Tergetian

Not to be confused with the Geulic language Tamil.

Proto-Clofabic (Tamil: LΛŦꝨΠ tamil 'same, shared, common'; Clofabosin: methoserotin 'the people's language') is the (attested!) proto-language of the Clofabic family, which includes Clofabosin and Phormatolidin. It was spoken 2000 years before modern Clofabosin.

1: es (inanimate) / er (animate) 2: s2rib 3: s2atl 4: lop 5: orβ 6: kʷib 7: tksol 8: δikʷ 9: abd 10: gaβar 11: βetm 12: r2klut

• copula: wir
• participle: βen
• progressive: δa
  • Talmo-Tamil za
  • Schwünter da
• past: r2ole
  • Talmo-Tamil zhol
• future: kapt
  • Talmo-Tamil kapt
• quotative: di
• topic: =n
• attributive: =l, =il
• genitive: o
• ptum = negative
• tpo-es = thing
• comparative: dguwan
• superlative: pδeg
  • Talmo-Tamil pzeg
• plural: -ar2
  • Clofab -zin
  • Schwünter -s
  • Talmo-Tamil -azh
• cohortative: ko

• sken = go
  • Clofab zen.avir
  • Talmo-Tamil sken
• kaβ = do, make
  • Clofab ca.vir
  • Talmo-Tamil kav
  • Schwünter haben
• akti = day
  • Clofab acti.n
  • Talmo-Tamil akti
  • Schwünter Ächt
• spto = eat
  • Clofab spovir
  • Talmo-Tamil spto
  • Schwünter stohen
• matsi, patsi = mother, father
• moksti = live
  • Clofab moxivir
  • Talmo-Tamil mksti
  • Schwünter möchten
• ds2a = good
  • Clofab dasa.vir
  • Talmo-Tamil dza
  • Schwünter ja
• stlok = land
  • Clofab locin
  • Talmo-Tamil stxok
  • Schwünter Kloch

Phonology

Consonants

m n p t k kʷ b d g gʷ β δ γ w s1 s2 h r1 r2 l

Vowels

/i u e o a/

Orthography

• a: Λ
• b: Ỻ
• k: Ǝ
• d: X
• e: Ʞ
• β: Ꙟ
• s2: Ɥ
• g: Σ
• i: Ꝩ
• δ: Ꝟ
• l: Π
• m: Ŧ
• n: И
• o: Ϫ
• p: Ш
• γ: Ӈ
• r: Ⱶ
• s: Ⅎ
• r2: Ꙉ
• t: L
• u: Ξ
• w: Ⳙ
• (x /ks/: Ɐ)

Alphabetical order: X Ⱶ Ŧ Ꙟ Ⅎ Π L Σ Ш И Ⳙ Ꝟ Ỻ Ǝ Ꙉ Ɥ Ꝩ Ʞ Λ Ϫ Ξ (d r1 m β s1 l t g γ p n w δ b k r2 s2 i e a o u)

Morphology

Tamil is analytic.

Pronouns

end, sent, βlur, akwt, ine, βlur

Syntax

Grammar is based on clitics

genitive-noun, adjective-noun?

V2, "magnā cum laude" order