Tharsi

  IN PROGRESS

Consonants
b d k t p l s f z y sh r v n m ñ

Vowels
-A, e or o in the end of a word
 * Vowels can be short or long. Long vowels are marked duplicating the vowel. These long vowel are only present in undeclined forms. When declinations are added to the word, all long vowels become short.
 * Vowels in this positions are pronounced as ə:

-In combinations like consonant+vowel+nasal
 * Often ə approximates to æ.

Phonotactics.
Tharsi is a (C)(C)V(C) language, meaning that words like  cr ab are allowed, but others like a ct aren´t.

Word formation
In Tharsi there are three main types of words, nouns, adjectives, and verbs. Every idea (i.e big, tree, run) has all those three forms. The word alone, without declination or affixes is called the "root". The root can be and adjective, a verb or a noun, depending of the word, and the remaining forms are constructed using different suffixes. (1): eru if the word ends in vowel, om if it end with consonant.

(2) ari if the word ends in a, i, u, t, l, f, y, r, n. -re if the word ends in e, o, b, k, p. s, z, sh, v, m

(3) -el if the word ends in any vowel but e, -s If it ends with any consonant or e (the final consonant from the root is removed).

Examples:

Saraat (desert), (the root is a noun, using the root we can make the verb and the adjective with the rules above) : saratari (verb, to make a desert), saras (adjective, desertical)

Udei (verb, to go or move), Udeieti (noun, movement) udeiel (moving)

Nouns
Nouns decline according to this structure:

DEMOSTRATIVES + ROOT + DETERMINERS + OTHER INFIXES + NUMBER/CASE

Demostratives:
 * Ce- : The noun is at the same place as the speaker.
 * Ci- : The noun hasn´t still been reached by the speaker.
 * Thu- : The noun has been reached by the speaker.

Example with the word "tag" (day) : Cetag (today), Citag (tomorrow), Thutag (yesterday)

Other examples:

Root:

The root alone, without any particle like -eti, -eru or -om

Determiners:

Other Infixes:

Used for derivation. Examples: Case
 * -It- Makes a word femenine: Ishvo (person), Ishvit (female person, woman)
 * -ug- Makes a word masculine: Ishvo (person), Ishvug (male person, man)
 * -arte- Express a whole, a set: Kayoob (tree), kayobarte (forest)
 * -am- Similar to the suffix "-er" in English: anakyari (to play) anakyam (player)
 * -ut- Diminutive: Tasem (dog) Tasemut (little dog)
 * -aina- Despective suffix. Afasi (house) Afasaina

 Main cases:   Position/static Cases  Normally, these particles are added after the nouns (only nouns decline for case) but they also can be used as separate words in complex case structures or formal speech. They always come before the noun.
 * accusative (direct object) [-ak]
 * genitive (possesion) [-ig]
 * dative (indirect object) [-al]
 * abesive (without the house) [-ot]
 * locative (in/ the house, marks where the action happens) []
 * ablative (out of the house, far away the house) []
 * comitative (with the house) [-il]
 * dedative (related with houses) [-it]
 * esive/conditional (if/when the house...) [-osk]
 * instructive (with/using the house) [-av]
 * causative (marks why the action happened) [-ov]
 * Finality (marks the intention of the action) [-ol]
 * Temporal(marks when the action happened) [-eim]
 * ablative (out of the house, far away the house) [-eni]
 * adesive (near the house) [-ulim]
 * inesive (inside the house) [-ays]

In order to form separate words, just put "k-" before each particle, what leads us with Kak, kig, Kal, kot...

They also work as interrogative particles in interrogative sentences.

Verbs
Verbs decline according to this structure:

ROOT + TENSE + ASPECT + MOOD + PERSON + PLURAL MARKER

Root:

Tense: Aspect: +Depending on the vowel after it

Combining tense and aspect lead us with six different possibilities
 * -Perfect past: The action started on the past and it has already finished.
 * -Imperfect past: The action started on the past and it has not finished.
 * -Perfect present: The action starts at the time of the speech and it ends at the same moment. (The action is instant)
 * -Imperfect present: The action starts at time of speech and it will finish in the future.
 * -Perfect future: The action will start in the future and it will finish.
 * -Imperfect future: The action will start in the future and it will never finish. (It lasts forever)

Mood:

Person:

4th person is used when talking about things possesed by a third person. For example, in the sentence ¨"My friend's dad play football, the verb "play" must be conjugated in 4th person.

Number:

Adjectives
Adjectives are formed using derivation from the root form, depending on the ending, different suffixes are used.

-If it ends in any vowel but e, the final vowel is removed and the suffix -el is added. Example: (noun), Tharsel (adj)

-If it ends with any consonant or e, the final letter is removed and the suffix -s is added. Example: kurof (noun), kuros (adj)

Adjectives don´t decline according to the noun they are refering to. Unless we want to give emphasis, nouns are always placed after the nouns. If they are placed before, the suffixes used to form the adjectives change to -et and -is, respectively.

Syntax
Basic sentences:

Tharsis default order is SVO but VSO is used a lot on literature. Technically any order is possible, but this is only done when giving emphasis on a certain expression.

"Udasai afasi" "I'm going home" ( GO[PRES,I] HOME)

If we wanted to change the order, the accusative case must be added to the direct object:

Afasak udasai"

(Note that the subject is attached after the verb, but that only happens with personal pronouns, other subjects work as shown before)

Tasem udas afasi (the dog goes to the house)