Teutla

Teutla
Teutla
Pronunciation	[/'teu.tla/]
Created by	Nicolás Campi
Setting	Earth-like planet
Native speakers	Unknown (2009)
Language family	Cramarian Proto-Cramarian Teutla
Writing system	Latin

Teutla is a Cramarian language with a faintly mixed Nahuatl/Mayan touch. It was later to be superseded by another language Coalen, with a very similar motif and inspiration but different grammar and phonetics.

Phonology

Teutla notably preserves the alveolar/retroflex distinction for the sibilant, adding a palatal also.

Consonants

	Bilabial	Dental/Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Retroflex	Labio-Velar	Glottal
Stop	p b	t d	t͡ʃ ⟨ch⟩	k g
Fricative	f			x ⟨j⟩			h
Sibilant		s	ʃ ⟨sh⟩		ʂ ⟨x⟩
Nasal	m	n
Liquid		l r
Approximant						w

Vowels

Five vowels are distinguished with their long and short versions.

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i iː		u uː
Mid	e eː		o oː
Open		a aː

Morphosyntax

Nouns

Plural

Some plurals include a semantic distinction and can only be used with nouns of a class.

Plural	Form	IPA
inanimate concrete	-tu	[tu]
inanimate abstract	-neh	[neʰ]
animate	-tla	[tɬa]

Some plurals can be used with either.

Plural	Form	IPA	Meaning
completive	-tash	[taʂ]	All X
multative	-nech	[net͡ʃ]	A lot of X

Example texts

Sample:

shetash huaccan | chacnech ijopnej īxnen.

/ˈʃetaʃ ˈwakkan | ˈt͡ʃaknet͡ʃ iˈxopnex ˈiːʂnen/

All men are big | A lot of ashes cover his feet