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Medh Nghêl is the lingua franca of Tumhan. It's a Finnic language with a Sindarin-like aesthetic.

Morphology

Pronouns

Pronouns in Medh Nghêl inflect by polarity (positive/negative). There are also copular pronouns which historically derive from contractions of pronouns with the copula, which inflect by tense (present/past) and mood (indicative/subjunctive).

Person	Simple (non-copular)		Copular
			indicative				subjunctive
	positive	negative	present		past		present		past
			positive	negative	positive	negative	positive	negative	positive	negative
1sg	mæ	mine	mole	minœl	moli	minœlyd	môth	minœ̂th	môthol	minœ̂thœl
2sg	sæ	sine	sole	sinœl	soli	sinœlyd	sôth	sinœ̂th	sôthol	sinœ̂thœl
3sg animate	hæ	hæne	ho	hænœl	holi	hænœlyd	hôth	hænœ̂th	hôthol	hænœ̂thœl
3sg inanimate proximal	sê	sî	seio	seiœl	seioli	seiœlyd	seioth	seiœ̂th	seiothol	seiœ̂thœl
3sg inanimate distal	tô	toe	tôo	toiol	tôoli	toiolud	tôoth	toiôth	tôothol	toiôthol
1pl	mec	mê	molem	meiœl	molim	meiœlyd	môthim	meiœ̂th	môthimol	meiœ̂thœl
2pl	tec	tê	tolet	teiœl	tolit	teiœlyd	tôthit	teiœ̂th	tôthitol	teiœ̂thœl
3pl animate	hec	hê	hova	heiœl	holiv	heiœlyd	hôthiv	heiœ̂th	hôthivol	heiœ̂thœl
3pl inanimate proximal	nêd	nede	nêdo	nêiœl	nêdoli	nêiœlyd	nêdoth	nêiœ̂th	nêdothol	nêiœ̂thœl
3pl inanimate distal	nôd	node	nôdo	nôiol	nôdoli	nôiolud	nôdoth	nôiôth	nôdothol	nôiôthol

Verbs

Verbs in Medh Nghêl have four principal parts: the infinitive stem, which ends in -dh, -n, -l, -r, or -th; the present stem; the past stem; and the supine stem, which ends in -m.

Tenses

The simple present is analogous to the English simple present. It uses the simple pronouns with the following suffixes attached to the present stem:

	Singular	Plural
1st person	-n	-me
2nd person	-d	-te
3rd person	no ending	-vad
Negative	no ending

For example, here's the conjugation of pêth (to wash), which has the following stems: infinitive pêth, present peze-, past pezi-, and supine pezem.

pêth	Singular	Plural
1st person	mæ pezen	mec pezeme
2nd person	sæ pezed	tec pezete
3rd person	hæ peze	hec pezevad
Negative	mine/sine/hæne/... peze