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'''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.
The '''Taba''' /tʰa˨pa˦/ language is a heavily tonal language of Kjàt Må̀. It evolved from a monosyllabic tonal language with more complex syllables by simplifying its phonemic inventory and phonotactics but not its tones.
 
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'''
 
===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==
===Affixes===
''-in'' = topicalization
 
Possession and/or direct objects:
 
*''-íd'': 1sg
*''-ókʷ'': 2sg formal
*''-íí'': 3sg
*''-isyé'': 1pl
*''-ih₁yér'': 2pl, 2sg informal
*''-édʰo'': 3pl

Latest revision as of 16:39, 7 May 2023

The Taba /tʰa˨pa˦/ language is a heavily tonal language of Kjàt Må̀. It evolved from a monosyllabic tonal language with more complex syllables by simplifying its phonemic inventory and phonotactics but not its tones.

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