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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' ('' | '''{{PAGENAME}}''' (''Dîthâabh'' /diː˧˩θ{{ret}}aːaβ˥˩/ is a language of [[Verse:Méich Bhaonnáiqh]] (Bech Baddochaqh?) inspired by Iau, Proto-Lakes Plain, Formor's avian conlang C’ą̂ą́r and Semitic languages (particularly chanted Tiberian Hebrew). It's the ceremonial language of uplifted birds of the space colony Bădháchôth. | ||
==Todo== | ==Todo== | ||
A reading tradition of Ditab with a Modern Hebrew accent: no tones or vowel or consonant length (so there will be a lot of ambiguity; Ditab isn't actually spoken that way) | A reading tradition of Ditab with a Modern Hebrew accent: no tones or vowel or consonant length (so there will be a lot of ambiguity; Ditab isn't actually spoken that way) | ||
* | * odhubh cabhechoth (fill in tones and vowel lengths) -> oduv kvekhot | ||
==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
{{PAGENAME}} has | {{PAGENAME}} has | ||
* 5 consonants: | * 5 consonants: | ||
** rostral (beak) | ** voiced rostral (beak) fricative: b{{lowered}} (written ''m'') | ||
** voiced apico-palatal stop: d | ** voiced apico-palatal stop: d | ||
** voiceless apico-palatal stop: t | ** voiceless apico-palatal stop: t | ||
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There is no grammatical gender, and two declension classes: | There is no grammatical gender, and two declension classes: | ||
* Class one nouns mark the construct state with the suffix ''- | * Class one nouns mark the construct state with the suffix ''-bẽ́''. | ||
* Class two nouns mark the ''absolute'' state with ''- | * Class two nouns mark the ''absolute'' state with ''-bẽ́''. | ||
Verbs inflect by aspect but not tense. Curiously, the imperfective and perfective forms are interchanged when the verb follows the interrogative particle ''củ-'', the negative particle '' | Verbs inflect by aspect but not tense. Curiously, the imperfective and perfective forms are interchanged when the verb follows the interrogative particle ''củ-'', the negative particle ''bách-'' or the conjunctive particle ''ădhùbh-'', or other preverbs/conjunctions, reminiscent of Old Irish verb allomorphy. | ||
Ditab has Slavic-style verbs of motion: walk, run, fly, soar, fly by flapping wings, travel by a vehicle, swim, ... each with a unidirectional and a multidirectional counterpart. | Ditab has Slavic-style verbs of motion: walk, run, fly, soar, fly by flapping wings, travel by a vehicle, swim, ... each with a unidirectional and a multidirectional counterpart. | ||