Tordoci

General Information
Tordoqi is a Semitic language which uses triliteral and quadraliteral roots of consonants and vowel transfixes

History
Tordoqi is a member of the {?} family of languages, which are used by the natives of {?}, a continent in the northern hemisphere of {?}. {?} is one of two planets in the Alkavud binary planet system. {?} sister planet is named {?}.

(binary planet system here refers to two planets orbiting around each other, similar to a binary star system)

Alkavud is, according to legend, the exact center of the universe. While it is currently unknown what created this system, it is known to be a sort of rift through which magic energies are released to the universe.

Note:

''Alkavud is just a basic idea at the moment. I am focusing on the Tordoqi language first. Once Tordoqi is complete, I'll focus on creating the rest of the world. ''

Writing System
The table below shows the Tordoqi alphabet. Voiced and unvoiced versions of each consonant are grouped. The name of each letter is in parentheses below it.

Letter Alignment
Some letters are known to have certain ideas or moods associated with them
 * A and I sometimes represent small and large, or few and many, respectively.
 * E and U sometimes represent positive and negative respectively.
 * Ƃ is sometimes represents negation.

Phonotactics
The following table shows all legal consonant pairs. Shaded blocks without pairs represent an illegal pair.
 * The possible syllables in Tordoqi are (C)(C)V(V)(C)(C)
 * The following diphthongs may NOT exist: ay, ei, ie, ou, uo
 * "Y" may NOT be the first letter in any diphthong
 * Vowels may NOT appear next to the same vowel (aa, ee, ii, oo, uu, yy)
 * When t is the first letter in a consonant cluster, it is pronounced more like a stop. The only exception to this is "tʀ"
 * Consonants may NOT appear next to the same consonant, or a grouped consonant (pp, bb, td, vf, etc...)
 * The following consonants may NOT be part of a consonant cluster: ƃ, x, c, ʃ

Capitalization
The following rules apply to capitalizing letters:

(note: "unmodified" words here refer to words before affixes are placed on them).
 * The first letter of unmodified proper nouns (names of people and places) are capitalized. This means that if a prefix were put on "Tony", it would look like prefTony.


 * The first letter of honorifics are capitalized.

Punctuation

 * "." is used to end declarative sentences.
 * "!" is used to end imperative sentences.
 * "?" is used to end interrogative sentences.
 * "\" is used to end exclamatory sentences.
 * ' (apostrophe) is used for hard stops between vowels.
 * , (comma) is used to separate independent clauses

Other notes

 * The letters "L" "M" and "N" are only ever used for affixes.

Root System
All words are formed using a triliteral or quadraliteral root. Biliteral roots only exist for declinsions, conjugations, and cases. Words are formed by modifying the vowel slots within the root, adding new letters at the beginning or end of the root.

The spoken name of a root is simple the spoken names of the letters. For example, the root TVK would be spoken as "Tovako".

Root Cluster Anatomy
The root cluster has 3 main parts: the major consonants(MC), the vowel slots(V), and the extension clusters(EC). For a triliteral root, the basic root structure is (EC1)MC(V)MC(V)MC(EC2), and for a quadraliteral root, it is (EC1)MC(V)MC(V)MC(V)MC(EC2).
 * All of the major consonants are required for each word derived from a root.
 * Triliteral roots must have at least 1 of the vowel slots filled for each word derived from a root
 * Quadraliteral roots must have at least 2 of the vowel slots filled for each word derived from a root.
 * Vowel slots may be filled by any single vowel or legal diphthong. This includes vowels with hard stops between them.
 * Vowel slots may not contain any consonants.
 * Extension cluster 1 may only be one syllable.
 * Extension cluster 2 may be any length.

Affixes

 * Affixes of all types use biliteral roots, and only contain the consonants "L", "M", "N", and "R". Those consonants are not used anywhere else besides affixes.
 * The basic biliteral root structure is: (EC1)MC(V)MC(EC2)
 * At least one vowel slot or extension cluster is required for all affixes.
 * Prefixes always end with a vowel.
 * If the the word being modified begins with a vowel, the letter "l" is inserted between the word and affix.
 * Suffixes always begin with a vowel.
 * If the word being modified end with a vowel, the letter "l" is inserted between the word and affix.

Noun Declension
Nouns decline based on number and case. There are both prefixes and suffixes.

Only one of each type of affix is allowed at the same time. Usually only 1 prefix and/or 1 suffix are used. Occasional instances may allow the use of more than 1, but those are rare exceptions.   The table below lists all of the cases for nouns, as well as some explanation. Each type of case will also include its root cluster.

Verb Conjugation
Verbs conjugate based on Tense and Aspect in a suffix.

(note: in the Tense/Aspect root cluster, the (EC)N is modified for Tense, and the (V)M is modified for Aspect.