Tluh-buhd-tahch

Tluh-buhd-tahch (ƛəbədt̓ač) is an Indo-European language spoken in Lõis' Romania and Ukraine. It's inspired by Lushootseed and Romanian.

Phonology

Lushootseed + /r/

Nouns

Tluh-buhd-tahch nouns inflect for definiteness, number and case. There is no grammatical gender. Plurals may be irregular but the most common plural suffix is -əb.

A sample noun: dəqʷt 'night'

• (ʔə) dəqʷt: (a) night (indef. sg. nom./acc.)
• dəqʷtəb: nights (indef. pl. nom./acc.)
• ʔədi dəqʷt: of/to a night (indef. sg. gen./dat.)
• ʔə(də)bus dəqʷtəb: of/to nights (indef. sg. gen./dat.)
• dəqʷt·s: the night (def. sg. nom./acc.)
• dəqʷtəb·s: the nights (def. pl. nom./acc.)
• dəqʷt·əy: of/to the night (def. sg. gen./dat.)
• dəqʷtəb·us: of/to the nights (def. pl. gen./dat.)

Some etymologically feminine nouns pluralize in -x̌əb:

• t̓ač (language), plural t̓ačx̌əb
• təwt (people, tribe), plural təwtx̌əb

Some nouns have irregular plurals, and the genitive singular is the same as the plural minus -əb:

• pəduba (breath), plural pədwaǰəb
• səx̌ʷi (sun), plural sx̌ʷədəb
• tərba (boundary), plural čubədəb

Some more nouns:

• dx̌əb (smoke)
• qʷəqʷəl (wheel, circle) (plural qʷəqʷləb)
• pəd (path; season)
• sdigʷ (snow)
• sdəxʷu (nerve)
• wərd (word)
• wəqʷspər (evening)
• ʔəč (horse)
• gʷər (heat)
• gayt’ (young goat)
• ʔaq̓ʷid (fire)
• x̌ək̓ər (field) (plural x̌ək̓rəb)

Numbers

1. ʔəyds
2. t̓əw
3. trəy
4. qʷtur
5. pədx̌ʷ
6. wəks
7. səpt
8. x̌ʷəkt
9. dəwd
10. t̓əkəb