Verse:Hmøøh/Dodellian
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Dodellian (dudiĺźä śmäsin) is a language spoken in Cuadhlabh which influenced Clofabosin. Numbers: 0: vüzın 1: sumın 2: laśın 3: t́uvın 4: prülın 5: aruzın 6: räśvın 7: faiźın 8: amśın 9: üravın 10: ńävdın 11: makśın 12: pranın
Todo
- gıtrın = thanks (Clofabosin -gatran 'thanks to')
- grälın = trail (Clofabosin -grel, -grelor "according to")
- däśmärpın = agreement (däś-: 'co-, con-' + märpın 'mind')
- märpäntın = probability
- -äntın = -liness, -ability
- ısnuźam = to study
- nińt́äźam = to observe (a rule), to celebrate (a holiday), to customarily do something
- nusmam = to lead
- distuźam = to move
- -ıtä (for Clofab suffixes ending in -ate)
Phonology
Orthography
Consonants
Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Voiceless stop | p /p/ | t /t/ | t́ /tʲ/ | k /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~j/ | ||
Lat. approx. | l /l/ | ĺ /lʲ/ | |||
Trill | r /r/ |
Vowels
Letter | Sound |
---|---|
a | /ɑ/ |
ä | /æ/ |
i | /i/ |
ı | /ɨ~ə/ |
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
Nouns
śirın - city | ||
---|---|---|
Nominative | śirın | |
Accusative | śir | |
Genitive | śirid | |
Dative | śirar | |
Locative | śirınt | |
Instrumental | śiraśvir |
äfän - way, road, path | ||
---|---|---|
Nominative | äfän | |
Accusative | äfä | |
Genitive | äfäźid | |
Dative | äfäźar | |
Locative | äfänt | |
Instrumental | äfäźaśvir |
Verbs
declarative -am
interrogative -ıni
conjunctive -äl
Syntax
Constituent order
Noun phrase
Verb phrase
Sentence phrase
Dependent clauses
Examples
Büzın uĺiädıś bükśadid fańar ıkśaram. = 'I speak about love and hate'
Äsnın büzinir bätıni? (-ıni = question marker)
śirın 'settlement'
Aśvın (a name)
Fitun (a name)
Patin (a name)
some words:
tükśätın 'debt'
märpäntın 'probability'