Talk:Tabiṛ

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Introduction

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


Phonology

Consonants

Tabiṛ has 19 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 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/

Prosody

Stress

Intonation

Phonotactics

Morphophonology

Morphology

Nouns

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

Consonant nouns

tain - human
Indefinite Definite
Singular Plural Singular Plural
Nominative tain tainat tainul tainatul
Accusative tainûk tainatûk tainulûk tainatulûk
Dative tainun tainatun tainulun tainatulun
Locative tainud tainatud tainulud tainatulud
Ablative tainûl tainatûl tainulûl tainatulûl
Genitive tain-hai tainat-hai tainul-hai tainatul-hai
"and" tain-ishi tainat-ishi tainul-ishi tainatul-ishi

a-nouns

lêda - house
Indefinite Definite
Singular Plural Singular Plural
Nominative lêda lêdat lêdal lêdatul
Accusative lêdâk lêdatûk lêdalûk lêdatulûk
Dative lêdan lêdatun lêdalun lêdatulun
Locative lêdad lêdatud lêdalud lêdatulud
Ablative lêdâl lêdatûl lêdalûl lêdatulûl
Genitive lêda-hai lêdat-hai lêdal-hai lêdatul-hai
"and" lêda-ishi lêdat-ishi lêdal-ishi lêdatul-ishi

i-nouns

gulbi - fruit
Indefinite Definite
Singular Plural Singular Plural
Nominative gulbi gulbit gulbil gulbitul
Accusative gulbîk gulbitûk gulbilûk gulbitulûk
Dative gulbin gulbitun gulbilun gulbitulun
Locative gulbid gulbitud gulbilud gulbitulud
Ablative gulbîl gulbitûl gulbilûl gulbitulûl
Genitive gulbi-hai gulbit-hai gulbil-hai gulbitul-hai
"and" gulbi-ishi gulbit-ishi gulbil-ishi gulbitul-ishi

u-nouns

tablu - tree
Indefinite Definite
Singular Plural Singular Plural
Nominative tablu tablut tablul tablutul
Accusative tablûk tablutûk tablulûk tablutulûk
Dative tablun tablutun tablulun tablutulun
Locative tablud tablutud tablulud tablutulud
Ablative tablûl tablutûl tablulûl tablutulûl
Genitive tablu-hai tablut-hai tablul-hai tablutul-hai
"and" tablu-ishi tablut-ishi tablul-ishi tablutul-ishi

Verbs

Tense

  • Past: -ri-
  • Future: -bli-

Connective affixes

  • "and": -urz

Syntax

Constituent order

Noun phrase

Verb phrase

Sentence phrase

Dependent clauses

Example texts

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