Anbirese
Tumacan (Tȯmakav) is a minority language in the Tigolic subbranch of the Talmic languages. It is notable for its relatively conservative verb system.
Phonology
Loosely "Kashubian" to Anvyrese's Polish.
Morphology
| Labial | Dental/Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m /m/ | nh /ð̃/, n /n/ | ńh /ɹ̃/, ń /ɲ/ | ŋ /ŋ/ | ||
| Stop | fortis | p /p/ | t /t/ | c /k/ | ||
| lenis | b /b/ | d /d/ | g /g/ | |||
| Affricate | fortis | ț /ts/ | ċ /tʃ/ | |||
| lenis | ḑ /dz/ | ġ /dʒ/ | ||||
| Fricative | unvoiced | f /f/ | s /s/ | ṡ /ʃ/ | ch /x/ | h /h/ |
| voiced | v /v/ | z /z/ | ż /ʒ/ | gh /ɣ/ | ||
| Liquid | r /ɾ/, rr /r/ | ṙ /ɹ/ | ||||
| Approximant | l /ɫ/ | j /j/, ll /ʎː/ | ||||
Morphology
Nouns
Nouns are relatively simple (comparable to my old Tíogall).
Two states: absolute and construct.
Verbs
Tumacan verbs have two tenses (nonpast and past) and two aspects (imperfective and perfective). The imperfective-perfective distinction is characterized by allomorphy inherited from Old Eevo. (The perfective form derives from adding a prefix, which causes the verb to take the conjunct form. cf. Slavic languages.) Most Tumacan verbs thus have two principal parts: imperfective and perfective.
The old subject/TAM suffixes have been lost and tense is marked by prefixes.