Talk:A priori language

Tingatkiramei (tingaṭkiṛamei < tinkaṭ-kiṛamei 'mother language' [tiŋkatkiramai]) is a language inspired aesthetically by Finnish and Tamil. It is spoken by a tribe of dwarves in the Tolkienian fantasy world of Rotunu.

Numbers: 1: aintu

Introduction

Übiḷḷiderühn = a place name?

Brandadu! = "Hello!"

tingaḍu? tingaṭṭu? = dwarf

Phonology

Consonants

p b f m t d ʈ ɖ ɳ ts n k g x ŋ l ɭ ɹ ʀ j v s ʃ ⟨p b f m t d z n ṭ ḍ ṇ k g ch ng l ḷ ṛ r j w s sch⟩

Vowels

/a e~ə i o u~ɨ ø y aː eː iː oː uː øː yː ai au ɔy/ ⟨a e i o u ö ü ah eh ie oh uh öh üh ei au eu⟩

Morphology

Nouns

• Absolutive: -0
• Genitive: -ku (after C); -cku (after V); a noun ending in -ch is changed to -cku
• Ergative/Instrumental: -er
• Dative: -ahl
• Locative: -adu

Verbs

The verbal noun ends in -ei and is the citation form. For example, iramei means "speaking" or "to speak"; karwaḷei means "worshipping" or "to worship".