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Dodellian (dudiĺźä śmäsin) is a Clofabo-Dodellic language spoken in Cuadhlabh along with Clofabosin.
Introduction
Phonology
Orthography
Consonants
Labial | Dental | Alveo-palatal | Velar | Glottal | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Voiceless stop | p /p/ | t /t/ | t́ /tʲ/ | c /k/ | ʔ /ʔ/ |
Voiced stop | b /b/ | d /d/ | d́ /dʲ/ | g /g/ | |
Nasal | m /m/ | n /n/ | ń /nʲ/ | ||
Voiceless fricative | f /f/ | s /s/ | ś /sʲ/ | ||
Voiced fricative | v /v/ | z /z/ | ź /zʲ/ | ||
Lateral approximant | l /l/ | ĺ /lʲ/ | |||
Trill | r /r/ |
Vowels
Letter | Sound |
---|---|
a | /ɑ/ |
ä | /æ/ |
i | /i/ |
ı | /ɨ/ |
u | /u/ |
ü | /y/ |
Old Dodellian also had the vowels ė, e, o, ö pronounced /e, ə, o, ø/ but these merged with i, ı, u, ü in the modern language.
Unlike the western dialects, Standard Dodellian lacks vowel harmony.
Prosody
Stress
Intonation
Phonotactics
Morphophonology
Morphology
d́ubzäsin 'drug' | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | d́ubzäsin | d́ubzäsirin |
Accusative | d́ubzäsnä | d́ubzäsirnä |
Genitive | d́ubzäsnät | d́ubzäsirnät |
Locative | d́ubzäsivı | d́ubzäsirivı |
Lative | d́ubzäsum | d́ubzäsirum |
Ablative | d́ubzäsund | d́ubzäsirund |
Vocative | d́ubzäsi | d́ubzäsiri |
Dodellian inflects verbs by tense, person, number, gender, animacy, aspect and mood.
A sample conjugation paradigm (in the present indicative)
śmä- 'speak' | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
1 | śmänuni | śmänunir |
2 | śmänat | śmänatar |
3 masc | śmänac | śmänur |
3 fem | śmänav | śmänur |
3 inanimate | śmänu | śmänur |
past indicative:
śmä- 'speak' | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
1 | śmäʔurni | śmäʔurnir |
2 | śmäʔrat | śmäʔratar |
3 masc | śmäʔrac | śmäʔrur |
3 fem | śmäʔrav | śmäʔrur |
3 inanimate | śmäʔru | śmäʔrur |
future indicative:
śmä- 'speak' | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
1 | śmän śifun | śmän śifunir |
2 | śmän śifat | śmän śifatar |
3 masc | śmän śifac | śmän śifur |
3 fem | śmän śifav | śmän śifur |
3 inanimate | śmän śifu | śmän śifur |
timeless indicative:
śmä- 'speak' | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
1 | śmät́nini | śmät́ninir |
2 | śmät́nät | śmät́nätar |
3 masc | śmät́näc | śmät́nür |
3 fem | śmät́näv | śmät́nür |
3 inanimate | śmät́nü | śmät́nür |
Syntax
Constituent order
Noun phrase
Verb phrase
Sentence phrase
Dependent clauses
Examples
śirın 'settlement'
Aśvın (a name)
Fitun (a name)
Patin (a name)
some words:
tükśätan, -asvir