Verse:Hmøøh/Dodellian

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Dodellian (dudiĺźä śmäsin) is a language spoken in Cuadhlabh which influenced Clofabosin. Numbers: 0: vüzın 1: sumın 2: laśın 3: t́uvın 4: prülın 5: aruzın 6: räśvın 7: faiźın 8: amśın 9: üravın 10: ńävdın 11: makśın 12: pranın

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  • gatrın = thanks (Clofabosin -gatran 'thanks to')
  • grälın = trail (Clofabosin -grel, -grelor "according to")
  • däśmärpın = agreement (däś-: 'co-, con-' + märpın 'mind')
  • märpäntın = probability
  • -äntın = -liness, -ability
  • asnuźam = to study
  • nińt́äźam = to observe (a rule), to celebrate (a holiday), to customarily do something
  • nusmam = to lead
  • distuźam = to move (intransitive)
  • -śibın = agentive
  • -ıtä? (for Clofab suffixes ending in -ate)
  • -bänam (Clofab -bendan) = causative?
    • ad́ın, märin, pimaźam? > ad́ıbänam, märibänam, pimabänam > Clofab adibendan, meribendan, pimobendan
  • -aźam (Clofab -azam)

Phonology

Orthography

Consonants

Hmøøh/Dodellian consonants
Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal m /m/ n /n/ ń /nʲ~ɲ/ [ŋ]
Plosive voiceless p /p/ t /t/ /tʲ~tɕ/ k /k/ ʔ /ʔ/
voiced b /b/ d /d/ /dʲ~dʑ/ g /g/
Fricative voiceless f /f/ s /s/ ś /sʲ~ɕ/
voiced v /v~ʋ/ z /z/ ź /zʲ~ʑ~j/
Lateral l /l/ ĺ /lʲ~ʎ/
Flap r /ɾ/

Vowels

Front Back
unrounded rounded unrounded rounded
Close i /i/ ü /y/ ı /ɨ~ə/ u /u/
Open ä /æ/ a /ɑ/

Old Dodellian also had the vowels ė, e, o, ö pronounced /e, ə, o, ø/ but these merged with i, ı, u, ü in the modern language.

Unlike the western dialects, Standard Dodellian lacks vowel harmony.

Ban ı word-initially?

Prosody

Stress

Intonation

Phonotactics

Morphophonology

Morphology

Nouns

śirın - city
Nominative śirın
Accusative śir
Genitive śirid
Dative śirar
Locative śirınt
Instrumental śiraśvir


äfän - way, road, path
Nominative äfän
Accusative äfä
Genitive äfäźid
Dative äfäźar
Locative äfänt
Instrumental äfäźaśvir

Verbs

declarative -am

interrogative -ıni

conjunctive -äl

Syntax

Constituent order

Noun phrase

Verb phrase

Sentence phrase

Dependent clauses

Examples

Büzın uĺiädıś bükśadid fańar ıkśaram. = 'I speak about love and hate'

Äsnın büzinir bätıni? (-ıni = question marker)

śirın 'settlement'

Aśvın (a name)

Fitun (a name)

Patin (a name)

some words:

tükśätın 'debt'

märpäntın 'probability'

Other resources