Taba
| Taba | |
|---|---|
| dʰóódʰelo wisedʰés | |
| Setting | Verse:Tricin |
Pategic
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Dodellian (native name dʰóódʰelo wisedʰés) is one of the two official languages of Dodellia (the other being Clofabosin). It's inspired phonologically by PIE and Algonquian languages, and its grammar is agglutinative, head-marking and head-final like Turkic languages.
It is related to Shalian, Verapamil and Pategian.
ǵʰyél "house"
h₂owbʰés ǵʰyelíí "the king's house"
ḱosti- = to accompany
- ḱostiyóó = queen
ḱewl- = to play, to compete (~ Shalian chowl- 'to fight')
dʰóódʰelo wisedʰés: ǵʰedóóndʰule mééru = Dodellian language: Lessons and memes
- -óóndʰ ~ -ownth
- -u/-w ~ -af
elódh, gwees, s'uul, mokwéés, bodhéém, h2elbhón, kwoysedh, kowh2os, yéétoh3, soludh
Phonology
Consonants
p b bʰ t d dʰ ḱ ǵ ǵʰ k g gʰ kʷ gʷ gʷʰ s ś h₁ h₂ h₃ l r m n w y /pʰ p bʰ tʰ t dʰ cɕʰ cɕ ɟʑʰ kʰ k gʰ kʷʰ kʷ gʷʰ s ɕ h χ xʷ l r m n w j/
Tone
(bhe = [pʰè], pe = [pʰé])
Vowels
e o ee oo i u ii uu ei ou eu oi /ɛ ɔ~ə~ʌ æ: ɑ: ɪ ʊ i: u: ɛi ɔu œy ʌi/
Acute accents mark lexical stress.
Phonotactics
Dodellian has no initial clusters.
Grammar
Cases
TODO: consonant and vowel stem endings
There are two accusative cases, depending on whether the patient is affected or undergoes a change of state because of the verb.
- ḱewgyóówin neséh₃todʰ kuh₂otóór.
- ḱewgyóó-in neséh₃t-odʰ kuh₂ot-óór.
- player-NOM tree-PAT saw-PST
- The contestant cut down the tree.
- h₂owbʰésin ḱostiyóó h₁ónkʷeil.
- h₂owbʰés-in ḱostiyóó h₁ónkʷei-l.
- king-NOM queen.NPAT love-PRES
- The king loves the queen.
| Nominative | neséh₃tin | |
|---|---|---|
| Accusative (non-patient) | neséh₃t | |
| Accusative (patient) | neséh₃todʰ | |
| Illative | neséh₃tih₁e | |
| Inessive | neséh₃teel | |
| Elative | neséh₃teeleś | |
| Allative/Dative | neséh₃tih₁enh₂ | |
| Adessive | neséh₃teenh₂ | |
| Ablative | neséh₃teenh₂eś | |
| Instrumental/Comitative | neséh₃toobʰ | |
| Essive | neséh₃tiǵʰ | |
| Translative | neséh₃tenḱ | |
| Abessive | neséh₃temeh₃k | |
"and": -le
plural: -w/-u
Pronouns
Pronominal suffixes
Possession and/or direct objects:
- -ól: 1sg
- -ókʷ: 2sg formal
- -íí: 3sg
- -isyé: 1pl
- -ih₂yér: 2pl, 2sg informal
- -éh₁dʰo: 3pl
- ǵʰyelól = my house
- ǵʰyelókʷ = your house
- ǵʰyelíí = his/her house
- ǵʰyelisyé = our house
- ǵʰyelih₂yér = your house
- ǵʰyeléh₁dʰo = their house
Verbs
Derivation
- -yóó = agentive
Sample texts
The king and the god
- h₂owbʰés noh₂kúneedh
- [χɔu'bʰɛs nɔχ'kunæ:dh]
- h₂owbʰés noh₂kún-eedh
- king god-and