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Tingatkiramei (tingat-ku iramei 'Tingat's language' [tiŋətkiɾəmai]) is a language inspired aesthetically by German and Tamil. It is spoken by a tribe of dwarves.

Introduction

Phonology

Orthography

Consonants

p b f m t d ts n k g x ŋ l r j v s ʃ p b f m t d z n k g ch ng l r j w s sch

All consonants can be geminated.

/s/ is realized as [z] between vowels or before /m n l r v/.

Vowels

/a e i o u ø y ai au ɔy/ a e i o u ö ü ei au eu

Prosody

Stress

Intonation

Phonotactics

Morphophonology

Morphology

Verbs

The verbal noun ends in -ei and is the citation form. For example, karwelei means "worshipping" or "to worship"; iramei means "speaking" or "to speak".

Syntax

Constituent order

Noun phrase

Verb phrase

Sentence phrase

Dependent clauses

Example texts

Other resources