Nalupitipulan

Phonology

Based on Australian/Tamil.

Consonants

Nalupitipulan consonants

		Labial	Dental	Retroflex	Palatal	Velar
Nasal		m /m/	n /n̪/	rn /ɳ/	nj /ɲ/	ng /ŋ/
Plosive		p /p/	t /t̪/	rt /ʈ/	z /c~tɕ/	k /k/
Trill			rr /r/	rd /ɽ/
Approximant	central		r /ɹ~ɻ/		j /j/	w /w/
	lateral		l /l̪/	rl /ɭ/	lj /ʎ/

Vowels

	Front		Central		Back
	short	long	short	long	short	long
Close	i /i/	ih /iː/			u /u/	uh /uː/
Open			a /a/	ah /aː/

There are two diphthongs, /ai au/ (written ei au).

Grammar

Meizarri is SOV and agglutinating. Nouns come in four conjugations defined by the POA of the final consonant in the root (/w/ is considered velar)

Case	zuta-r 'language'	wahrnu-j 'sun'	murru-w 'ice'	peiku-rr 'house'
Nominative	zutarl	wahrnulj	murruw	peikul
Accusative	zutarli	wahrnulji	murruwi	peikuli
Genitive	zutari	wahrnuji	murruwi	peikurri
Dative	zutarn-mi	wahrnunj-mi	murrung-mi	peikun-mi
Instrumental	zutarttu	wahrnuttju	murrukku	peikuttu
Elative	zutaru	wahrnuju	murruwu	peikurru
Inessive	zutarna	wahrnunja	murrunga	peikuna
Illative	zutarnu	wahrnunju	murrungu	peikunu
Essive	zutarlim	wahrnuljim	murruwim	peikulim
Translative	zutarltau	wahrnuljtjau	murruwkau	peikultau

(rlt = /ɭʈ/)