Hantajl

Classification and Dialects
The name Hantajl can be broken down to the stems "han", "ta", and "il". Han means "to speak". Ta means "thing that does (preceding verb). Il means "of (preceding noun)". Literally, it means "of the thing that speaks", but is sometimes translated as "of the speaker".

Phonotactics
There are no vowel diphthongs in Hantajl. If vowels are to follow each other due to suffix clashes or other instances, they will change form. If the second vowel is i or u, it will become j and w respectively. If it is the same as the first vowel, it will become long. if it is anything else it will transform into an apostrophe, ('), which is pronounced as a glottal stop.

The Genders
All nouns and verbs are divided into three genders. The first is lanta, or "The Creator", which refers to nouns that create (such as "mother" or "cloud") and verbs which are done to create (such as "build" or "write"). The second is "rotta", or "The Supporter", which refers to nouns that support (such as "food" or "farmer") and verbs which are done to support (such as "breathe" or "eat"). The third is "dorsa", or "The Destroyer", which refers to nouns that destroy (such as "hunter" or "blade") and verbs which are done to destroy (such as "burn" or "kill").

Nouns
Nouns are declined based on number and case. The gender affects which declensions it will have. Here is a chart:

Pronouns
Pronouns act like lanta nouns. Plural pronouns are said just like plural nouns.

Verbs
Verbs are conjugated based on person and number. Here are three charts. To make it plural, add the respective plural infix of the gender. The characters 1, 2 and 3 mean that the letter will be a voiceless, nasal or voiced consonant counterpart to the final consonant of the verb stem respectively. (for example, the suffix -e1 would make the verb han into hanet).

If the stem ends in a semivowel, the final consonant will always be s, and the tense must be figured out by context.

Adjectives
Adjectives are not their own part of speech, but are instead just the genitive forms of nouns. For example, "gan-", the Hantajl world for red (as a noun) would become ganul (of red). To say "a red blade" you would "nuxa ganul" or "blade of red".

Syntax
There are no articles in Hantajl.

Lexicon
Hantajl/Dictionary