Culliwācatlīnitōtl

The Culliwācatlīntōtl (literally "language of the Green-Land", [kulliwaːkat͡ɬiːnˈtɔːt͡ɬ], sometimes just Totl meaning "language") is a language created by Neonlights. The language is influenced by Nāhuatl (language of the Aztecs).

=Phonology=

The phonology is mainly based on Nāhuatl.

Alphabet
The alphabet has 29 symbols (21 monographs and 8 digraphs).

 p s a tl qu t u ū ng tz ā i ī c fh h ē hw w m ch e ō o l y n x ky 

Consonants
Culliwācatlīntōtl has 19 consonants.

The transliteration is similar to Nāhuatl. /c/ is written as  or , /k/ is written as  (or  when preceding /e/ or /i/), /kʷ/ is witten as , /t͡s/ is written as , /t͡ʃ/ is written as , /ɸ/ is written as  (or  in some texts), <ʃ> is written as , /ŋ/ is written as , /j/ is written as , /ʍ/ is written as  and /t͡ɬ/ is written as .

Vowels
Culliwācatlīntōtl has ten vowels.

The lenght is expressed with a macron in writing (ā, ē, ī, ō, ū). The stress falls on the final syllable if the word ends in a consonant and on the penult if it ends in a vowel. If the vowel has an acute accent (á, é, í, ó, ú) over it, the syllable is stressed and the vowel is long.

=Morphology=

Gender
The Culliwācatlīntōtl nouns differ in two genders: animate and inanimate. Animate nouns are living being, spirits and gods and inanimate nouns are the rest.

Number
Culliwācatlīntōtl nouns have four numbers: singular, dual, paucal and plural. Dual expresses two objects and paucal expresses a few of them.

Case
Culliwācatlīntōtl nouns have only one case: absolutive. It's expressed by a suffix -(*)tli for animate nouns and -(*)tl for inanimate nouns. The * notes a vowel which is added if the syllable ends in a consonant and is equal to the one of the last syllable. The suffix can have multiple alternatives:
 * for nouns ending in -l(*), the suffix is -(*)mi and -(*)m
 * for nouns ending in -n(*), the suffix is -(*)li and -(*)l
 * for nouns ending in -x(*), the suffix is -(*)ngi and -(*)ng
 * for nouns ending in -ch(*), the suffix is -(*)ntli and -(*)ntl

The absolutive case suffix is removed when the noun is altered and differs from the noun as seen in the dictionary. For example:


 * culliwātl = green
 * catlīnil = land
 * tōtl = language

To make a compound word, it's necessary to remove the absolutive suffixes. So:


 * culliwā―catlīn―tōtl = the Green-Land language

Declension
The absolutive suffix must be removed in order to add suffixes. The number is the only category that's changeable.

Tense, mood and voice
Culliwācatlīntōtl verbs have four tenses: the pluperfect, the perfect, the present and the future; six moods: indicative, generic, hypothetical, conditional, optative and imperative; and two voices: active and passive.

Verb category agglutination
Infinitive ends in -ām, -ēm or -īm. The verb form can be made by agglutinating various suffixes to the verb stem (without the infinitive suffix). Scheme of agglutinating: stem―tense―mood (and voice)―number―person.

Number and person

 * *used for supernatural beings and gods

Example
The most common verb form is active indicative present, that is -o-c-. To make an active indicative present just add -oc- and number and person suffixes.

ochocatlīm = to eat

ochocatlocar = I'm eating.

ochocatlocetz = Few of you are eating

ochocatlēchitlotl = They two wish they were eaten etc.

=See also=
 * Culliwācatlīntōtl writing - coming soon!
 * Culliwācatlīntōtl history - coming soon!