T'iksk

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=Phonology=

Consonants
Length of all consonants apart from plosives and affricates is phonemic.

Vowels
Vowel length and height, represented using the acute accent ‹´›, are phonemic.

Phonotactics
Ejectives and coronal fricatives (all except /x/ and /h/), and /r/, may be syllabic. All syllables must have a consonant onset. Consonant clusters are common: there are few to no restrictions across syllable boundaries, and within a single onset or coda any combination of one coronal and one dorsal consonant may exist. A nasal in a cluster must be closest to the nucleus.

=Grammar=

Syntax
T'iksk is a near-perfect representation of a head-final language.

Morphology
The only inflection upon nouns is the plural suffix -ists, or -rists if the root ends in a vowel, ejective, or coronal fricative.

Verbs are inflected for the following tense, aspect, and voice:
 * Past: -st
 * Progressive: -zn
 * Passive: k'-

The clitic li'- also exists for the future tense, derived from the particle líx which precedes the verb.

=Lexicon=

Articles
Case is inflected upon the article, which may be definite or indefinite; or upon a possessive pronoun. Cases are nominative and accusative (non-nominative).