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{{Infobox language
{{Infobox language
| name = ''Dalitian''
| name = ''Talothic''
| altname = ''talothíkos''
| nativename = ''ὑττά ταλοθική''
| nativename = ''ýta talothíki''
| pronunciation = [hʉt.tá ta.loˈtʰi.kɛ̌ː]
| pronunciation = [ˈy.ta ta.loˈθi.ci]
|-
|-
|creator=Limius
|creator=Limius
|setting=''Avrid''
|setting=''Avrid''
|-
|-
| states = Dalitia
| states = Talothas
| ethnicity = Talothic
| ethnicity = Talothic
| familycolor = Maro-Ephenian
| familycolor = YellowGreen
| fam1= [[Maro-Ephenian Languages|Maro-Ephenian]]
| fam2 = Talothic
| fam2 = Talothic
|ancestor=Proto-Maro-Ephenian
|ancestor=[[Proto-Maro-Ephenian]]
|ancestor2=Proto-Talothic
|ancestor2=Proto-Talothic
|ancestor3=Classical Dalitian
|-
|-
| notice = IPA
| notice = IPA
}}
}}


'''Dalitian''', also known as '''Talothic''', or '''''{{term|ýta}} {{term|talothíki}}''''' (Talothic language) is a [[Maro-Ephenian Language]] spoken primarily by about 5 million people in [[Dalitia]], as well as small communities throughout [[Avrid]].  It is closely related to [[Aeranir]], and throughout history was considered an important language for art, trade, and philosophy.
'''Dalitian''', also known as '''Talothic''', or '''''ὑττά ταλοθική''''' (Talothic language) is a Maro-Ephenian Language spoken primarily by about 5 million people in Talothas, as well as small diaspora communities throughout Avrid.  It is closely related to [[Aeranir]], and throughout history was considered an important language for art, trade, and philosophy.


==Phonology==
==Phonology==
===Consonants===
===Consonants===
{| class="wikitable"  style="margin:autmargin:auto;"
{| class="wikitable"  style="margin:autmargin:auto; display: inline-table;"
|+caption | Consonant phonemes
|+caption | Classical consonant phonemes
|-
|-
! colspan="2" |
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |
! Labial
! rowspan="2" | Labial
! Dental
! colspan="2" | Alveolar
! Alveolar
! rowspan="2" | Velar
! Velar
! rowspan="2" | Uvular
! rowspan="2" | Glottal
|-
! <small> plain <small>
! <small> lateral <small>
|-  style="text-align:center;"
! rowspan="2" | Nasal
! <small> voiceless <small>
| mh ''μ̔''<br>/m̥/
| nh ''ν̔''<br>/n̥/
|
|
|
|
|- style="text-align:center;"
! <small> voiced <small>
| m ''μ''<br>/m/
| n ''ν''<br>/n/
|
|
|
|
|-  style="text-align:center;"
|-  style="text-align:center;"
! colspan="2" | Nasal
! rowspan="3" | Stop
| m<br>/m/
! <small> aspirate <small>
| ph ''φ''<br>/pʰ/
| th ''θ''<br>/tʰ/
|
|
| n<br>/n/
| kh ''χ''<br>/kʰ/
| qh ''ϙ''<br>/qʰ/
|
|
|-  style="text-align:center;"
|-  style="text-align:center;"
! rowspan="2" | Stop
! <small> tenuis <small>
! <small> voiceless <small>
| p ''π''<br>/p/
| p<br>/p/
| t ''τ''<br>/t/
|
| k ''κ''<br>/k/
| q ''ҁ''<br>/q/
|
|
| t<br>/t/
| k<br>/k/
|-  style="text-align:center;"
|-  style="text-align:center;"
! <small> voiced <small>
! <small> voiced <small>
| b<br>/b/
| b ''β''<br>/b/
| d ''δ''<br>/d/
|
| g ''γ''<br>/g/
| ġ ''ϟ''<br>/ɢ/
|
|-  style="text-align:center;"
! colspan="2" | Fricative
|
| s ''σ,ς''<br>/s/
| ś ''ϻ''<br>/ɬ~l̥/
|
|
| d<br>/d/
|
| g<br>/g/
| h<br>/h/
|-  style="text-align:center;"
|-  style="text-align:center;"
! rowspan="2" | Fricative
! rowspan="2" | Trill
! <small> voiceless <small>
! <small> voiceless <small>
| f<br>/f/
|  
| th<br>/θ/
| rh ''ῥ''<br>/r̥/
| s<br>/s/
|
| kh<br>/x/
|
|
|
|-  style="text-align:center;"
|-  style="text-align:center;"
! <small> voiced <small>
! <small> voiced <small>
| v<br>/v/
|  
| dh<br>/ð/
| r ''ρ''<br>/r/
| z<br>/z/
|
| gh<br>/ɣ/
|
|
|
|-  style="text-align:center;"
|-  style="text-align:center;"
! colspan="2" | Trill
! rowspan="2" | Approximate
! <small> voiceless <small>
|
| colspan="2" | lh ''λ̔''<br>/l̥~ɬ/
|
|
|
|
| r<br>/r/
|
|
|-  style="text-align:center;"
|-  style="text-align:center;"
! colspan="2" | Approximate
! <small> voiced <small>
|
| l ''λ''<br>/l/
|
|
|
|
|}
 
* The clusters /ps/, /ks/, and /sd/ are written <ψ>, <ξ>, and <ζ> respectively.
 
===Vowels===
{| class="wikitable"  style="margin:autmargin:auto; display: inline-table;"
|+caption | Classical vowel phonemes
|-
! rowspan="2" |
! colspan="2" | Front
! colspan ="2" | Central
! colspan ="2" | Back
|-
! <small> short <small>
! <small> long <small>
! <small> short <small>
! <small> long <small>
! <small> short <small>
! <small> long <small>
|- style="text-align:center;"
! Close
| i ''ι''<br>/i/
| ī ''ῑ''<br>/iː/
| y ''υ''<br>/ʉ/
| ȳ ''ῡ''<br>/ʉː/
|
|
|- style="text-align:center;"
! Mid-close
| e ''ε''<br>/e/
| ei ''ει''<br>/eː/
|
|
| o ο<br>/o/
| ou ου<br>/oː/
|- style="text-align:center;"
! Mid-open
|
| ē ''η''<br>/ɛː/
|
|
|
| ō ''ω''<br>/ɔː/
|- style="text-align:center;"
! Open
|
|
| a ''α''<br>/ä/
| ā ''ᾱ''<br>/äː/
|
|
|}
 
{| class="wikitable"  style="margin:autmargin:auto; display: inline-table;"
|+caption | Classical diphthongs
|-
! rowspan="2" |
! colspan="2" | Front
! colspan="2" | Central
! colspan ="2" | Back
|-
! <small> short <small>
! <small> long <small>
! <small> short <small>
! <small> long <small>
! <small> short <small>
! <small> long <small>
|- style="text-align:center;"
! Close
| yi ''υι''<br>/yi/
|
|
|
|
|
|- style="text-align:center;"
! Mid
| eu ''ευ''<br>/eu/
| ēi ''ῃ''<br>/ɛːi/<br>ēu ''ηυ''<br>/ɛːu/
|
|
| oi ''οι''<br>/oi/
| ōi ''ῳ''<br>/ɔːi/<br>ōu ''ωυ''<br>/ɔːu/
|- style="text-align:center;"
! Open
|
|
| ai ''αι''<br>/äi/<br>au ''αυ''<br>/äu/
| āi ''ᾳ''<br>/äːi/<br>āu ''ᾱυ''<br>/äːu/
|
|
|}
 
== Nouns ==
=== Cases ===
==== Telicity ====
Classical Talothic distinguishes [[w:Telicity|telic]] from atelic action by means of the case of the [[w:Direct object|direct object]].  The accusative is used for telic actions, whilst the genitive is used for atelic ones.  The former indicates action that have endpoints and are complete, whilst the latter have no endpoint and/or are not complete.  This is distinct from the perfective and imperfective aspects, which deal with whether the action is viewed with internal or external construction.
 
Because atelic action uses the genitive, a non-core case, to represent its object, the object cannot take verbal agreement, and thus the middle voice is triggered.  By making use of telicity in conjuncture with tense and aspect, a broad range on nuances may be expressed in Classical Talothic.  Some verbs by their very nature are almost always atelic, and thereby almost always appear in the middle voice.
 
== Verbs ==
=== Agreement ===
[[File:Dga pyramid.png|thumb|250px|right|The ''DGA pyramid'', originally developed by u/Darkgamma, 2018. ''[https://www.reddit.com/r/conlangs/comments/aarsyy/the_total_cacophony_of_bäladiri_verb_agreement/ The Total Cacophony of Bäladiri Verb Agreement and Argument Assignment]''.]]
Verbs in Talothic are conjugated to agree with the [[w:Grammatical number|number]], the [[w:Grammatical person|person]], and in the third person singular, the [[w:Grammatical gender|gender]] of the most oblique argument given a word's [[w:Valency (linguistics)|valency]], as defined by the ''DGA pyramid''<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/conlangs/comments/aarsyy/the_total_cacophony_of_bäladiri_verb_agreement/</ref>.  Here, '''S''' represents the [[w:Subject (grammar)|subject]] of an [[w:Intransitive verb|intransitive verb]], such as 'the person' in 'the person laughed.'  '''A''' represents the [[w:Agent (grammar)|agent]] of a [[w:Transitive verb|transitive verb]] (also occasually called the [[w:Subject (grammar)|subject]]), or the person or thing that does the action of the verb, such as 'the child' in 'the child reads the book.'  '''D''' marks the donor, a special type of agent, who gives something or does a the action of a verb for the benefit of another, such as ‘the senator’ in ‘the senator gave the cat some milk.’  These are collectively called the '''nominative argument''', and are expressed usually with the [[w:Nominative case|nominative case]], but also occasionally with the [[w:Genitive case|genitive case]] in dependant clauses.
 
'''P''' represents the [[w:Patient (grammar)|patient]] of a [[w:Transitive verb|transitive verb]], or the person or thing towhich the verb is done, also called the '''direct object''', such as ‘the book’ in ‘the child reads the book.’  '''T''' represents the '''theme''', or the object that is given to someone or something, such as ‘the milk’ in ‘the senator gave the cat some milk.’  These two roles make up the '''accusative argument''', which is marked with the [[w:Accusative case|accusative case]].  Finally, '''R''' represents the '''recipient''', or the person who recieves the theme from the donor, or benefits from the donor's action, with a [[w:Ditransitive verb|ditransitive verb]], also commonly called the '''indirect object''', such as 'the cat' in 'the senator gave the cate some milk.'
 
Talothic verbs conjugate their endings to agree with the most oblique argument in a clause.  That means the '''subject''' of an '''intransitive verb''', the '''patient''' of a '''transitive verb''', or the '''recipient''' of a '''ditransitive verb'''.
 
:{{interlinear | box=yes
| ἐπάλαι κομός
| well_built-AOR.3SG.E house-NOM.SG
|'The house is well built'}}
 
:{{interlinear | box=yes
| ἐτέπτεα ἂκηρ ἀλυπά
| drink-IMPERF.2SG farmer-NOM.PL power-ACC.SG
|'The farmers were drinking water'}}
 
:{{interlinear | box=yes
| κισῷν αἰππά ῴσιν
| return-2SG 1SG.NOM power-ACC.SG
|'I'm returning the power to you'}}
 
It should be noted that a verb in the [[w:Active voice|active voice]] must always have the maximum number of arguments according to its inherent transitivity.  This means, for example, that one can never say 'John eats.'  Because 'to eat' is transitive, there must be a patient, or direct object, e.g. 'John eats food.'  However, there are a number of valancy dropping operations available in Talothic to allow various arguments to be dropped, which are discussed in the section on [[w:Voice (grammar)|voice]].
 
=== Stem change ===
 
Talothic verbs are characterised by a tripartite stem system, used in conjunction with verb endings and the augment, to form its six tenses.  This trait is common in eastern Maro-Ephenia languages, while it is rarer in western ones.  These three stems are referred to simply as ''S1'', ''S2'', and ''S3'', but may also be called more descriptively the [[w:Gnomic aspect|gnomic]], [[w:Imperfective aspect|imperfective]], and [[w:Perfective aspect|perfective]] aspects.  Not all verbs have all stems, however all have S1 as well as either S2 or S3.  Verbs lacking a particular stem are called ''despondent''.  S1 is generally seen as the base stem of a verb (and the ''aorist'' which uses it the main tense), and there are a number of different ways to derive S2 & S3.
 
Strategies for forming ''S2'' (''imperfective'') from ''S1'' (''gnomic''):
* Root vowel e-ablaut: ''ι'' → ''ει'', ''υ'' → ''ευ'', e.g. ''κιδ-'' ('to cut') → ''κειδ-''; ''φυρ-'' ('to fall') → ''φευρ-''
* Root vowel lengthening: ''α'' → ''η'', ''ε'' → ''η'', ''ο'' → ''ω''
* Nasal insertion with e-ablaut: ''α'' → ''εμ/εν/εγ''
* Final consonant mutation: ''π/φ'' → ''πτ'', ''τ/θ/κ/χ'' → ''ττ'', ''β/δ/γ'' → ''ζ'', e.g. ''τεφ-'' ('to drink') → ''τεπτ-''; ''αγ-'' ('to plant') → ''αζ-''
Strategies for forming ''S3'' (''perfective'') from ''S1'' (''gnomic''):
* Root vowel e-ablaut: ''ι'' → ''ει'', ''υ'' → ''ευ''
* Root vowel lengthening: ''α'' → ''η'', ''ε'' → ''η'', ''ο'' → ''ω'', e.g. ''τεφ-'' ('to drink') → ''τηφ-''; ''παθ-'' ('to be straight') → ''πηθ-''
* Nasal insertion with e-ablaut: ''α'' → ''εμ/εν/εγ''
* Root vowel o-ablaut: ''ι'' → ''οι'', ''υ'' → ''ου'', ''ε'' → ''ο'', e.g. ''κιδ-'' ('to cut') → ''κοιδ-''; ''φυρ-'' ('to fall') → ''φουρ-''; ''αγ-'' ('to plant') → ''ογ-''
* Root vowel lengthening with o-ablaut: ''α'' → ''ω'', ''ε'' → ''ω''
* Nasal insertion with o-ablaut: ''α'' → ''ομ/ον/ογ''
 
=== Tense and Aspect ===
== Numbers ==
{| class="wikitable"  style="display: inline-table;"
|+caption | Talothic numbers
|-
! #
! Cardinal
! Ordinal
! Adverbial
! #
! Cardinal
! Ordinal
! Adverbial
! #
! Cardinal
! Ordinal
! Adverbial
! #
! Cardinal
! Ordinal
! Adverbial
|-
! 1
| ''εἶξ''
|
|
! 11
|
|
|
! 21
|
|
|
! 120
|
|
|
|- 
! 2
| ''ἧθρα''
|
|
! 12
|
|
|
! 22
|
|
|
! 140
|
|
|
|- 
! 3
| ''μόρερα''
|
| ''μάρα''
! 13
|
|
|
! 30
|
|
|
! 160
|
|
|
|- 
! 4
| ''πατύρ''
| ''παταῖνος''
| ''πάτα''
! 14
|
|
|
! 40
|
|
|
! 180
|
|
|
|- 
! 5
| ''πεῖτρα''
|
|
! 15
|
|
|
! 50
|
|
|
! 200
|
|
|
|- 
! 6
|
|
|
! 16
|
|
|
! 60
|
|
|
! 220
|
|
|
|- 
! 7
|
|
|
! 17
|
|
|
! 70
|
|
|
! 240
|
|
|
|- 
! 8
|
|
|
! 18
|
|
|
! 80
|
|
|
! 260
|
|
|
|- 
! 9
|
|
|
! 19
|
|
|
! 90
|
|
|
! 280
|
|
|
|- 
! 10
|
|
|
! 20
|
|
|
! 100
|
|
|
! 400
|
|
|
|
| l<br>/l/
|
|
|}
|}


[[Category:Dalitian]]
== Footnotes ==
[[Category:Maro-Ephenian Languages]]
 
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