Language of the North

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Type
Alignment
Head direction
Tonal
No
Declensions
No
Conjugations
No
Genders
No
Nouns decline according to...
Case	Number
Definiteness	Gender
Verbs conjugate according to...
Voice	Mood
Person	Number
Tense	Aspect

Phonology

Consonants

	Bilabial	Labio-dental	Dental	Alveolar	Post-alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	m			n		ɲ	ŋ
Plosive	p b			t d			k g
Fricative		f v	θ ð	s z	ʃ ʒ		x	h
Affricate		pf		ts	tʃ dʒ
Approximant		w				j
Trill				r
Lateral app.				l

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i y		u
Close-mid	e ø		o
Open-mid	ɛ
Open		ä

Alphabet

Letter	Sound
A a	/ä/
Ä ä	/ɛ/
E e	/e/
I i	/i/
O o	/o/
Ö ö	/ø/
U u	/u/
Ü ü	/y/
C c	/tʃ/ ~ /dʒ/
D d	/d/ ~ /ð/
F f	/f/ ~ /v/
J j	/j/
K k	/k/ ~ /g/
L l	/l/
M m	/m/
N n	/n/
Ñ ñ	/ŋ/ ~ /ɲ/
P p	/p/ ~ /b/
Q q	/ʃ/ ~ /ʒ/
R r	/r/
S s	/s/ ~ /z/
T t	/t/ ~ /θ/
W w	/w/
X x	/x/ ~ /h/

The letters C, D, F, K, Ñ, P, Q, S, T and X represent two different sounds. The letter always produces the first sound - the second sound is only produced when the letter is between two vowels. Please note that this phenomenon (called consonant gradation) also occurs between different words. However, as the sounds are allophones, you would be understood even if you used the "wrong" sounds.

Stress

The primary stress is always on the last syllable of a word stem.

Nouns

In TLOTN, nouns are declined for ...

1. their number - singular or plural
2. their case - active, passive, dative, genetive, oblique

As TLOTN is a fusional language, all of the declensional categories mentioned above are expressed in a single suffix.

Vocalic declension

	Singular	Plural	Meaning
Active	-	-x	agent of an action
Passive	-q	-qa	patient of an action
Dative	-r	-ra	indirect object
Genetive	-d	-da	possession, quality or comparison
Oblique	-ñ	-ña	time, place, manner etc.

Consonantal declension

	Singular	Plural	Meaning
Active	-	-e	agent of an action
Passive	-in	-es	patient of an action
Dative	-il	-et	indirect object
Genetive	-ik	-eq	possession, quality or comparison
Oblique	-ii	-ee	time, place, manner etc.

As the oblique case is quite vage and can have multiple meanings, it is usually combined with an adposition (all adpositions require the oblique case) to indicate a particular meaning.

Adjectives

In TLOTN, adjectives are not declined for number or case. However, they are declined for their grade of comparison.

Grade of comparison

	Suffix	Meaning
Positive	-	quality
Comparative	-(j)o	more of a quality (than)
Superlative	-(j)i	most of a quality

Please note that the "j" is only inserted if the adjective ends on a vowel.

Please note that the comparative demands a genetive as a reference point.

Adverbs

Adverbs are fromed by adding "-(j)a" to the adjective. Please note that the "j" is only inserted if the adjective ends on a vowel.

Verbs

In TLOTN, verbs are conjugated for ...

1. their person - first, second or third
2. their number - singular or plural
3. their tense - present, past or future
4. their mood - indicative, subjunctive or imperative
5. their voice - active or passive

As TLOTN is a fusional language, all of these conjugational categories are expressed in a single suffix. All verbs conjugate regularly and their infinitives end in vowels.