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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

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/

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
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

Verbs

Tense

  • Past: -ri-
  • Future: -bli-

Connective affixes

  • "and": -urz

Syntax

Constituent order

Noun phrase

Verb phrase

Sentence phrase

Dependent clauses

Example texts

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