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* more consonant clusters (lC, nC, mC, fricativeC) including final ones
* more consonant clusters (lC, nC, mC, fricativeC) including final ones
* preaspiration (including /ʰʈ/)
* preaspiration (including /ʰʈ/)
Sino words can begin with rt, rn, rs etc.


r and zh both pronounced [r ~ r̥], from Old Tiruttazhai *r and *z
r and zh both pronounced [r ~ r̥], from Old Tiruttazhai *r and *z

Revision as of 23:16, 4 September 2019

Tiruttazhai is an Altaic conlang with an Icelandic, Scandinavian, PGmc and Tamil aesthetic, spoken in northern China in Lõis.

  • retroflexes
  • more consonant clusters (lC, nC, mC, fricativeC) including final ones
  • preaspiration (including /ʰʈ/)

Sino words can begin with rt, rn, rs etc.

r and zh both pronounced [r ~ r̥], from Old Tiruttazhai *r and *z

  • tiruhtazōi -> [tiɾʏʰtaɾai]

Nouns

  • nominative: -inn
  • accusative: -Ø
  • genitive: -a
  • dative: -aðu
  • ablative: -ár
  • locative: -ém
  • comitative: -inum / -um / -alum / -aðum / -árum / -émum
  • essive: -ai
  • translative: -attu

Lexicon

línken < ȵiɪn kˠɛn
sývú < d͡ziɪ jɨu
suvanjam < t͡suən ŋɨɐm
kivallí < ɡˠiuᴇn liɪ
pijattá < bˠiæŋ təŋ
lysé < lɨ siᴇŋ
lausím < lɨɐŋ siɪm