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[[Tiruttazhai]] is an Altaic conlang with an Icelandic, Scandinavian, PGmc and Tamil aesthetic, spoken in northern China in Lõis.
[[Xeno-Mandarin]] (''Putongyu'' or ''Putonglawas'') is an Altaic conlang with a "nontonal Mandarin" aesthetic, spoken in northern China and parts of Mongolia and Siberia in [[Verse:Irta]]. It's a hypothetical answer to the question "What if Mandarin were an Altaic sprachbund language?"


* retroflexes
==Todo==
* more consonant clusters (lC, nC, mC, fricativeC) including final ones
* preaspiration (including /ʰʈ/)


r and zh both pronounced [r ~ r̥], from Old Tiruttazhai *r and *z
Derive from existing "reconstructions" of Proto-Altaic


*tiruhtazōi -> [tiɾʏʰtaɾai]
Chinese words in this language should sound so Mandarin they're even polysyllabic, like ''taiyang'' "sun" instead of ''ri''
 
''-zi'' is quite productive and works even with Altaic words
 
Andalusian Spanish-style vowel harmony?


==Nouns==
==Nouns==


*nominative: -inn
*nominative: -en / -ian
*accusative: -Ø
*accusative: -Ø / -ь
*genitive: -a
*genitive: -es / -ies (sai-siot)
*dative: -aðu
*dative: -ade / -iade
*ablative: -ár
*ablative: -ar / -iar
*locative: -ém
*locative: -am / -iam
*comitative: -inum / -um / -alum / -aðum / -árum / -émum
*comitative: -emb / -iemb
*essive: -ai
*essive: -ao / -iao
*translative: -attu
*translative: -aza / -iaza


==Lexicon==
==Lexicon==


<poem>
 
línken < ȵiɪn kˠɛn
[[Category:Languages]]
sývú < d͡ziɪ jɨu
[[Category:Conlangs]]
suvanjam < t͡suən ŋɨɐm
[[Category:Altaic languages]]
kivallí < ɡˠiuᴇn liɪ
pijattá < bˠiæŋ təŋ
lysé < lɨ siᴇŋ
lausím < lɨɐŋ siɪm
</poem>

Latest revision as of 07:02, 7 January 2022

Xeno-Mandarin (Putongyu or Putonglawas) is an Altaic conlang with a "nontonal Mandarin" aesthetic, spoken in northern China and parts of Mongolia and Siberia in Verse:Irta. It's a hypothetical answer to the question "What if Mandarin were an Altaic sprachbund language?"

Todo

Derive from existing "reconstructions" of Proto-Altaic

Chinese words in this language should sound so Mandarin they're even polysyllabic, like taiyang "sun" instead of ri

-zi is quite productive and works even with Altaic words

Andalusian Spanish-style vowel harmony?

Nouns

  • nominative: -en / -ian
  • accusative: -Ø / -ь
  • genitive: -es / -ies (sai-siot)
  • dative: -ade / -iade
  • ablative: -ar / -iar
  • locative: -am / -iam
  • comitative: -emb / -iemb
  • essive: -ao / -iao
  • translative: -aza / -iaza

Lexicon