Nominative	tablu	tablut	tablul	tablutul
Accusative	tablûk	tablutûk	tablulûk	tablutulûk
Dative	tablun	tablutun	tablulun	tablutulun
Locative	tablud	tablutud	tablulud	tablutulud
Ablative	tablûl	tablutûl	tablulûl	tablutulûl
Genitive	tablu-hai	tablut-hai	tablul-hai	tablutul-hai
"and"	tablu-ishi	tablut-ishi	tablul-ishi	tablutul-ishi

Verbs

Tense

• Past: -ri-
• Future: -bli-

Connective affixes

• "and": -urz