Verse:Hmøøh/Dodellian

Dodellian (dudiĺźä śmäsin) is a language spoken in Cuadhlabh which influenced Clofabosin. Numbers: 0: vüzın 1: sumın 2: laśın 3: t́uvın 4: prülın 5: aruzın 6: räśvın 7: faiźın 8: amśın 9: üravın 10: ńävdın 11: makśın 12: pranın

Todo

  • gıtrın = thanks (Clofabosin -gatran 'thanks to')
  • grälın = trail (Clofabosin -grel, -grelor "according to")
  • däśmärpın = agreement (däś-: 'co-, con-' + märpın 'mind')
  • märpäntın = probability
  • -äntın = -liness, -ability
  • ısnuźam = to study
  • nińt́äźam = to observe (a celebration), to customarily do something
  • nusmam = to lead
  • distuźam = to move

Phonology

Orthography

Consonants

Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Voiceless stop p /p/ t /t/ t́ /tʲ/ k /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~j/
Lat. approx. l /l/ ĺ /lʲ/
Trill r /r/

Vowels

Letter Sound
a /ɑ/
ä /æ/
i /i/
ı /ɨ~ə/
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

Nouns

śirın - city
Nominative śirın
Accusative śir
Genitive śirid
Dative śirar
Locative śirınt
Instrumental śiraśvir


äfän - way, road, path
Nominative äfän
Accusative äfä
Genitive äfäźid
Dative äfäźar
Locative äfänt
Instrumental äfäźaśvir

Verbs

declarative -am

interrogative -ıni

conjunctive -äl

Syntax

Constituent order

Noun phrase

Verb phrase

Sentence phrase

Dependent clauses

Examples

Büzın uĺiädıś bükśadid fańar ıkśaram. = 'I speak about love and hate'

Äsnın büzinir bätıni? (-ıni = question marker)

śirın 'settlement'

Aśvın (a name)

Fitun (a name)

Patin (a name)

some words:

tükśätın 'debt'

märpäntın 'probability'

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