Talk:A priori language: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
m →Nouns |
m →Nouns |
||
| Line 73: | Line 73: | ||
--> | --> | ||
===Nouns=== | ===Nouns=== | ||
*tinka | *nom: tinka | ||
*tinka'''ku''' | *gen: tinka'''ku''' | ||
*tinkav'''uur''' | *ade: tinkav'''uur''' | ||
*tinka'''va''' | *abl: tinka'''va''' | ||
*tinka'''rru''' | *all: tinka'''rru''' | ||
*tinka'''nta''' | *ine: tinka'''nta''' | ||
*tinka'''ḷpa''' | *ela: tinka'''ḷpa''' | ||
*tinka'''tana''' | *ill: tinka'''tana''' | ||
*tinka'''nen''' | *com: tinka'''nen''' | ||
*tinka'''ttu''' | *ins: tinka'''ttu''' | ||
*tinka'''val''' | *ess: tinka'''val''' | ||
===Verbs=== | ===Verbs=== | ||
Revision as of 22:21, 25 September 2016
Todo
Ypyḷḷityyn = a place name?
Introduction
A priori language ([tiŋkatkiramai] 'mother language') 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
Phonology
Orthography
Consonants
| Labial | Dental | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m /m/ | n /n̪/ | ṇ /ɳ/ | [ŋ] | ||
| Plosive | p /p~b/ | t /t̪~d̪/ | ṭ /ʈ~ɖ/ | k /k~g~x/ | ||
| Trill/Flap | r /ɾ~r/ | |||||
| Approximant | v /ʋ/ | l /l̪/ | ḷ /ɭ/ | j /j/ | ||
Vowels
/a e i o u æ ø y/ ⟨a e i o u ö ü⟩
Prosody
Stress
Intonation
Phonotactics
Morphophonology
Morphology
Nouns
- nom: tinka
- gen: tinkaku
- ade: tinkavuur
- abl: tinkava
- all: tinkarru
- ine: tinkanta
- ela: tinkaḷpa
- ill: tinkatana
- com: tinkanen
- ins: tinkattu
- ess: tinkaval
Verbs
Derivational morphology
- -mAi: deverbal noun
- kiramai "language"; nyömäi "dream"