Garla

General Information
Garla (natively Jókt er Garlá /hoktɚga˞la/ or Garláídhjókt /ga˞laiɣokt/) is a member of the Ngalryn language family, a subfamily of the large Edalith language macrofamily on the Planet Patrona.

Consonants

 * 1) /s/ is optionally and informally voiced between vowels.
 * 2) /ʃ/ is an affricate in some rural dialects.

Vowels

 * 1) /ɔ/ tends to merge with /a/ in colloquial speech.

Stress
Stress is always on the second syllable unless it would be placed on an /ə/, in which case it’s on the third, unless there’s no third, in which case it’s on the first. Proclitics are counted when determining stress.

Writing System
Garla is written with an adapted Alemarese alphabet. Here it is transliterated into the Latin alphabet. A notable feature of Garlan orthography are the many sounds with several representations.

Pronouns

 * The possessive pronouns use the adjective declension.
 * tádhi is used for the 2nd person archaically.

Nominals
Nouns and adjectives decline according to number and case with suffixes, and according to definiteness with a proclitic.

Declension table
There are four classes of nominals.


 * The nominative plural, accusative plural, and combination forms are always the same.
 * Nouns and adjectives undergo lenition in the accusative case.

Definiteness
Indefiniteness is indicated with a proclitic ki and nasalization of the noun, ex. rojé /rɔhe/ "the cloud" > ki nrojé /kɪnɔhe/ "a cloud".

Compounding
In a compound word in Garla, the first element is declined in its compound form, and the second element undergoes eclipsis, ex. pordhédhjért /po˞ɣeɣe˞t/ "tarp-house, tent".

Conjugation table
Verbs conjugate for voice, tense, animacy, number, and case. Verbs agree with their subjects and use the adjectival declension. Verbs in finite clauses undergo lenition.

Auxiliaries
Finite clauses always have an auxiliary verb, which agrees with the subject's number.

Word order
Subj-Aux-Verb-Obj


 * Naphi índe xhírasé xer. "We searched for them."

Numbers

 * Numbers take the adjective declension.