Trasli

Spelling & Phonology
Consonant inventory: f h j k l m n p r s t w ŋ ɮ ʍ ʦ ʧ

Click IPA symbols for audio Co-articulated phonemes Vowel inventory: a i u ə Syllable structure: (C)(C)V(C) ?

Stress pattern: Ultimate — stress is on the last syllable ?

Word initial consonants: f fj fk fl fr ft h j k kl kn kr lj m mj ml n nj nr p pf pl pr s sm t th tm tr w wh ɮ ʍ ʦ ʦh ʧ ʧl ʧt

Mid-word consonants: f fj fl fn fp ft h hj hk ht j jf jk jm k kh kj km kn kr ks kt kw kʦ l lf lk lm lr ls m mh mk mn mr mt mɮ mʦ mʧ n nh nj nl nm np nr nʦ nʧ p pf pk pm pn pp ps pw pʧ r rf rj rn rp rr rt rw rɮ rʦ s sf sh sl sr ss sw t tf tj tk tl tp tr ts tt tʦ tʧ w wk wl wm wp ww wɮ ŋ ŋf ŋh ŋj ŋm ŋn ŋp ŋr ŋt ɮ ɮn ɮs ɮɮ ʍ ʦ ʦn ʦs ʦt ʦw ʧ ʧf ʧl

Word final consonants: j l m r t w ŋ ɮ ʍ ʦ ʧ

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Grammar
Main word order: Subject Object Verb (Prepositional phrase). “Mary opened the door with a key” turns into Mary the door opened with a key.

Adjective order: Adjectives are positioned before the noun.

Adposition: postpositions ?

Nouns
Nouns have two cases:


 * Ergative is the doer of a verb, when the verb is done to something: dog bites man.
 * Absolutive is used in two scenarios: the doer of a verb when not done to something (dog bites), and the done-to of a verb (man bites dog).

Articles
Uses of definite article that differ from English:


 * Definite article can be omitted: ‘I am going to supermarket’
 * Used to talk about countable nouns in general: English’s ‘I like cats’ would translate to ‘I like the cats’
 * Used with place names: ‘The London’

Uses of indefinite article that differ from English:


 * Not used for non-specific countable nouns: non-specific means ‘I am looking for a (any) girl in a red dress’, whereas specific means ‘I am looking for a (particular) girl in a red dress’

Verbs
Perfect aspect

The perfect aspect in English is exemplified in ‘I have read this book’, which expresses an event that took place before the time spoken but which has an effect on or is in some way still relevant to the present.

Trasli uses an affix for the perfect aspect:

Numbers
Trasli has a base-10 number system:

1 - tsiw

2 - ye

3 - zhu

4 - ur

5 - wi

6 - lyur

7 - smimki

8 - pfem

9 - pfets

10 - pleng

11 - pleng kel tsiw “ten and one”

100 - tsiw chazh “one hundred”

101 - tsiw chazh tsiw “one hundred one”

200 - ye chazh

1000 - tsiw pfu “one thousand”

Derivational morphology
Adjective → adverb = Suffix -ə

Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ŋ

Else: Suffix -uŋ

Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = Suffix -ə

Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ʦ

Else: Suffix -iʦ

Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = Suffix -əɮ

Noun to verb = If ends with vowel: Suffix -r

Else: Suffix -ir

Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ʦ

Else: Suffix -iʦ

Tending to = If ends with vowel: Suffix -l

Else: Suffix -ul

Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = Suffix -il

Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ʧ

Else: Suffix -iʧ

One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ʦ

Else: Suffix -aʦ

Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = Suffix -u

Diminutive = Suffix -aʧ

Augmentative =