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Introduction

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


Phonology

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/

Prosody

Stress

Intonation

Phonotactics

Morphophonology

Morphology

Nouns

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

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

The genitive case uses a clitic, -hai.

Syntax

Constituent order

Noun phrase

Verb phrase

Sentence phrase

Dependent clauses

Example texts

Other resources