Talk:A priori language

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A priori language ([tiŋkatkiramai] 'mother language') is a language inspired aesthetically by Finnish and Tamil. It is spoken by a tribe of dwarves in the Tolkienian fantasy world of Rotunu.

Numbers: 1: aintu

Introduction

Ypyḷḷityyn = a place name?

Phonology

Orthography

Consonants

Vowels

/a e~ə i o u æ ø y/ a e i o u ö ü

Prosody

Stress

Intonation

Phonotactics

Morphophonology

Morphology

Nouns

  • tinkaTu
  • tinkaTku
  • tinkaTuur
  • tinkaTuva
  • tinkaTurru
  • tinkaTuta
  • tinkaTurpa
  • tinkaTutana
  • tinkaTunen
  • tinkaTuttu
  • tinkaTuval

Verbs

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

Syntax

Constituent order

Noun phrase

Verb phrase

Sentence phrase

Dependent clauses

Example texts

Other resources