Togarmite

Togarmite
Śmėliþ
Pronunciation	[/ʃmeliθ/]
Created by	IlL
Setting	Lõis
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Semitic North Semitic Togarmite

Śmėliþ /ʃmeliθ/ (SHMAIL-ith), or lsėnyn śmėliþyn /ˈləsenən ʂəmeliθən/ 'the Northern Language', is a North Semitic language, closely related to Cretan. It is inspired by Maltese and the Germanic languages.

Todo

• gdėl = big
• kdės = (formal, mathematics) specific, particular, chosen (not arbitrary)
• mkodas = holy, sacred (from Old Semehliþ muquddaš)
  • mkosyn = expletive/swear word like "damn"
• Çabśyn w frasel /xabʃən və fɾasel/ = The sheep and the horses

Phonology

Consonants

• /m n/
• /t ts k ʔ/
• /b d g/
• /f θ s ʃ x h/
• /v z ʒ ɣ/
• /l r j/

Vowels

a å e ė i o u y /a ɔ ɛ e i o u ə/

aj aw /ai au/

Nouns

Noun are typical of Semitic languages and have three states:

• Indefinite state: ȝėlam = a world; ȝėlami = worlds
• Definite state: ȝėlamyn = the world; ''ȝėlamil = the worlds
• Construct state: ȝėlam- = the world of; ȝėlami- = the worlds of

Adjectives

big in Śmėliþ:

• gdėl / gdėlyn
• gdėlt / gdėltyn
• gdėli / gdėlel
• gdėlėþ / gdėlėþel

Verbs

• Past = prefix conjugation
• Present = by- + infinitive construct
• Future = should use an auxiliary
• Subjunctive could be wa-past-a? (like the hebrew construction wa-ashiv-ah "so that I may answer")
• Imperative
• Infinitive
• Participles

Passive uses the PSem stative; use passive participle for past passive

Inflection

past tense: ʔaχθub, taχθub, taχθubī, yaχθub, yaχθubī, naχθub, taχθubū, taχθubā, yaχθubū, yaχθubā