Tilo

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	Stats Nouns 45% Verbs 56% Adjectives 21% Syntax 33% Words 20 of 1500

Tilo, Tiloan, Tiloese Tilõ Niqicaw
Type
Semi-Fusional
Alignment
NOM-ACC
Head direction
Tonal
No
Declensions
Yes
Conjugations
Yes
Genders
No
Nouns decline according to...
Case	Number
Definiteness	Gender
Verbs conjugate according to...
Voice	Mood
Person	Number
Tense	Aspect

This language will be stalled for a little bit while I return focus to my other language but I will return to Tilõ to finish work on it shortly.

General information

Tilõ Niqicaw, The Language of People

This is an attempt to come up with a nice language. Nothing to complex, but nothing too simple. A normal, moderate, elegant language, but no promises. 

Phonology

Consonants

Where consonants are represented by letters that do not correspond to their IPA values, the orthography is given below the IPA value. 

Please note htat I have just begun this language on this wiki adn I am not too familiar with this wiki or how to edit things. This language is very early in the stages of development and the phonology and grammar may be tweaked to be better spoken adn understood.  

	Bilabial	Labio-velar	Dental	Alveolar	Post-alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Uvular	Glottal
Nasal	m		n
Plosive	b p		t d				k g
Fricative	ɸ β f v		θ ð þ ð	ts dz c x	ʃ ʒ s z	ç ʝ ç z̧		[ʁ] r*	h
Affricate					tʃ dʒ q j
Approximant		w				j y
Trill				r
Lateral app.			l

Vowels

	Front	Near-front	Back
Close	i ĩ		u
Near-close		ʊ̃ ũ
Close-mid	e		o
Mid
Open-mid	ɛ̃ ẽ		ɔ̃ õ
Near-open
Open		a	ɑ̃ ã

Where vowels are not orthographically represented by their IPA letter, teh orthography occurs below the IPA value.

Alphabet

Alphabet: a ã b c ç d ð e ẽ f g h i ĩ j k l m n o õ p q r s t u ũ v w x y z z̧ þ.

IPA value: a ɑ̃ b ts ç d ð e ɛ̃ f g h i ĩ dʒ k l m n o ɔ̃ p tʃ r~ʁ ʃ t u ʊ̃ v w dz j z ʝ θ

(Note those are tildes on vowels not macrons)

Note the following:

Stress is word final normally.

A vowel with an acute accent indicates stress wiht an oral vowel quality and a vowel with a ogonek indicates stress but with a nasal vowel quality.

Grammar

	Gender	Cases	Numbers	Tenses	Persons	Moods	Voices	Aspects
Verb	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
Nouns	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Adjectives	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Numbers	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Participles	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Adverb	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Pronouns	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No
Adpositions	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Article	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Particle	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No

Nouns

Nouns decline according to case, number, and gender. Adjectives decline like nouns, pronouns and articles do too byt articles are not sensitive to gender.

Nouns can be either animate or inanimate (gender).

Animatenouns tend to be people, living things, languages, large natural forces, things that were or are alive, etc. Inanimate nouns include tools, rocks, things that were never alive, etc.

Nouns decline for nominative/accusative, dative/oblique, genitive, and ablative/instrumental. Some nouns also take a locative form, but this is rare. More one cases and use of cases will be given later. Nouns decline for singular and plural and suffixes are determined by vowel grade. Some nouns change vowels (ablaut) in declension.

Nouns are composed of a root with a thematic vowel and a case. The thematic vowel is the vowel before the final consonant and it is the determiner for vowel grade. Their endings and declensions are determined by their gender and vowel-grade. A vowel grade is determined by examining the vowel before the final consonant. There are three vowel grades: zero, o, a.

Please see below for noun declensions and examples.

DUE TO A RECENTLY DISCOVERED ERROR MY NOUN TABLES HAVE BEEN REMOVED FOR CORRECTION AND REWORKING. PLEASE BE PATIENT. THANKS

All nouns fit into this paradigm. Simply locate its thematic vowel and it will point to the proper grade ablaut which will indicate the way to decline.

Verbs

Verbs take endings to indicate number. For mood they take a prefix (realis indicative is unmarked). For voice and tense/aspect they take particles, however some verbs riduplicate for aspect and take a particle for historical purposes. Voice particle is a separate one from the tense/aspect dual particle. Person is indicated by pronouns without conjugation

Vocabulary

No.	English	tilõ
1	I	o
2	you (singular)	la
3	he	en (not masculine but animate)
4	we	—
5	you (plural)	qoy
6	they	—
7	this	—
8	that	—
9	here	—
10	there	—
11	who	—
12	what	—
13	where	—
14	when	—
15	how	—
16	not	—
17	all	—
18	many	—
19	some	—
20	few	—
21	other	—
22	one	—
23	two	—
24	three	—
25	four	—
26	five	—
27	big	—
28	long	—
29	wide	—
30	thick	—
31	heavy	—
32	small	—
33	short	—
34	narrow	—
35	thin	—
36	woman	—
37	man (adult male)	—
38	man (human being)	—
39	child	—
40	wife	—
41	husband	—
42	mother	—
43	father	—
44	animal	—
45	fish	—
46	bird	—
47	dog	—
48	louse	—
49	snake	—
50	worm	—
51	tree	—
52	forest	—
53	stick	—
54	fruit	—
55	seed	—
56	leaf	—
57	root	—
58	bark	—
59	flower	—
60	grass	—
61	rope	—
62	skin	—
63	meat	—
64	blood	—
65	bone	—
66	fat	—
67	egg	—
68	horn	—
69	tail	—
70	feather	—
71	hair	—
72	head	—
73	ear	—
74	eye	—
75	nose	—
76	mouth	—
77	tooth	—
78	tongue	—
79	fingernail	—
80	foot	—
81	leg	—
82	knee	—
83	hand	—
84	wing	—
85	belly	—
86	guts	—
87	neck	—
88	back	—
89	breast	—
90	heart	—
91	liver	—
92	drink	—
93	eat	—
94	bite	—
95	suck	—
96	spit	—
97	vomit	—
98	blow	—
99	breathe	—
100	laugh	—
101	see	—
102	hear	—
103	know	—
104	think	—
105	smell	—
106	fear	—
107	sleep	—
108	live	—
109	die	ayesi
110	kill	—
111	fight	—
112	hunt	—
113	hit	—
114	cut	—
115	split	—
116	stab	—
117	scratch	—
118	dig	—
119	swim	—
120	fly	—
121	walk	—
122	come	—
123	lie	—
124	sit	—
125	stand	—
126	turn	—
127	fall	—
128	give	—
129	hold	—
130	squeeze	—
131	rub	—
132	wash	—
133	wipe	—
134	pull	—
135	push	—
136	throw	—
137	tie	—
138	sew	—
139	count	—
140	say	—
141	sing	—
142	play	—
143	float	—
144	flow	—
145	freeze	—
146	swell	—
147	sun	—
148	moon	—
149	star	—
150	water	—
151	rain	—
152	river	—
153	lake	—
154	sea	—
155	salt	—
156	stone	—
157	sand	—
158	dust	—
159	earth	—
160	cloud	—
161	fog	—
162	sky	—
163	wind	—
164	snow	—
165	ice	—
166	smoke	—
167	fire	—
168	ash	—
169	burn	—
170	road	—
171	mountain	—
172	red	—
173	green	—
174	yellow	—
175	white	—
176	black	—
177	night	—
178	day	—
179	year	—
180	warm	—
181	cold	—
182	full	—
183	new	—
184	old	—
185	good	—
186	bad	—
187	rotten	—
188	dirty	—
189	straight	—
190	round	—
191	sharp	—
192	dull	—
193	smooth	—
194	wet	—
195	dry	—
196	correct	—
197	near	—
198	far	—
199	right	—
200	left	—
201	at	—
202	in	—
203	with	—
204	and	—
205	if	—
206	because	—
207	name	—