Tluh-buhd-tahch

Tluh-buhd-tahch (ƛəbədt̓ač) is an Indo-European language spoken in Lõis' Romania and Ukraine. It's inspired by Lushootseed and Romanian.

Phonology

The phonology is almost that of Lushootseed. There are two liquids, /ɹ/ and /l/; and that there's no phonemic contrast between rounded velar /kʷ, kʷ’/ and rounded uvular /qʷ, qʷ’/. The phoneme /xʷ/ is often pronounced [ɸ] while /χʷ/ is pronounced like the English [ʍ] with more friction.

In addition, the sounds /ts/, /ts’/, /dz/ and /tɬ’/ are not present in Tluh-buhd-tahch, but /tɬ/ is.

Alphabet

Tluh-buhd-tahch uses many obsolete Latin letters.

  • Ejectives /p’/, /t’/, /tʃ’/, /k’/, /q’/ and /kʷ’/ are written with the symbols ꝓ, ⱦ, ȼ, ꝃ, ꝅ, and ꝙ respectively.
  • The stops /tʃ/, /tɬ/, /q/ and /kʷ/ are written c, ꝭ, ꝁ and q respectively.
  • The fricatives /χ/ and /χʷ/ are written x and ӿ respectively.
  • Schwa /ə/ is written e.

Nouns

Tluh-buhd-tahch nouns inflect for definiteness, number and case. There is no grammatical gender. Plurals may be irregular but the most common plural suffix is -əb.

A sample noun: dəqʷt 'night'

  • (ʔə) dəqʷt: (a) night (indef. sg. nom./acc.)
  • dəqʷtəb: nights (indef. pl. nom./acc.)
  • ʔədi dəqʷt: of/to a night (indef. sg. gen./dat.)
  • ʔə(də)bus dəqʷtəb: of/to nights (indef. sg. gen./dat.)
  • dəqʷt·s: the night (def. sg. nom./acc.)
  • dəqʷtəb·s: the nights (def. pl. nom./acc.)
  • dəqʷt·əy: of/to the night (def. sg. gen./dat.)
  • dəqʷtəb·us: of/to the nights (def. pl. gen./dat.)

Some etymologically feminine nouns pluralize in -x̌əb:

  • t̓ač (language), plural t̓ačx̌əb
  • təwt (people, tribe), plural təwtx̌əb

Some nouns have irregular plurals, and the genitive singular is the same as the plural minus -əb:

  • pəduba (breath), plural pədwaǰəb
  • səx̌ʷi (sun), plural sx̌ʷədəb
  • tərba (boundary), plural čubədəb
  • uba (air molecule), plural waǰəb

Some more nouns:

  • dx̌əb (smoke)
  • qʷəqʷəl (wheel, circle) (plural qʷəqʷləb)
  • pəd (path; season)
  • sdigʷ (snow)
  • sdəxʷu (nerve)
  • wərd (word)
  • wəqʷspər (evening)
  • ʔəč (horse)
  • gʷər (heat)
  • gayt’ (young goat)
  • ʔaq̓ʷid (fire)
  • x̌ək̓ər (field) (plural x̌ək̓rəb)

Numbers

  1. ʔəyds
  2. t̓əw
  3. trəy
  4. qʷtur
  5. pədx̌ʷ
  6. wəks
  7. səpt
  8. x̌ʷəkt
  9. dəwd
  10. t̓əkəb