Talk:Tabiṛ

Introduction

Diltiazem is a Wakanic language spoken in eastern Cuadhlabh. It's inspired by Black Speech and is related to Verapamil.

Phonology

Consonants

		Labial	Dental	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		m /m/	n /n/			[ŋ]
Plosive	voiceless	p /p/	t /t/			k /k/
	voiced	b /b/	d /d/			g /g/
Fricative	voiceless	f /f/	th /θ/	s /s/	sh /ʃ/	kh /x/	h /h~ɦ/
	voiced	v /v/		z /z/		gh /ɣ/
Trill				r /r/
Approximant			l /l/		y /j/

Vowels

The vowels are similar to the Sanskrit system: a i u â î û ê ô ai au /ɐ e~i o~u aː iː uː eː oː ɐi ɐu/

Morphology

Nouns

Definite nouns suffix -(u)l to the stem: tain 'a person (nom)', tainul 'the person (nom)', tainatul 'the people (nom)'

tain - human
Nominative	tain	tainat
Accusative	tainûk	tainatûk
Genitive	tain-hai	tainat-hai
Dative	tainun	tainatun
Locative	tainud	tainatud
Ablative	tainûl	tainatûl

The genitive case uses a clitic, -hai.