Tingatkiramei (tingat-ku iramei 'Tingat's language' [tiŋətkiɾəmai]) is a language inspired aesthetically by German and Tamil. It is spoken by a tribe of dwarves.
Introduction
Phonology
Orthography
Consonants
p b f m t d ts n k g x ŋ l r~ɾ j v s ʃ ⟨p b f m t d z n k g ch ng l r j w s sch⟩
All consonants can be geminated.
/s/ is realized as [z] between vowels or before /m n l r v/.
Vowels
/a e~ə i o u ø y aː eː iː oː uː øː yː ai au ɔy/ ⟨a e i o u ö ü ah eh ie oh uh öh üh ei au eu⟩
Prosody
Stress
Intonation
Phonotactics
Morphophonology
Morphology
Nouns
Absolutive: -0 Ergative/Instrumental: -er Dative: -ahl Locative: -adu
Verbs
The verbal noun ends in -ei and is the citation form. For example, iramei means "speaking" or "to speak"; karwelei means "worshipping" or "to worship".