Deshai

General Information
Deshai (natively /tsæʃɑːjuɬ/, literally this language, transliterated as 'Tsexaay-ul')

Classification and Dialects

 * Classical Deshai
 * Xàhnis-Kàtxis Deshai
 * Westosese Deshai

Consonants
m, n, g, p, p', t, t', k, k', ', ts, ts', tx, tx', tl, tl', s, s', x, j, j', h, l, l', w, r, y

Stress
Stress is non-contrastive. Words in isolation or at the end of a phrase are stressed on the last syllable. Words beginning or within a syllable, on the other hand, are stressed on their first syllable.
 * Thus, Nap'retx waatwis-xu-ul. /náp'rætʃ wɑːtwisʃúːɬ/ "We eat in the workshop."

Writing systems
There are primarily two writing systems for the dialects of Deshai: the classic script and the Westos script.

Nouns
possessive suffixes could not be applied to subjects


 * indefinite: 0
 * definite, proximal: -ul
 * distal: -ag

Basics
Verbs are based on triconsonantal roots (much like in Arabic).

ex. kawat'a "to think/find out", lataja "to die", wahaxa "to run", xatata "to freeze", l'ahak "to slash", nap'ara "to eat", watawa "to create"

C-TAM-C-erg/others-C-abs

two plural forms, one for individuals, one for groups

Person
Absolutive slot: Ergative slot:
 * Kuuwrat'etl! "They found out about us!" [kuːβ̞ˠɹɑt’ætɬ]
 * Kuuwalt'aap! "We found out about them!" [kuːβ̞ˠɑɬt’ɑːp]
 * Kwept'aap lnuri-l. "The kids don't think."
 * Taxusraap. "They love themselves."
 * Taxtsiraap. "They love each other."