Pradiul

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Pradiul
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Trây (Trây hadlưthcô) is a minor Txapoallian language. It's inspired by Slavic languages and Khmer.

Gibberish

Châdmađưth yôkhzhêm txel vrâte exphrova ôngâstô adliv sringanhu.

Found in my old Bolon article: Hơ! Hee! Nu ẞíwesơn zôviêz nhey Yươstúlɟeng ʼơư Winthúnưtzeh mangchưanưmaß!

Phonology

Consonant phonemes of Pradjuul
Labial Alveolar Postalveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
plain pal. plain pal. plain pal. pal. plain plain pal.
Nasal m m mj n nj ŋj ɲ ŋ ŋ
Stop plain p p pj t tj kj c k k ʔ ʔ ʔj ʔʲ
implosive b ɓ bj ɓʲ d ɗ dj ɗʲ
Affricate ts t̪͡s̪ tsj t͡sʲ
Fricative voiceless f f fj s sj sh ʃ shj ʃʲ xj, hj ç x x h h
voiced v v vj
Approximant l ɫ̪ lj y j
Trill r r rj

Allowed finals: p t k m n ng l r y w h ʔ /p t k m n ŋ ɫ̪ r j w h ʔ/

Vowels

i ʉ u e ɵ o a iː ʉː uː eː ɵː oː aː iə ʉə uə

(In Pradjuul > 'i 'u u i 'ə ə a 'iː 'uː uː iː 'əː aː 'aː 'iə 'uə uə)

Vowel phonemes
Front Central Back
short long short long short long
Close i /i/ î /iː/ u /u/ û /uː/
Mid e /ə/ ê /ə/
Open a /a/ â /aː/

Grammar

Nouns

Plural: x-/i-

Possessive affixes:

  • rê- = 1sg
  • se- = 2sg
  • hâ- = 3sg
  • rêm- = 1pl
  • sem- = 2pl
  • ham- = 3pl

Adpositions

Trây has no true cases or adpositions (more basic semantic relations such as dative are expressed by applicatives). There are relational nouns (often with irregular inflection) that function similarly to adpositions.

comitative: txed, bod, had, divê, lavê, hevê

Verbs

Bipersonal affixes are portmanteau affixes