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Revision as of 22:33, 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/ | ||
/p t̪ ʈ k/ are voiceless word-initially, as geminates and before consonants, and voiced otherwise.
Vowels
/a e i o u æ ø y/ ⟨a e i o u ö ü⟩
There is vowel harmony in roots and suffixes: e i are neutral, a o u are back vowels, and ä ö y are the front counterparts of a o u. A word with only neutral vowels is considered to be a front-vowel word.
Prosody
Stress
Intonation
Phonotactics
Morphophonology
Morphology
Nouns
- nom: tinka
- gen: tinkako
- ade: tinkavuur
- abl: tinkava
- all: tinkarri
- ine: tinkanta
- ela: tinkaḷpa
- ill: tinkatan
- com: tinkanen
- ins: tinkattu
- ess: tinkaval
The plural is formed with -ṇṭO.
Pronouns
- tai, appu, äḷä, taiṇṭo, appuṇṭo, äḷäṇṭö
Verbs
Derivational morphology
- -mAi: deverbal noun
- kiramai "language"; nyömäi "dream"
Syntax
Constituent order
Noun phrase
A priori language uses an indefinite article ain. There is no definite marker.