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===Consonants=== | ===Consonants=== | ||
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! colspan="9"|Tizian consonants | ! colspan="9"|Tizian consonants | ||
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Tizian employs grammatical consonant gradation, diachronically from tonal distinctions (namely alternation between unaspirated (commonly called "viscous") and aspirated ("dilute") consonants, of which the latter is marked with an acute accent (historical high tone), after the affected consonant) in nouns, adjectives and verbs. This gives Tizian a theoretical inventory of 50-odd consonants, exceeding Proto-Zachydic in its complexity. | Tizian employs grammatical consonant gradation, diachronically from tonal distinctions (namely alternation between unaspirated (commonly called "viscous") and aspirated ("dilute") consonants, of which the latter is marked with an acute accent (historical high tone), after the affected consonant) in nouns, adjectives and verbs. This gives Tizian a theoretical inventory of 50-odd consonants, exceeding Proto-Zachydic in its complexity. | ||
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!colspan="28"|Consonant gradation | !colspan="28"|Consonant gradation | ||
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===Vowels=== | ===Vowels=== | ||
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Four numbers are used in Tizian: generic, partitive, singulative and plurative. The generic number refers to an unspecified member or members of a set or to the whole set. The partitive number is used with quantifiers and also with the meaning "some X". Singulative and plurative respectively denote one and multiple specific items. | Four numbers are used in Tizian: generic, partitive, singulative and plurative. The generic number refers to an unspecified member or members of a set or to the whole set. The partitive number is used with quantifiers and also with the meaning "some X". Singulative and plurative respectively denote one and multiple specific items. | ||
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! colspan="17"| '''Declension''' | ! colspan="17"| '''Declension''' | ||