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Marked singulars are only used for indefinite singular nouns
Marked singulars are only used for indefinite singular nouns
=== Numerals ===
There is no isolated word for "one"
=== TAM auxiliaries ===
=== TAM auxiliaries ===
Inflected for person and number (inherited from Proto-Zzeic)
Inflected for person and number (inherited from Proto-Zzeic)
=== Verbs ===
=== Verbs ===

Revision as of 04:19, 28 November 2024

In Verse:Angai, Dylathian is an extremely conservative Zzeic language (branch of the Akya-Woms family including Zzean) with a Welsh-like grammar and aesthetic. Dylathian is spoken in the Sarnathian mountain range in the borderlands of Aem-Zmaə, which contains Mt. ___, the highest mountain in Angai. Like its neighboring relatives, Dylathian is considered vital for reconstructing the early history of the Zzeic branch.

Standard Dylathian is a liturgical language of ___ (Tibetan Buddhism clone).

Phonology

Generally Welshy phonology but with ejectives and affricates; penultimate stress with vowel alternations attesting to earlier ultimate stress

Grammar

"Colloquial Welsh with classifiers"

Nouns

Most nouns have "marked singulars"; "human" has a suppletive plural

Classifiers are definite articles

Marked singulars are only used for indefinite singular nouns

Numerals

There is no isolated word for "one"

TAM auxiliaries

Inflected for person and number (inherited from Proto-Zzeic)

Verbs