Tluh-buhd-tahch

Tluh-buhd-tahch (ƛəbədt̓ač) is an Indo-European language spoken in Lõis' Romania and Ukraine. It's inspired by Lushootseed and Romanian.

Phonology

The phonology is almost that of Lushootseed. There are two liquids, /ɹ/ and /l/; and that there's no phonemic contrast between rounded velar /kʷ, kʷ’/ and rounded uvular /qʷ, qʷ’/. The phoneme /xʷ/ is often pronounced [ɸ] while /χʷ/ is pronounced like the English [ʍ] with more friction.

In addition, the sounds /ts/, /ts’/, /dz/ and /tɬ’/ are not present in Tluh-buhd-tahch, but /tɬ/ is.

Alphabet

Tluh-buhd-tahch uses many obsolete Latin letters.

Ejectives /p’/, /t’/, /tʃ’/, /k’/, /q’/ and /kʷ’/ are written with the symbols ꝓ, ⱦ, ȼ, ꝃ, ꝅ, and ꝙ respectively.
The stops /tʃ/, /tɬ/, /q/ and /kʷ/ are written c, ꝭ, ꝁ and q respectively.
/dʒ/ and /gʷ/ are written ꝿ and ǥ respectively, and /j/ is written j.
The fricatives /χ/ and /χʷ/ are written x and ӿ respectively.
Schwa /ə/ is written e.

Nouns

Tluh-buhd-tahch nouns inflect for definiteness, number and case. There is no grammatical gender. Plurals may be irregular but the most common plural suffix is -əb.

A sample noun: dəqʷt 'night'

(ʔə) dəqʷt: (a) night (indef. sg. nom./acc.)
dəqʷtəb: nights (indef. pl. nom./acc.)
ʔədi dəqʷt: of/to a night (indef. sg. gen./dat.)
ʔə(də)bus dəqʷtəb: of/to nights (indef. sg. gen./dat.)
dəqʷt·s: the night (def. sg. nom./acc.)
dəqʷtəb·s: the nights (def. pl. nom./acc.)
dəqʷt·əy: of/to the night (def. sg. gen./dat.)
dəqʷtəb·us: of/to the nights (def. pl. gen./dat.)

Some etymologically feminine nouns pluralize in -x̌əb:

t̓ač (language), plural t̓ačx̌əb
təwt (people, tribe), plural təwtx̌əb

Some nouns have irregular plurals, and the genitive singular is the same as the plural minus -əb:

pəduba (breath), plural pədwaǰəb
səx̌ʷi (sun), plural sx̌ʷədəb
tərba (boundary), plural čubədəb
uba (air molecule), plural waǰəb

Some more nouns:

dx̌əb (smoke)
qʷəqʷəl (wheel, circle) (plural qʷəqʷləb)
pəd (path; season)
sdigʷ (snow)
sdəxʷu (nerve)
wərd (word)
wəqʷspər (evening)
ʔəč (horse)
gʷər (heat)
gayt’ (young goat)
ʔaq̓ʷid (fire)
x̌ək̓ər (field) (plural x̌ək̓rəb)

Numbers

ʔəyds
t̓əw
trəy
qʷtur
pədx̌ʷ
wəks
səpt
x̌ʷəkt
dəwd
t̓əkəb