Dodellian (dudiĺźä śmäsin) is a Clofabo-Dodellic language spoken in Kuderau along with Clofabidin and Eomuji.
Introduction
Phonology
Orthography
Consonants
|
Labial |
Dental |
Alveo-palatal |
Velar |
Glottal
|
Voiceless stop |
p /p/ |
t /t/ |
t́ /tʲ/ |
c /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/ |
|
Lateral approximant |
|
l /l/ |
ĺ /lʲ/ |
|
Trill |
|
r /r/ |
|
|
Vowels
Letter |
Sound
|
a |
/ɑ/
|
ä |
/æ/
|
i |
/i/
|
ı |
/ɨ/
|
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
d́ubzäsin 'drug' |
Singular |
Plural
|
Nominative |
d́ubzäsin |
d́ubzäsirin
|
Accusative |
d́ubzäsnä |
d́ubzäsirnä
|
Genitive |
d́ubzäsnät |
d́ubzäsirnät
|
Locative |
d́ubzäsivı |
d́ubzäsirivı
|
Lative |
d́ubzäsum |
d́ubzäsirum
|
Ablative |
d́ubzäsund |
d́ubzäsirund
|
Vocative |
d́ubzäsi |
d́ubzäsiri
|
Dodellian inflects verbs by tense, person, number, gender, animacy, aspect and mood.
A sample conjugation paradigm (in the present indicative)
śmä- 'speak' |
Singular |
Plural
|
1 |
śmänuni |
śmänunir
|
2 |
śmänat |
śmänatar
|
3 masc |
śmänac |
śmänur
|
3 fem |
śmänav |
śmänur
|
3 inanimate |
śmänu |
śmänur
|
past indicative:
śmä- 'speak' |
Singular |
Plural
|
1 |
śmäʔurni |
śmäʔurnir
|
2 |
śmäʔrat |
śmäʔratar
|
3 masc |
śmäʔrac |
śmäʔrur
|
3 fem |
śmäʔrav |
śmäʔrur
|
3 inanimate |
śmäʔru |
śmäʔrur
|
future indicative:
śmä- 'speak' |
Singular |
Plural
|
1 |
śmän śifun |
śmän śifunir
|
2 |
śmän śifat |
śmän śifatar
|
3 masc |
śmän śifac |
śmän śifur
|
3 fem |
śmän śifav |
śmän śifur
|
3 inanimate |
śmän śifu |
śmän śifur
|
timeless indicative:
śmä- 'speak' |
Singular |
Plural
|
1 |
śmät́nini |
śmät́ninir
|
2 |
śmät́nät |
śmät́nätar
|
3 masc |
śmät́näc |
śmät́nür
|
3 fem |
śmät́näv |
śmät́nür
|
3 inanimate |
śmät́nü |
śmät́nür
|
Syntax
Constituent order
Noun phrase
Verb phrase
Sentence phrase
Dependent clauses
Examples
śiran 'settlement'
Aśvan (a name)
Fitın (a name)
Patin (a name)
Other resources