Tergetian

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Tergetian
LΛŦꝨΠ ΠΔⱵ
tamil lor
Created byIlL, Praimhín
SettingVerse:Tricin
Clofabic
  • Tergetian
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Proto-Clofabic or Tamil (Proto-Clofabic: LΛŦꝨΠ ΠΔⱵ tamil dlor 'same/shared/common language'; Clofabosin: tamilserotin) is the (attested!) proto-language of the Clofabic family, which includes Clofabosin and Phormatolide. It was spoken 3000 years before modern Clofabosin. It is a significant source of loanwords for Eevo and other Talman languages. (In Talma, Tamil is the Greek to Windermere's Latin.)

1: es (inanimate) / er (animate) 2: σryb 3: σal 4: lop 5: orβ 6: kwib 7: tksol 8: δikw 9: abd 10: gaβar 11: βem 12: σklut

Todo

σφend tum-yl tupe keζdo-at ena plysko sta.
color NEG-ATTR green think-VN sleep storm be_like
Colorless green ideas sleep furiously.

Phonology

Consonants

Labial Alveolar Medial Velar Labiovelar Glottal
Nasal m n
Plosive voiceless p t k kw
voiced b d g
Fricative s σ h
Liquid r, l ζ w

Vowels

Front Central Back
Close i y u
Mid e o
Open a

/ia ya ua/?

Phonotactics

Proto-Clofabic allows very unusual clusters, such as dσa 'good'.

Initial ζ- is not allowed.

Orthography

Alphabetical order: Ꙟ ᖵ Π L X Ⱶ Ŧ Σ Ӈ Ш И Ⳙ Ꝟ Ỻ Ǝ Џ Ɥ Ꝩ Ʞ Λ Δ Ξ Ʇ (β s l t d r m g γ p n w δ b k ζ σ i e a o u y)

(x /ks/: Ɐ)

Morphology

Tamil is analytic.

Particles

  • copula: wir
  • participle: βen
  • past: ζole
  • future: kapt
  • quotative: di
  • topic: in
  • accusative: e
  • attributive: yl
  • genitive: o
  • locative: hib
  • negative: ptum
  • comparative: dguwan
  • superlative: pδeg
  • plural: -aζ
  • cohortative: ko
  • desiderative: pro

Pronouns

end, sent, βlur, akwt, ine, βluraζ

Derivational morphology

  • -at: verbal noun

Syntax

Proto-Clofabic is V2, with genitive-noun, and adjective-noun order. Tense and discourse particles are sentence-final.

Prepositions can be used in second position in a phrase (cf. "magnā cum laude")