Togarmite

Togarmite
Śmėliþ
Pronunciation	[/ʃme:liθ/]
Created by	IlL
Setting	Lõis
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Semitic Central Semitic North Semitic Togarmite

Śmėliþ /ʃəme:liθ/ (SHMAIL-ith), or lsėnyn śmėliþyn /ˈləse:nən ʂəme:liθən/ 'the Northern Language', is a North Semitic language, closely related to Cretan. It is inspired by Maltese and the Germanic languages.

Todo

• gdėl = big
• kdės = (formal, mathematics) specific, particular, chosen (not arbitrary)
• mkodas = holy, sacred (from Old Semehliþ muquddaš)
  • mkosyn = expletive/swear word like "damn"
• Çabśyn w frasel /xabʃən və fɾasel/ = The sheep and the horses

Phonology

Consonants

• /m n/
• /t ts k ʔ/
• /b d g/
• /f θ s ʃ x h/
• /v z ʒ ɣ/
• /l r j/

Vowels

a å e ė i o u y /a ɔ ɛ e i o u ə/

aj aw /ai au/

Adjectives

big in Śmėliþ:

• gdėl / gdėlyn
• gdėlt / gdėltyn
• gdėli / gdėlel
• gdėlėþ / gdėlėþel

Verbs

• Past = prefix conjugation
• Present = by- + infinitive construct
• Future = should use an auxiliary
• Subjunctive could be wa-past-a? (like the hebrew construction wa-ashiv-ah "so that I may answer")
• Infinitive
• Participles