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=== Nouns ===
=== Nouns ===
ďháp = stone
ďháp = stone
* Absolutive: ďháp, ďhápe, ďhápa
* Absolutive: ďháp, ďhápe, ďhápá
* Ergative: ďhápý, ďhápahá, ďhápách
* Ergative: ďhápý, ďhápahá, ďhápách
* Accusative: ďhápech, ďhápáu, ďhápou
* Accusative: ďhápech, ďhápáu, ďhápou

Revision as of 10:27, 15 July 2022

A conlang by Ebdal; Czech + Sanskrit hybrid gib

Gibberish

Bhamahá tršvý nouchántišétou sné prlášámaštíchéh padhrtiný

Phonology

→ PoA
↓ Manner
Labial Dental/Alveolar Postalveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal m /m/ n /n/ ň, ni /ɲ/ [ŋ]
Plosive tenuis p /p/ t /t/ č /tʃ/ ť, ti /c/ k /k/
voiced b /b/ d /d/ /dʒ/ ď, di /ɟ/ g /g/
breathy bh /bʱ/ dh /dʱ/ džh /dʒʱ/ ďh, dhi /ɟʱ/
Fricative unvoiced [f] s /s/ š /ʃ/ [ç] ch /x/
voiced v /v/ ž /ʒ/ j /j~ʝ/ h /ɦ/
Liquid l /l/, r /r/ ř /(Czech ř)/ ľ, li /ʎ/

Consonants: identical to Czech (add ľ bh dh džh ďh, but h < gh), but j = [ʝ~ç]. No Auslautverhärtung.

d dh t n l + i í pronounced as if written ď ďh ť ň ľ + i í; ý is non-palatalizing í

Vowels: a e i u á é í/ý ú ů ej ou áj áu, acute = long vowel (u, ú, ů, ou, áu = ɯ, ɯː, uː, ɔw, aːw), l ĺ r ŕ = syllabic liquids

Grammar

Ilithian is a highly inflected language like Czech and Sanskrit, and also has inflectional and derivational ablaut like Sanskrit. It has tripartite alignment and its verbs inflect for honorific/politness level distinctions as well as tense.

Nouns

ďháp = stone

  • Absolutive: ďháp, ďhápe, ďhápá
  • Ergative: ďhápý, ďhápahá, ďhápách
  • Accusative: ďhápech, ďhápáu, ďhápou
  • Dative: ďhápů, ďhápaná, ďhapám
  • Allative: ďhápr, ďhápat, ďhápání
  • Locative: ďhápej, ďhápabhou, ďhápabh
  • Ablative: ďhápaný, ďhápří, ďhápla
  • Instrumental: ďhápl, ďhápří, ďhápla
  • Comitative: ďhápaš, ďhapašá, ďhapetou
  • Vocative: ďhápo, ďhápe, ďhápach