Classical Talothic

Dalitian
talothíkos
ýta talothíki
Pronunciation	[[w:Help:IPA|ˈy.ta ta.loˈθi.ci]]
Created by	Limius
Setting	Avrid
Native to	Dalitia
Ethnicity	Talothic
Language family	Maro-Ephenian Talothic Dalitian
Early forms	Proto-Maro-Ephenian Proto-Talothic Classical Dalitian

Dalitian, also known as Talothic, or ýta talothíki (Talothic language) is a Maro-Ephenian Language spoken primarily by about 5 million people in Dalitia, as well as small communities throughout Avrid. It is closely related to Aeranir, and throughout history was considered an important language for art, trade, and philosophy.

Phonology

Consonants

Classical consonant phonemes

		Labial	Alveolar	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	voiced	mh /m̥/	nh /n̥/
	voiceless	m /m/	n /n/
Stop	aspirate	ph /pʰ/	th /tʰ/	kh /kʰ/
	plain	p /p/	t /t/	k /k/
	voiced	b /b/	d /d/	g /g/
Fricative			s /s/		h /h/
Trill	voiceless		rh /r̥/
	voiced		r /r/
Approximate	voiceless		lh /l̥/
	voiced		l /l/

Modern consonant phonemes

		Labial	Dental	Alveolar	Velar
Nasal		m /m/		n /n/
Stop	voiceless	p /p/		t /t/	k /k/
	voiced/ prenasal	b /ᵐb/		d /ⁿd/	g /ᵑɡ/
Fricative	voiceless	f /f/	th /θ/	s /s/	kh /x/
	voiced	v /v/	dh /ð/	z /z/	gh /ɣ/
Trill				r /r/
Approximate				l /l/

Vowels

Classical vowel phonemes

	Front		Central		Back
	long	short	long	short	long	short
Close	i /i/	ī /iː/	u /ʉ/	ū /ʉː/
Mid-close	e /e/	ei /eː/			o /o/	ou /oː/
Mid-open		ē /ɛː/				ō /ɔː/
Open			a /ä/	ā /äː/

Modern vowel phonemes

	Front		Central	Back
	plain	round
Close	i /i/	y /y/		u /u/
Mid	e /e̞/			o /o̞/
Open			a /ä/

Verbs

Talothic verbs have lexical aspect, meaning that verbs are inherently marked with either the imperfective or perfective aspects.