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'''Türiit''' (''Türiit jää'' /ˈtyriːt ˈjæː/) is a divergent descendent of Old Chinese with vowel harmony. It also has loans from Middle Chinese. Türiit is a co-creation of [[User:IlL]] and [[User:Praimhín]], inspired by Estonian.
'''Tyrith''' (''Tyrith jæ̂'' /ˈtyriθ ˈjæː/, from older *Türiŋit) is a divergent descendent of Old Chinese with vowel harmony. It also has loans from [[Siészal]]. Türiit is a co-creation of [[User:IlL]] and [[User:Praimhín]], inspired by [[Medh Chêl]].
 
TODO: Revamp to ATR/RTR harmony


*''remi'' = 'name'
*''remi'' = 'name'
*''berian'' = 'hello'
**''remizech'' = 'literal'
*''päring'' = 'pair'
*''Beri næ̂b!'' = 'hello'
*''-sees'' = adjectivizer (from 性)
*''pæriŋ'' = 'pair'
*''nöö'' = wise man, sage (''often ironic'')
**''pæriŋlæch'' = duality
*''-zech'' = adjectivizer (from 性)
*''nœ̂'' = wisecracker


Zhengzhang Shangfang = ''Deriiskädri Dääsfää''
Zhengzhang Shangfang = ''Derîzcædhri Dæ̂zfæ̂''
==Notes==
==Notes==
*A = ''a/ä''
*A = ''a/ä''
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| '''ü''' /y/
| '''ü''' /y/
| '''üü''' /yː/
| '''üü''' /yː/
| '''ũ''' /ɯ/
| '''ï''' /ɯ/
| '''ũũ''' /ɯː/
| '''ïï''' /ɯː/
| '''u''' /u/
| '''u''' /u/
| '''uu''' /uː/
| '''uu''' /uː/
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| '''ö''' /ø/
| '''ö''' /ø/
| '''öö''' /øː/
| '''öö''' /øː/
| '''õ''' /ɤ/
| '''ë''' /ɤ/
| '''õõ''' /ɤː/
| '''ëë''' /ɤː/
| '''o''' /o/
| '''o''' /o/
| '''oo''' /oː/
| '''oo''' /oː/
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*Ablative: 出 -(U)t (''räät'' 'from a fish', ''räälit'' 'from fish')
*Ablative: 出 -(U)t (''räät'' 'from a fish', ''räälit'' 'from fish')
*Dative: 給 -(E)b (''rääb'' 'for a fish', ''rääleb'' 'for fish')
*Dative: 給 -(E)b (''rääb'' 'for a fish', ''rääleb'' 'for fish')
*Comitative: -(E)ŋ
*Instrumental
*Locative
*Lative


===Pronouns===
===Pronouns===
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*"you": ''nää'' /ˈnæː/
*"you": ''nää'' /ˈnæː/
*"he/she": ''ge'' /ˈge/
*"he/she": ''ge'' /ˈge/
*"we": ''jaimõ'' /ˈjɑimɤ/
*"we": ''jaimë'' /ˈjɑimɤ/
*"you guys": ''nääme'' /ˈnæːme/
*"you guys": ''nääme'' /ˈnæːme/
*"they" (animate): ''geme'' /ˈgeme/
*"they" (animate): ''geme'' /ˈgeme/


===Verbs===
===Verbs===
*'to eat', present tense: ''melgiä, melgin, melgi, melgiäm, melginem, melgel''
*'to eat', present tense: ''melgiæ, melgin, melgi, melgiæm, melginem, melgel''
*'to eat', present progressive: ''melgibä, melgibin, melgib, melgibäm, melgibinem, melgibel''
*'to eat', present progressive: ''melgivæ, melgivin, melgiv, melgivæm, melgivinem, melgivel''
*'to drink': qürimbä, qürimbin, qürimb, qürimbäm, qürimbinem, qürimbel
*'to drink': ''hyrimæ, hyrimin, hyrim, hyrimæn, hyriminem, hyrimel''
*''Süder qürimbibä'' = I am drinking water
*''Hydhr hyrimivæ'' = I am drinking water
 
Subject pronouns are required in the third person: ''Ge hydhr hyrim'' = He drinks water
 
===Adjectives===
===Adjectives===
Adjectives only inflect for degree.
Adjectives only inflect for degree.


*'good, better, best': ''huu, huuvad, tsots huuvad''
*'good, better, best': '', hûvadh, so-hûvadh''
*Beri tärsit huuvad = Peace is better than war
*Beri tærrith hûvadh = Peace is better than war


===Numerals===
===Numerals===
1: id
1: idh
2: niis
2: nîz
3: sürm
3: sŷr
4: silis
4: siliz
5: pang
5: paŋ
6: kürg
6: cydh
7: sid
7: sidh
8: põrd
8: prõdh
9: küü
9:
10: teeb
10: têb
100: parg
100: pâr
1000: sũnũ
1000: sõ̂n
10000: rämens
10000: ræmêz


==Syntax==
==Syntax==

Latest revision as of 08:44, 25 March 2021

Tyrith/Lexicon

Tyrith (Tyrith jæ̂ /ˈtyriθ ˈjæː/, from older *Türiŋit) is a divergent descendent of Old Chinese with vowel harmony. It also has loans from Siészal. Türiit is a co-creation of User:IlL and User:Praimhín, inspired by Medh Chêl.

TODO: Revamp to ATR/RTR harmony

  • remi = 'name'
    • remizech = 'literal'
  • Beri næ̂b! = 'hello'
  • pæriŋ = 'pair'
    • pæriŋlæch = duality
  • -zech = adjectivizer (from 性)
  • nœ̂ = wisecracker

Zhengzhang Shangfang = Derîzcædhri Dæ̂zfæ̂

Notes

  • A = a/ä
  • O = e/ö/ë/o
  • U = i/ü/ï/u

Phonology

Consonants

Labial Dental Alveolar Palatal Velar Uvular Glottal
central lateral
Nasal voiceless mh /m̥/ nh /n̥/
voiced m /m/ n /n/
Plosive voiceless p /p/ t /t/ k /k/ q /q/
voiced b /b/ d /d/ g /ɡ/ ġ /ɢ/
Affricate voiceless ts /ts/
voiced dz /dz~z/
Fricative f /f~v/ th /θ~ð/ s /s/ lh /ɬ/ kh /x~ɣ/ h /h/
Trill voiceless rh /r̥/
voiced r /r/
Approximant l /l/ -i /j/ -u /w/

Vowels

Tyrith vowels
Front Back
unrounded rounded unrounded rounded
short long short long short long short long
Close i /i/ ii /iː/ ü /y/ üü /yː/ ï /ɯ/ ïï /ɯː/ u /u/ uu /uː/
Mid e /e/ ee /eː/ ö /ø/ öö /øː/ ë /ɤ/ ëë /ɤː/ o /o/ oo /oː/
Open ä /æ/ ää /æː/ a /ɑ/ aa /ɑː/

glides: -i -u /-j -w/

Stress

Stress is always on the first syllable.

Morphology

Nouns

The plural suffix is -El: rää 'fish', rääl 'fish, fishes'.

  • Nominative/Accusative: -0 (rää 'a fish', rääl 'fish (plural)')
  • Genitive: 之 -(E)d (rääd 'of a fish', rääled 'of fish')
  • Ablative: 出 -(U)t (räät 'from a fish', räälit 'from fish')
  • Dative: 給 -(E)b (rääb 'for a fish', rääleb 'for fish')
  • Instrumental
  • Locative
  • Lative

Pronouns

  • "I": nom. ja /ˈjɑ/; acc. jai; other cases take the stem jai-
  • "you": nää /ˈnæː/
  • "he/she": ge /ˈge/
  • "we": jaimë /ˈjɑimɤ/
  • "you guys": nääme /ˈnæːme/
  • "they" (animate): geme /ˈgeme/

Verbs

  • 'to eat', present tense: melgiæ, melgin, melgi, melgiæm, melginem, melgel
  • 'to eat', present progressive: melgivæ, melgivin, melgiv, melgivæm, melgivinem, melgivel
  • 'to drink': hyrimæ, hyrimin, hyrim, hyrimæn, hyriminem, hyrimel
  • Hydhr hyrimivæ = I am drinking water

Subject pronouns are required in the third person: Ge hydhr hyrim = He drinks water

Adjectives

Adjectives only inflect for degree.

  • 'good, better, best': hû, hûvadh, so-hûvadh
  • Beri tærrith hûvadh = Peace is better than war

Numerals

1: idh 2: nîz 3: sŷr 4: siliz 5: paŋ 6: cydh 7: sidh 8: prõdh 9: cŷ 10: têb 100: pâr 1000: sõ̂n 10000: ræmêz

Syntax