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Dodellian (native name dʰóódʰelo wisedʰés) is one of the two official languages of Dodellia (the other being Clofabosin). It's inspired phonologically by PIE and Algonquian languages, and its grammar is head-marking and head-final like Turkic languages.

It is related to Shalian.

ǵʰyél "house"

h₂owbʰés ǵʰyelíí "the king's house"

Phonology

Consonants

p b bʰ t d dʰ ḱ ǵ ǵʰ k g gʰ kʷ gʷ gʷʰ s ś h₁ h₂ h₃ l r m n w y /pʰ p~b bʰ tʰ t~d dʰ cɕʰ cɕ~ɟʑ ɟʑʰ kʰ k~g gʰ kʷʰ kʷ~gʷ gʷʰ s ɕ h χ xʷ l r m n w j/

Vowels

e o ee oo i u ii uu ei ou eu oi /ɛ ɔ~ə~ʌ æ: ɑ: ɪ ʊ i: u: ɛi ɔu œy ʌi/

Acute accents mark lexical stress.

Grammar

Affixes

-in = topicalization

Possession and/or direct objects:

• -él: 1sg
• -ókʷ: 2sg formal
• -íí: 3sg
• -isyé: 1pl
• -ih₁yér: 2pl, 2sg informal
• -édʰo: 3pl