Tala Ita

• Category: engineered artlang.

• Vocabulary: controlled, a priori = 576 root words + 1200 compound words coined.

• Grammar: mainly isolating and self-parsing.

• Phonology: A I U K L M N P S T = 3 vowels + 7 consonants.

• Word shape: Root words are strictly (C)V(C)V.

• Affixes: next to none.

• Derivation: compounds and constructs only.

• Parts of speech: not quite relevant.

• Syntax: strictly SVO, right-branching, head-first, qualified-qualifier.

• Comprehensive description and lexicon: external link Let's Speak Tala Ita

• Sample text: Puli pana aa pitu pana ia kia ui lai nunu mula aa niunula. "The wheel's still spinning but the hamster's away."