Tba
Tba is an L-Austronesian language spoken in the island of Tbaŝevŭz in Lõis's Southeast Asia. It's inspired by Estonian.
Todo
Replace with L-Austronesian (a priori) language?
Introduction
Phonology
a e i o u ŭ: /a e i o u ɨ/
aa ee ii oo uu ŭŭ + diphthongs
p t z ĉ c k b d ĝ g: /p t ts c k ʔ b d ɟ g/
f ŝ s ĥ h m n l r v j ĵ: /f θ s ç x~h m n l r w j ð/
Orthography
Consonants
Vowels
Prosody
Stress
Intonation
Phonotactics
Morphophonology
Morphology
Nouns
Samanasphuore has four noun genders: masculine animate, masculine inanimate, feminine animate and feminine inanimate, and five cases: nominative, accusative, genitive/dative, instrumental/ablative and locative.
A sample masculine inanimate noun: lökaṃ (world)
| "world" | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative/Accusative | lökaṃ | lökäni |
| Genitive/Dative | lökaßa | lökänaṃ |
| Instrumental/Ablative | lökamhä | lökï |
| Locative | lökasmiṃ | lökäsmiṃ |
The suffix -smiṃ is always pronounced /meŋ/.