Taila

Taila (Taila Luyera) is a constructed language developed in 2009 as an experiment in various linguistic concepts. It is an non-tonal analytic language with a relatively simple phonemic inventory, especially to speakers of Western languages. It is currently written using the Latin script and Arabic numerals. The lexicon has been influenced by many languages, most importantly English, Chinese, Khmer, Greek, and Arabic.

=Design= Taila was initially created to be an experiment into isolating/analytic languages like Chinese, Burmese, or Thai. Early grammars explored different ways to manipulate word order to express meaning, relying heavily on Asian influences in most aspects of the language: syntax, lexicon, phonology, et cetera. Eventually, however, Taila started to take on a different timbre in many ways. Tones were dropped, syllable structure was loosened, and word length was increased. Furthermore, the grammar took a turn toward the theoretical, marking not phrasal constituents like subject or object, but instead thematic relations like agent and patient. There are still many Asian-influenced parts of the language, such as its separation of tense, aspect, and mood or its lack of intrinsic number in most nouns or its serial verb constructions (and "serial noun constructions"). It does diverge somewhat greatly in its relative looseness in word order.

=Phonology= In many ways the phonemes of Taila are similar to those of the Spanish language. A five-vowel system coupled with a relatively simple consonantal system.

Consonants
The sounds listed in the table below are the "standard" phonemes of the language, and do not show allophones that appear in certain environments. Where sounds are in pairs, the symbol to the left is unvoiced and the one to the right is voiced.

The orthography generally agrees with the IPA; however, a few sounds are written differently. Palatals are indicated by adding an i after their alveolar equivalent; thus, elenia (Greece), tia  (to go), lino  (rice). If a sounds sequence like is desired, it is transcribed thia instead of tia. The semivowels are written y and w, and the two rhotic phonemes are written r and rr.

Vowels
There are five vowels which are not reduced in any syllables.

=Basic Grammar= Because Taila is an analytic language, it lacks any sort of declension or conjugation like in many Western languages. In order to express number, gender, tense, aspect, mood, or anything else, separate particles must be added in the clause to indicate these.

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