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'''Kodistian''' or '''Karihttaišurrampa''' /koɾiçtɑeʒul:omba/ is a language isolate spoken in [[Lõis]]'s Okinawa. It's inspired by Tamil, Finnish and Akkadian. | '''Kodistian''' or '''Karihttaišurrampa''' /koɾiçtɑeʒul:omba/ is a language isolate spoken in [[Lõis]]'s Okinawa. It's inspired by Tamil, Finnish and Akkadian. | ||
==Phonology== | |||
Kodistian has the following vowels: '''a i u aa ii uu''', and diphthongs '''ai au iu ui ia ua'''. | |||
==Orthography== | |||
Nowadays Kodistian is written in the Latin alphabet. Some archeologists think the hieroglyphic script of the Immahtappaanai stele, dating back to around 6000 BC, represents a very early form of Kodistian. This would make Kodistian the oldest written language on Lõis. | |||
==Grammar== | |||
Verbs come in many conjugations -- the key is to remember the present tense stem, the past tense stem and the infinitive. Here is narinru 'to see', a typical nasal-stem verb. | Verbs come in many conjugations -- the key is to remember the present tense stem, the past tense stem and the infinitive. Here is narinru 'to see', a typical nasal-stem verb. | ||