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| :[[Teifyzh/Lexicon]]
| | Placeholder for Sanskrito-Thai-esque sister of Nurian |
| :[[Teifyzh/Swadesh list]]
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| ==Todo==
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| *''yṇfi'' = truth
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| *''nir'' = water
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| *''pawṭh'' = song
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| *''nawḍ'' = land
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| *''awṇ'' = man
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| *''rhwṇṭ'' = round
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| *''swga'' = sad
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| *''cyḷi'' = branch
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| *''tywyn'' = island
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| ==Introduction==
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| '''{{PAGENAME}}''' (English: /ˈteɪ.vɚ/; native name: ''teifyzh mozh'' /ˈtɛivəɻ mɔɻ/) is a Dravidian language spoken in Lõis's Madagascar (''Teifyzh Tywyn'' in Teifyzh). It is inspired by Welsh.
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| *1-10: ont, rhant, mwnt, nant, aent, awr, oezh, eṭh, ompath, path
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| *20-100: irffath, mwffath, nawsffath, aeffath, awrffath, oezhffath, eṭhffath, toṇhwr, nwr
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| ==Phonology==
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| ===Orthography===
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| ===Consonants===
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| {| class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;"
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| |+'''{{PAGENAME}} consonants'''
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| ! colspan="2"|
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| !Labial
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| !Dental
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| !Alveolar
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| !Retroflex
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| !Velar
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| !Glottal
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| |-
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| ! rowspan="2"|Nasal
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| ! | <small>voiceless</small>
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| |'''mh''' /m̊/
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| |'''nh''' /n̊/
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| |'''ṇh''' /ɳ̊/
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| |'''ngh''' /ŋ̊/
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| |-
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| ! | <small>voiced</small>
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| |'''m''' /m/
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| |'''n''' /n/
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| |'''ṇ''' /ɳ/
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| |'''ng''' /ŋ/
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| |-
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| ! rowspan="2"|Stop
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| ! | <small>voiceless</small>
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| |'''p''' /p/
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| |'''t''' /t/
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| |'''ṭ''' /ʈ/
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| |'''c''' /k/
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| |-
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| ! | <small>voiced</small>
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| |'''b''' /b/
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| |'''d''' /d/
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| |'''ḍ''' /ɖ/
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| |'''g''' /g/
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| |-
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| ! rowspan="2"|Fricative
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| ! | <small>voiceless</small>
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| |'''ph, ff''' /f/
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| |'''th''' /θ/
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| |'''s''' /s/
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| |'''ṭh''' /ʂ/
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| |'''ch''' /χ/
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| |'''h''' /h/
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| |-
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| |-
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| ! | <small>voiced</small>
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| |'''f''' /v/
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| |'''dd''' /ð/
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| |'''z''' /z/
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| |'''zh, ḍḍ''' /ʐ~ɻ/
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| |-
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| ! rowspan="2"|Liquid
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| ! | <small>voiceless</small>
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| |'''ll''' /ɬ/
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| |'''rh''' /r̥/
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| |'''ḷḷ''' /ꞎ/
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| |-
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| ! | <small>voiced</small>
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| |'''l''' /l/
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| |'''r''' /r/
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| |'''ḷ''' /ɭ/
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| |-
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| ! colspan="2"|Approximant
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| |'''w''' /w/
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| |}
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| ===Vowels===
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| '''a ae aw e ei i o oe w y'''
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| ===Prosody===
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| ====Stress====
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| ====Intonation====
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| ===Phonotactics===
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| <!-- Explain the consonant clusters and vowel clusters that are permissible for use in the language. For example, "st" is an allowed consonant cluster in English while onset "ng" isn't. -->
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| ===Morphophonology===
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| ==Morphology==
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| ===Pronouns===
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| {| class="bluetable lightbluebg " style="width: 350px; text-align: center;"
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| |+
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| |-
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| !style="width: 50px; "|
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| !style="width: 100px; "|Singular
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| !style="width: 100px; "|Plural
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| !|1
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| |''nawn'' (gen. ''e-N'', oblique ''en-'')
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| |''nawncaḷ'' (gen. ''encaḷ'')
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| |-
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| !|1 + 2
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| |''nawf'' (gen. ''nam'')
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| !|2
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| |''nî'' (gen. ''w-N'', oblique ''wn-'')
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| |''nîncaḷ'' (gen. ''wncaḷ'')
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| |-
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| !|3 (animate)
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| |''awr''
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| |''awrchaḷ''
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| |-
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| !|3 (inanimate)
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| |''ad''
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| |''aechaḷ''
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| |}
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| ===Nouns===
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| {{PAGENAME}} nouns decline in 7 cases and two numbers. The declension system is rather complex as each noun displays several different principal parts and and ending allomorphs also vary based on the noun.
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| {| class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="width: 440px; text-align: center;"
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| ! colspan="3"| '''General noun paradigm'''
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| |-
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| !| !! Singular !! Plural
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| |-
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| !|Nominative
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| |''[0]''||{{abbtip|-caḷ after nasals and obstruents; -chaḷ after liquids and vowels|''[2]c(h)aḷ''}}
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| |-
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| !|Accusative
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| |''[1]i'' (''-ae'' after ''i'')||''[2]c(h)aḷi''
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| |-
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| !|Genitive
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| |''[3]'' + nasal mutation||''[2]c(h)aḷ'' + nasal mutation
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| |-
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| !|Dative
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| |''[1]ych''||''[2]c(h)aḷych''
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| |-
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| !|Instrumental
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| |''[1]ol''||''[2]c(h)aḷol''
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| |-
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| !|Ablative
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| |''[1]ynol''||''[2]c(h)aḷynol''
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| |-
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| !|Locative
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| |''[3]yl''||''[2]c(h)aḷyl''
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| The declension might be best illustrated with example nouns:
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| {| class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="width: 440px; text-align: center;"
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| ! colspan="3"| ''pawl'' 'kind, type'
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| |-
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| !| !! Singular !! Plural
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| !|Nominative
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| |''pawl''||''pawlchaḷ''
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| |-
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| !|Accusative
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| |''pawli''||''pawlchaḷi''
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| |-
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| !|Genitive
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| |''pawl'' + nasal mutation||''pawlchaḷ'' + nasal mutation
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| !|Dative
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| |''pawlych''||''pawlchaḷych''
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| !|Instrumental
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| |''pawlol''||''pawlchaḷol''
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| !|Ablative
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| |''pawlynol''||''pawlchaḷynol''
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| !|Locative
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| |''pawlyl''||''pawlchaḷyl''
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| {| class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="width: 440px; text-align: center;"
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| ! colspan="3"| ''mara'' 'tree'
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| !| !! Singular !! Plural
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| !|Nominative
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| |''mara''||''mara'''n'''caḷ''
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| !|Accusative
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| |''mara'''th'''i''||''marancaḷi''
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| !|Genitive
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| |''mar'''eth''''' + nasal mutation||''marancaḷ'' + nasal mutation
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| !|Dative
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| |''marathych''||''marancaḷych''
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| !|Instrumental
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| |''marathol''||''marancaḷol''
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| !|Ablative
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| |''marathynol''||''marancaḷynol''
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| !|Locative
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| |''marethyl''||''marancaḷyl''
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| {| class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="width: 440px; text-align: center;"
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| ! colspan="3"| ''maga'' 'son'
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| !| !! Singular !! Plural
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| !|Nominative
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| |''maga''||''maga'''nc'''aḷ''
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| !|Accusative
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| |''maga'''n'''i''||''magancaḷi''
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| !|Genitive
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| |''mag'''en''''' + nasal mutation||''magancaḷ'' + nasal mutation
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| !|Dative
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| |''maganych''||''magancaḷych''
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| !|Instrumental
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| |''maganol''||''magancaḷol''
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| !|Ablative
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| |''maganynol''||''magancaḷynol''
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| !|Locative
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| |''magenyl''||''magancaḷyl''
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| {| class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="width: 440px; text-align: center;"
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| ! colspan="3"| ''myṭhi'' 'egg'
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| !| !! Singular !! Plural
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| !|Nominative
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| |''myṭhi''||''myṭhichaḷ''
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| !|Accusative
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| |''myṭhi'''ae'''''||''myṭhichaḷi''
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| !|Genitive
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| |''myṭhi'' + nasal mutation||''myṭhichaḷ'' + nasal mutation
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| !|Dative
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| |''myṭhich''||''myṭhichaḷych''
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| !|Instrumental
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| |''myṭhiol''||''myṭhichaḷol''
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| !|Ablative
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| |''myṭhinol''||''myṭhichaḷynol''
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| !|Locative
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| |''myṭhiyl''||''myṭhichaḷyl''
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| ! colspan="3"| ''gwîḍ'' 'house'
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| !| !! Singular !! Plural
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| !|Nominative
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| |''gwîḍ''||''gwî'''ṭh'''caḷ''
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| !|Accusative
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| |''gwî'''ṭh'''i''||''gwîṭhcaḷi''
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| !|Genitive
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| |''gwî'''ṭh''''' + nasal mutation||''gwîṭhcaḷ'' + nasal mutation
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| !|Dative
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| |''gwîṭhych''||''gwîṭhcaḷych''
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| !|Instrumental
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| |''gwîṭhol''||''gwîṭhcaḷol''
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| !|Ablative
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| |''gwîṭhynol''||''gwîṭhcaḷynol''
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| !|Locative
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| |''gwîṭhyl''||''gwîṭhcaḷyl''
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| ===Adjectives===
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| Adjectives do not agree with nouns but are conjugated like verbs in predicative position. Attributive adjectives are unmarked.
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| Examples of attributive adjectives:
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| *''nall'' 'good'; ''peri'' 'big'; ''cinh'' 'small'; ''pazhae'' 'old'; ''pydi'' 'new'
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| Conjugation of predicative adjectives (present tense):
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| ! colspan="3"| '''Personal endings'''
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| !| !! Singular !! Plural
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| !|1
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| |''-en''||''-o''
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| !|2
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| |''-ae''||''-iaḷ''
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| |''-or''||''-oḷ''
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| |''-ad''||''-an''
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| Example:
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| *1sg: ''nallen; perien''
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| *2sg: ''nallae; periae''
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| *3sg.c: ''nallor; perior''
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| *3sg.n: ''nallad; periad''
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| *1pl: ''nallo; perio''
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| *2pl: ''nalliaḷ, periaḷ''
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| *3pl.c: ''nalloḷ, perioḷ''
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| *3pl.n: ''nallan, perian''
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| Adverbs are formed from adjectives with the suffix ''-og'': ''nall'''og''''' 'well', ''pydi'''og''''' 'again'.
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| ===Verbs===
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| ====Person and tense suffixes====
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| {| class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="width: 440px; text-align: center;"
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| !rowspan="2"| ''sei'' 'do'
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| ! colspan="2" | '''Non-past'''
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| ! Singular !! Plural
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| |''sei·b·en''||''sei·b·o''
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| !|2
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| |''sei·b·ae''||''sei·b·iaḷ''
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| |''sei·b·or''||''sei·b·oḷ''
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| !|3.n
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| |''sei·b·ad''||''sei·b·an''
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| {| class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="width: 440px; text-align: center;"
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| !rowspan="2" | ''sei'' 'do'
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| ! Singular !! Plural
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| |''sei·d·en''||''sei·d·o''
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| !|2
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| |''sei·d·ae''||''sei·d·iaḷ''
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| !|3.c
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| |''sei·d·or''||''sei·d·oḷ''
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| !|3.n
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| |''sei·d·ad''||''sei·d·an''
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| ==Syntax==
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| ===Constituent order===
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| ===Noun phrase===
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| The definite article is like in Welsh:
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| *''y'' before C
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| *''yr'' after C or word initially, and before V
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| *'''r'' after V, and before V
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| Examples: ''y mara'' 'the tree'; ''yr yṇfi'' 'the truth'.
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| ===Verb phrase===
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| ===Sentence phrase===
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| ===Dependent clauses===
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| <!-- etc. etc. -->
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| ==Example texts==
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| ===UDHR, Article 1===
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| :''Ell nabarchaḷ pyzantaboḷ caṭhasog mol offonog medyffyl mol yryfigaḷyl. Awrchaḷ pesoḷ pagythezyw mol yḷḷananfi, mol gwoeṇṭ coḷ naḍant orwar orwarych sagwdareth owiddyl.''
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| :All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act toward one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
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| ==Other resources==
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