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===Adpositions===
===Adpositions===
Trây has no true cases or adpositions (more basic semantic relations such as dative are expressed by applicatives). There are some inalienable nouns with irregular inflection that act like adpositions.
Trây has no true cases or adpositions (more basic semantic relations such as dative are expressed by applicatives). There are relational nouns (often with irregular inflection) that function similarly to adpositions.


comitative: ''txed, bod, ad, divê, nhavê, evê''
comitative: ''txed, bod, ad, divê, nhavê, evê''

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Trây (dluxcô Trây) is a Txapoallian language. It's inspired by Slavic languages and Vietnamese.

It's classified as a language isolate.

Gibberish

Châdmađưth yôkhzhêm txel vrâte exphrova ôngâstô adliv sringanhu.

Phonology

Consonants

Labial Dental Alveolar Medial Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal m /m/ n /n/ nh /ɲ/ ng /ŋ/
Plosive voiceless p /p/ t /t/ tx /ts/ ch /tʃ/ c, k /k/
voiced b /b/ đ /d/
Fricative voiceless ph /f/ th /θ/ x /s/ s /ʂ/ kh /x/ h /h/
voiced v /v/ d /z/ gi /ʒ/ g /ɣ/
Resonant l /l/ r /r/ zh /ɹ~ʁ/ y /j/

/k/ is written k before i ê e and c otherwise.

Vowels

/i ɨ u e ə o ɛ a ɔ/ = i ư u ê â ô e a o

Grammar

OSV, head-final, head-marking

Nouns

Plural: x-/i-

Possessive affixes:

  • txe- = 1sg
  • bo- = 2sg
  • â- = 3sg
  • di- = 1pl
  • nha- = 2pl
  • ay- = 3pl

Adpositions

Trây has no true cases or adpositions (more basic semantic relations such as dative are expressed by applicatives). There are relational nouns (often with irregular inflection) that function similarly to adpositions.

comitative: txed, bod, ad, divê, nhavê, evê

Verbs

Bipersonal affixes are portmanteau affixes