Overview[]
| Gender | Cases | Numbers | Tenses | Persons | Moods | Voices | Aspects | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verb | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No |
| Nouns | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Adjectives | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Numbers | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Participles | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Adverb | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Pronouns | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| Adpositions | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Article | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Particle | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Name: Talger
Type: Agglutinative Alignment: Pronouns are NomAcc Head Direction: Initial Number of genders: None Declensions: Yes Conjugations: Yes
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Phonetics[]
Consonants[]
| Bilabial | Labio-dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post-alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | |||||
| Stop | p b | t d | k g | ||||||
| Fricative | β | f v | s z | ʃ Ʒ | ç ʝ | ||||
| Affricate | ʦ | ʧ | |||||||
| Approximant | ɹ | j | |||||||
| Trill | r | ||||||||
| Flap or tap | |||||||||
| Lateral App. | l | ||||||||
| Lateral Fric. |
Vowels[]
| Front | Near-front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u | ||
| Near-close | ɪ | |||
| Mid | e | ə | o | |
| Near-open | æ | |||
| Open | a |
Diphthongs[]
| aɪ | oɪ |
Writing System[]
Alphabet[]
| Letter | Sound |
| Y y | /ɪ/ |
| A a | /a/ |
| Ai ai | /ai/ |
| Ae ae | /æ/ |
| B b | /b/ |
| C c | /ʦ/ |
| Ć ć | /ʧ/ |
| D d | /d/ |
| E e | /e/ |
| F f | /f/ |
| W w | /β/ |
| G g | /g/ |
| Ź ź | /Ʒ/ |
| X x | /ç/ |
| I i | /i/ |
| J j | /j/ |
| Jj jj | /ʝ/ |
| K k | /k/ |
| L l | /l/ |
| M m | /m/ |
| N n | /n/ |
| Ñ ñ | /ɲ/ |
| Ń ń | /ŋ/ |
| O o | /o/ |
| Oi oi | /oi/ |
| P p | /p/ |
| R r | /r/ |
| Ŕ ŕ | /ɹ/ |
| S s | /s/ |
| Ś ś | /ʃ/ |
| T t | /t/ |
| U u | /u/ |
| V v | /v/ |
|
` (single backquote) |
/ə/ |
| Z z | /z/ |
Stress[]
Stress goes on the second to last syllable unless otherwise specified with an acute accent on a vowel. Acute accents on consonants only change their sound.
Pronouns / Inter-nomines[]
Personal Pronouns[]
| Person | Number | |
| E | First | Singular |
| Em | First | Dual |
| En | First | Plural |
| Ve | Second | Singular |
| Ven | Second | Plural |
| Se | Third | Singular |
| Sen | Third | Plural |
Object Pronouns[]
Object pronouns are placed after the conjugated verb. This only applies to pronouns. Indirect objects can only be expressed in prepositional phrases.
| Pronoun | English Equiv. | Talger Personal Equiv. |
|---|---|---|
| Ex | Me | E |
| Mex | You and Me | Em |
| Nex | Us | En |
| Vec | You (obj) | Ve |
| Sec | Them (S/P) | Se / Sen |
Interrogatives[]
Interrogatory sentences, i.e. "When did you go shopping yesterday?" begin with an inquiry word and end with a question mark. The subject is placed before the verb as usual.
True/False questions, i.e. "Did you go shopping yesterday?" are formed by placing the subject after the verb and adding a question mark '?'
Confirmation questions, i.e. "You went shopping yesterday?" are formed as declarative statements are, with a subject at the beginning of the sentence. These types are preceeded by inverted question mark '¿' and followed by a standard question mark '?'
Inquiry Words:[]
| Talger | English |
| Kaelai | What (From a Set) |
| Kai | What (Open-Ended) |
| Kero | How |
| Kente | Who |
| Kanto | When |
| Kondo | Where |
| Korto | Why |
| Kyntai | Whose |
Adjectives / Meta-nomines[]
Articles[]
Definite ---- Lai
Indefinite -- Ai
Posessives for personal pronouns[]
| Adjectival | Nominal | |
| First Person | Mai | Maińe |
| First Person Plural | Nai | Naińe |
| Second Person S/P | Vai | Vaińe |
| Third person S/P | Sai | Saińe |
Verbs / Verbes[]
Conjugation[]
Conjugate According To:
- Tense: Past, Present, Future, Conditional
- Mood: Indicative, Imperitive, Subjunctive
Conjugation Table[]
Drop -eŕ and add endings below (Stress then goes the the penultimate syllable, unless otherwise specified):
| Past | Present | Future | conditional | |
| Indicative | a | e | a | ú |
| Imperitive | `z |
Aspects[]
The aspects in Talger are as follows:
- Simple
- Progressive Siteŕ + [Present Participle]
- Perfect Kiseŕ + [Past Participle]
Negation[]
'Ne' is used to negate nearly any part of speech. Negations preceed aspect particles.
Subjunctives[]
The subjunctive clauses are formed as follows
[Main Clause] + Ki + [Infinitive]
Adverbs / Meta-verbes[]
Adverbs in Talger end in -o. Always. Do not pass go, do not collect $200.
Formation[]
Unless completely impossible, adverbs are formed by dropping -ai and adding -o to their respective adjective. Adverbs are placed before the verb, unless it's weird to do so.
Other adverbs are simply used to modify adjectives or other adverbs. These end in -oi but are formed the same way
Prepositions / Meta-pozicones[]
Very simple. They end in -eź. They work exactly how you might expect.
Numbers / Númeres[]
When numbers function as nouns, they end in -e. When adjectives, they end in -ai.
| Number | English |
|---|---|
| One | 1 |
| Dakse | 2 |
| Tre | 3 |
| Kre | 4 |
| Ske | 5 |
| Sese | 6 |
| Sete | 7 |
| Vite | 8 |
| Nefe | 9 |
| Dise | 10 |
| Onete | 11 |
|
Dote |
12 |
| Tŕete | 13 |
| [number]-tene | 1[number] |
| [number]-dinte | [number]0 |
| Sente | 100 |
| [number]-Sente | [number]00 |
| Mile | 1,000 |
| [number]-mile | [number]000 |
| Milone | 1,000,000 |
Nouns / Nómines[]
Nouns end in -e and are pluralized by adding -n.
Nouns can have the following affixes added which RETAIN THE DASH
| Affix | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Meta- | Regarding, Modifying, Indicating |
| Inter- | Between, In place of |
| Peza- | Piece of |
| Mesa- | Very |
| Ne- | Negated |
| Infa- | Less of |
| Loka- | Place where ____ congregates |
Vocabulary[]
| No. | English | indome |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | I | E |
| 2 | you (singular) | Ve |
| 3 | he | Se |
| 4 | we | Ne |
| 5 | you (plural) | Ven |
| 6 | they | Sen |
| 7 | this | Dize |
| 8 | that | Dase |
| 9 | here | Ako |
| 10 | there | Mesako |
| 11 | who | Kente |
| 12 | what | Kai |
| 13 | where | Kondo |
| 14 | when | Kanto |
| 15 | how | — |
| 16 | not | Ne |
| 17 | all | Tose |
| 18 | many | Mese |
| 19 | some | Alese |
| 20 | few | Minese |
| 21 | other | Orai |
| 22 | one | One |
| 23 | two | Dokse |
| 24 | three | Tre |
| 25 | four | Katre |
| 26 | five | — |
| 27 | big | Krantai |
| 28 | long | Largai |
| 29 | wide | Depai |
| 30 | thick | Gertai |
| 31 | heavy | Mazai |
| 32 | small | Nekrantai |
| 33 | short | Nelargai |
| 34 | narrow | Nedepai |
| 35 | thin | Negertai |
| 36 | woman | Jome |
| 37 | man (adult male) | Jome |
| 38 | man (human being) | Jome |
| 39 | child | Infajome |
| 40 | wife | Spoze |
| 41 | husband | Spoze |
| 42 | mother | Patre |
| 43 | father | Patre |
| 44 | animal | NeJome |
| 45 | fish | Peze |
| 46 | bird | Barde |
| 47 | dog | śire |
| 48 | louse | Pije |
| 49 | snake | Seŕpente |
| 50 | worm | Verme |
| 51 | tree | Arbore |
| 52 | forest | Arboretome |
| 53 | stick | Pezavude |
| 54 | fruit | Frute |
| 55 | seed | — |
| 56 | leaf | — |
| 57 | root | — |
| 58 | bark | — |
| 59 | flower | — |
| 60 | grass | — |
| 61 | rope | — |
| 62 | skin | — |
| 63 | meat | — |
| 64 | blood | — |
| 65 | bone | — |
| 66 | fat | — |
| 67 | egg | — |
| 68 | horn | — |
| 69 | tail | — |
| 70 | feather | — |
| 71 | hair | — |
| 72 | head | — |
| 73 | ear | — |
| 74 | eye | — |
| 75 | nose | — |
| 76 | mouth | — |
| 77 | tooth | — |
| 78 | tongue | — |
| 79 | fingernail | — |
| 80 | foot | — |
| 81 | leg | — |
| 82 | knee | — |
| 83 | hand | — |
| 84 | wing | — |
| 85 | belly | — |
| 86 | guts | — |
| 87 | neck | — |
| 88 | back | — |
| 89 | breast | — |
| 90 | heart | — |
| 91 | liver | — |
| 92 | drink | — |
| 93 | eat | — |
| 94 | bite | — |
| 95 | suck | — |
| 96 | spit | — |
| 97 | vomit | — |
| 98 | blow | — |
| 99 | breathe | — |
| 100 | laugh | — |
| 101 | see | — |
| 102 | hear | — |
| 103 | know | — |
| 104 | think | — |
| 105 | smell | — |
| 106 | fear | — |
| 107 | sleep | — |
| 108 | live | — |
| 109 | die | — |
| 110 | kill | — |
| 111 | fight | — |
| 112 | hunt | — |
| 113 | hit | — |
| 114 | cut | — |
| 115 | split | — |
| 116 | stab | — |
| 117 | scratch | — |
| 118 | dig | — |
| 119 | swim | — |
| 120 | fly | — |
| 121 | walk | — |
| 122 | come | — |
| 123 | lie | — |
| 124 | sit | — |
| 125 | stand | — |
| 126 | turn | — |
| 127 | fall | — |
| 128 | give | — |
| 129 | hold | — |
| 130 | squeeze | — |
| 131 | rub | — |
| 132 | wash | — |
| 133 | wipe | — |
| 134 | pull | — |
| 135 | push | — |
| 136 | throw | — |
| 137 | tie | — |
| 138 | sew | — |
| 139 | count | — |
| 140 | say | — |
| 141 | sing | — |
| 142 | play | — |
| 143 | float | — |
| 144 | flow | — |
| 145 | freeze | — |
| 146 | swell | — |
| 147 | sun | — |
| 148 | moon | — |
| 149 | star | — |
| 150 | water | — |
| 151 | rain | — |
| 152 | river | — |
| 153 | lake | — |
| 154 | sea | — |
| 155 | salt | — |
| 156 | stone | — |
| 157 | sand | — |
| 158 | dust | — |
| 159 | earth | — |
| 160 | cloud | — |
| 161 | fog | — |
| 162 | sky | — |
| 163 | wind | — |
| 164 | snow | — |
| 165 | ice | — |
| 166 | smoke | — |
| 167 | fire | — |
| 168 | ash | — |
| 169 | burn | — |
| 170 | road | — |
| 171 | mountain | — |
| 172 | red | — |
| 173 | green | — |
| 174 | yellow | — |
| 175 | white | — |
| 176 | black | — |
| 177 | night | — |
| 178 | day | — |
| 179 | year | — |
| 180 | warm | — |
| 181 | cold | — |
| 182 | full | — |
| 183 | new | — |
| 184 | old | — |
| 185 | good | — |
| 186 | bad | — |
| 187 | rotten | — |
| 188 | dirty | — |
| 189 | straight | — |
| 190 | round | — |
| 191 | sharp | — |
| 192 | dull | — |
| 193 | smooth | — |
| 194 | wet | — |
| 195 | dry | — |
| 196 | correct | — |
| 197 | near | — |
| 198 | far | — |
| 199 | right | — |
| 200 | left | — |
| 201 | at | — |
| 202 | in | — |
| 203 | with | — |
| 204 | and | — |
| 205 | if | — |
| 206 | because | — |
| 207 | name | — |