Taba

Taba
dʰóódʰelo wisedʰés
Setting	Verse:Tricin
Language family	Dodellic Taba

Dodellian (native name dʰóódʰelo wisedʰés) is one of the two official languages of Dodellia (the other being Clofabosin). It's inspired phonologically by PIE and Algonquian languages, and its grammar is head-marking and head-final like Turkic languages.

It is related to Shalian.

ǵʰyél "house"

h₂owbʰés ǵʰyelíí "the king's house"

Phonology

Consonants

p b bʰ t d dʰ ḱ ǵ ǵʰ k g gʰ kʷ gʷ gʷʰ s ś h₁ h₂ h₃ l r m n w y /pʰ p~b bʰ tʰ t~d dʰ cɕʰ cɕ~ɟʑ ɟʑʰ kʰ k~g gʰ kʷʰ kʷ~gʷ gʷʰ s ɕ h χ xʷ l r m n w j/

Vowels

e o ee oo i u ii uu ei ou eu oi /ɛ ɔ~ə~ʌ æ: ɑ: ɪ ʊ i: u: ɛi ɔu œy ʌi/

Acute accents mark lexical stress.

Grammar

Cases

neséh₃t 'tree'

Topic	neséh₃tin
Nominative	neséh₃too
Accusative	neséh₃t
Illative	neséh₃teh₁i
Inessive	neséh₃teel
Elative	neséh₃teeleś
Allative/Dative	neséh₃teh₁enh₂
Adessive	neséh₃teenh₂
Ablative	neséh₃teenh₂eś
Instrumental/Comitative	neséh₃toobʰ
Essive	neséh₃tiǵʰ
Translative	neséh₃tenḱ
Abessive	neséh₃tmeh₃k

Pronominal suffixes

Possession and/or direct objects:

• -ól: 1sg
• -ókʷ: 2sg formal
• -íí: 3sg
• -isyé: 1pl
• -ih₁yér: 2pl, 2sg informal
• -édʰo: 3pl

• ǵʰyelól = my house
• ǵʰyelókʷ = your house
• ǵʰyelíí = his/her house
• ǵʰyelisyé = our house
• ǵʰyelih₁yér = your house
• ǵʰyelédʰo = their house