Tordoci

General Information
Tordoci is the language of a fictional ancient clan, the "Tordo".

The Tordoqi lexicon can be found at https://conlang.wikia.com/wiki/Tordoqi/Lexicon

History
The "Tordo" started as a group of people who opposed the materialistic nature of the Roman Republic. Over time, many of them formed their own settlements outside the control of the Romans. Their beliefs were that one should not focus on obtaining material wealth, that instead one should focus on family, friends, community, and nature primarily. While it is perfectly okay to gain wealth, it is not something one should necessarily desire.

At some point between 200 B.C. and 100 B.C., the clan welcomed a group of refugees from the middle east. Over the course of a few generations, the clan switched to speaking a modified version of the language of the refugees. They only spoke this language among themselves, and still spoke many other languages of the people they traded with, including their native language Latin.

The Tordo were known for their appreciation of nature, heavy use of mind altering substances, and their heavy trade influences with mind altering substances.

Tordoci heavily focuses on nature, simplistic happy lifestyles, interpersonal relationships, and mind-expansion (intoxication).

Writing System
The table below shows the Tordoci alphabet. Voiced and unvoiced versions of each consonant are grouped. The name of each letter is in parentheses below it.

Letter Alignment
Some letters are known to have certain ideas or moods associated with them
 * A and I sometimes represent small and large, or few and many, respectively.
 * E and U sometimes represent positive and negative respectively.
 * Ƃ is sometimes represents negation.

Phonotactics
The following table shows all legal consonant pairs. Shaded blocks without pairs represent an illegal pair.
 * The possible syllables in Tordoci are (C)(C)V(V)(C)(C)
 * The following diphthongs may NOT exist: ay, ei, ie, ou, uo
 * "Y" may NOT be the first letter in any diphthong
 * Vowels may NOT appear next to the same vowel (aa, ee, ii, oo, uu, yy)
 * When t is the first letter in a consonant cluster, it is pronounced more like a stop. The only exception to this is "tʀ"
 * Consonants may NOT appear next to the same consonant, or a grouped consonant (pp, bb, td, vf, etc...)
 * The following consonants may NOT be part of a consonant cluster: ƃ, x, c, ʃ

Capitalization
The following rules apply to capitalizing letters:

(note: "unmodified" words here refer to words before affixes are placed on them).
 * The first letter of unmodified proper nouns (names of people and places) are capitalized. This means that if a prefix were put on "Tony", it would look like prefTony.


 * The first letter of honorifics are capitalized.

Punctuation

 * A period "." is used at the end of sentences

Other notes

 * The letters "L" "M" and "N" are only ever used for affixes.

Root System
All words are formed using a biliteral, triliteral, or quadraliteral root. Biliteral roots only exist for declinsions, conjugations, cases, and particles. Words are formed by modifying the vowel slots within the root, adding new letters at the beginning or end of the root.

Root Cluster Anatomy
The root cluster has 3 main parts: the major consonants(MC), the vowel slots(V), and the extension clusters(EC). For a triliteral root, the basic root structure is (EC1)MC(V)MC(V)MC(EC2), and for a quadraliteral root, it is (EC1)MC(V)MC(V)MC(V)MC(EC2).
 * All of the major consonants are required for each word derived from a root.
 * Triliteral roots must have at least 1 of the vowel slots filled for each word derived from a root
 * Quadraliteral roots must have at least 2 of the vowel slots filled for each word derived from a root.
 * Vowel slots may be filled by any single vowel or legal diphthong. This includes vowels with hard stops between them.
 * Vowel slots may not contain any consonants.
 * Extension cluster 1 may only be one syllable.
 * Extension cluster 2 may be any length.

Affixes

 * Affixes of all types use biliteral roots, and only contain the consonants "L", "M", "N", and "R".
 * L, M, and N are not used anywhere else besides affixes.
 * The basic biliteral root structure is: (EC1)MC(V)MC(EC2)
 * At least one vowel slot or extension cluster is required for all affixes.
 * Prefixes always end with a vowel.
 * If the the word being modified begins with a vowel, the letter "l" is inserted between the word and affix.
 * Suffixes always begin with a vowel.
 * If the word being modified end with a vowel, the letter "l" is inserted between the word and affix.

Noun Declension
Nouns decline based on number and case. There are both prefixes and suffixes.

Only one of each type of affix is allowed at the same time. Usually only 1 prefix and/or 1 suffix are used. Occasional instances may allow the use of more than 1, but those are rare exceptions.

  The table below lists all of the cases for nouns, as well as some explanation. Each type of case will also include its root cluster.

Honorifics
Honorific titles go before a person's name. Honorific titles have formal and informal forms. The informal form is used when the title is being used as a pronoun (like saying "Good morning, Captain" without the person's name). The formal form is used before a person's name, and is a sign of respect. The table below shows all honorific titles, both formal and informal (in no particular order):

Verb Conjugation
Verbs conjugate based on Tense and Aspect in a suffix.

(note: in the Tense/Aspect root cluster, the (EC)N is modified for Tense, and the (V)M is modified for Aspect.

Verb Modifiers
Simple present verbs (verbs with no Tense/Aspect suffix) can be modified with the following other suffixes:

Comparison
Comparisons are made by adding a comparative prefix on the adjective

Particles
Particles use biliteral roots, but unlike affixes, are not restricted to certain letters.

Sentence Particles (KV)
All sentence types use a particle at the beginning of the sentence to denote the type of sentence. The particles usually are not necessary to understand the type of sentence, given the context, but are still always used. Sentence particles are of the KV root.
 * Simple declarative sentences begin with "Kova"
 * Sentences which the speaker feels positively about end with "Ikyvy"
 * Sentences which the speaker feels neutral about end with "Akovy"
 * Sentences which the speaker feels negatively about end with "Ukyvy"
 * Requests begin with "Kevu"
 * Requests in which the speaker intends on the requestee to benefit, and the requester's benefit is of no concern, or the requester will explicitly not benefit from the request, end with "Ikevy"
 * Requests in which the speaker intends on both themselves and the requestee to benefit relatively equally end with "Akuvy"
 * Requests in which the speaker intends on their own benefit, and the requestee's benefit is of no concern, or the requestee will explicitly not benefit from the request, end with "Ukevy"

''note: these do not necessarily have any negative ideas associated with them. It is not rude to request something to your benefit. It simply denotes the type of transaction that will occur.''
 * Commands begin with "Keviy"
 * Commands which are non-consequential (are not demands, but friendly, such as "Come here and give me a hug" or "go over there") end with "Ikuvi"
 * Commands which must be met to avoid consequences (such as "put your hands up" during a police situation) end with "Ukiovy"
 * Exclamatory sentences begin with "Kovi"
 * Exclamatory sentences which the speaker feels positively about end with "Ikivy"
 * Exclamatory sentences which the speaker feels negatively about end with "Ukyvo"
 * Interrogative sentences being with "Kave"
 * Simple questions end with "Ikava"
 * Questions in which the speaker is demanding information end with "Akave"
 * Rhetorical questions end with "Okuvy"

Syntax
Tordoci uses SVO word order. It uses only prepositions, not postpositions.