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Tanemantin is one of the [[Ke:tic]] languages and a descendent of the classical language [[Sarim]].
Tanemantin is one of the [[Ke:tic]] languages and a descendent of the classical language [[Sarim]].


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|'''Plosive/Affricate'''
|'''Plosive/Affricate'''
|'''p''' /p/  
|'''b''' /b/  
|'''t''' /t/ '''d''' /d/
|'''t''' /t/ '''d''' /d/
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|'''ch''' /c/
|'''c''' /k/ '''g''' /g/
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|'''j''' /ʤ/
|'''k''' /k/ '''g''' /g/
|'''ʔ''' /ʔ/
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|'''Fricative'''
|'''Fricative'''
|'''f''' /ɸ/
|'''v''' /β/
|'''th''' /θ/
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|'''s''' /s/
|'''s''' /s/
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|'''š''' /ʃ/
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|'''h''' /h/
|'''h''' /h/
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|'''n''' /n/
|'''n''' /n/
|'''ny''' /ɲ/
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|'''ŋ''' /ŋ/
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There are four vowel phonemes /i e a o/. Length is phonemic, and long vowels are distinguished with macrons. There are also three diphthongs, all falling: /ai ei oi/.
There are four vowel phonemes /i e a o u / '''i e a o u''', aswell as six diphthongs, all falling /ai ei oi au eu ou/ '''ai ei oi au eu ou'''


===Stress===
===Stress===
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===Syllable Structure===
===Syllable Structure===


Tanemantin has a (C)V(m n s r) syllable structure, with the caveat that /h j/ do not occur following a coda consonant, and /w/ only occurs following coda /s/.
Tanemantin has a CV(C) syllable structure, with the caveat that only /n m ŋ ʔ/. Word-internal clusters which are permitted are /ʔt ʔk ʔm ʔn ʔŋ nt ŋk ns/.
 
===Allophony===
 
- /n m/ are not distinguished before another consonant, but are realised as a nasal at the same point of articulation as the following consonant, e.g. /imne/ [ɪn.ne]; /ankas/ [ɐŋkɐs].
 
- Voicing is progressive, so that a cluster like /sd/ is realised as [st].
 
- The short vowels /a e i o/ tend to be realised as [ɐ ɛ ɪ ɒ] in closed syllables.
 
- The long vowels /a: e: i: o:/ have a tendency to develop a schwa-like glide: [aə eə iə oə].
 
== Nominal Morphology ==
 
===Noun Classes===
 
Tanemantin has two noun classes: animate nouns include humans, animals, deities and spirits, aswell as certain other bodies such as '''inim''' 'the Sun' and '''lō''' 'fire'. Inanimate nouns are everything else.
 
===Number===
 
Tanemantin nouns are marked for singular, plural, and nullar numbers.
 
The plural morpheme differs with noun class:


== Nouns and Nominals ==


The nullar is a fairly recent innovation, from the Sarim partitive case, the use of which was largely limited to the patient of negative verbs and '''*m(ə)ruʔ''' 'none' (cf. Tanemantin '''mai''' 'nothing'). By the time of Middle Tanemantin the old partitive had come to be the nullar number. Note that for this reason nullar nouns are not marked for case. 
Tanemantin nouns are divided into two classes: animate and inanimate. Animate nouns are those traditionally considered capable of movement: people, animals, spirits, the Sun and Moon, and bodies of moving water. Inanimate nouns cover everything else. There is a very limited nominal morphology - there is no case marking, and only animate nouns are marked for plurality,


===Cases===
=Number=


Tanemantin nouns are marked for two cases: the Absolutive and the Ergative.
The singular is the unmarked form. Animate nouns are marked as plural with the suffix '''-wa''': '''koi''' "dog" '''koiwa''' "dogs". However, there is a small class of nouns with suppletive forms originally derived from reduplication, mostly relationship terms: '''ama''' "mother", '''ameme''' 'mothers', '''ban''' "sister" '''bamen''' "sisters", as well as some other nouns: '''yaʔ''' "man", '''yaʔyi''' "men".


==Pronouns==
==Pronouns==
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==Personal Pronouns==
==Personal Pronouns==


Tanemantin has the usual run of first, second, and third person pronouns in singular and plural. It also has an obviate "fourth person" pronoun, which is not declined for number. Unlike nouns, Tanemantin pronouns have a distinct genitive case in addition to the normal six cases, and for the first and second person pronouns the ergative, not the absolutive, is the base form of the pronoun.
[[Category: Conlangs]]
 
First Person:
 
{|
|| ||Singular||Plural
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||Absolutive || '''nan''' ||'''nagan'''
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||Lative ||'''nethī''' ||'''negī'''
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||Locative||'''nā''' ||'''nagā'''
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||Ablative ||'''nam''' ||'''nagum'''
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||Partitive ||'''nānu''' ||'''naganu'''
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||Ergative ||'''nā''' ||'''naga'''
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||Genitive|| '''nar''' ||'''nagā'''
|}
 
Second Person:
 
{|
|| ||Singular||Plural
|-
||Absolutive || '''lī''' ||'''ligan'''
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||Lative ||'''lithī''' ||'''ligī'''
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||Locative||'''lī''' ||'''ligā'''
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||Ablative ||'''liyum''' ||'''ligum'''
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||Partitive ||'''līnu''' ||'''liganu'''
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||Ergative ||'''li''' ||'''liga'''
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||Genitive|| '''lir''' ||'''ligā'''
|}
 
Third Person:
 
{|
|| ||Singular||Plural
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||Absolutive || '''un''' ||'''ini'''
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||Lative ||'''unī''' ||'''inithī'''
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||Locative||'''una''' ||'''inī'''
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||Ablative ||'''unum''' ||'''inim'''
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||Partitive ||'''uneu''' ||'''iniu'''
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||Ergative ||'''us''' ||'''inī'''
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||Genitive|| '''una''' ||'''inī'''
|}
 
 
Fourth Person (Obviate):
 
{|
|| ||Singular||Plural
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||Absolutive || '''thi'''
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||Lative ||'''thī'''
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||Locative||'''thī'''
|-
||Ablative ||'''thiyum'''
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||Partitive ||'''thinu'''
|-
||Ergative ||'''thī'''
|-
||Genitive|| '''thī'''
|}

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Tanemantin is one of the Ke:tic languages and a descendent of the classical language Sarim.


Phonology

Tanemantin distinguishes between 17 consonant phonemes

Labial Dental Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Plosive/Affricate b /b/ t /t/ d /d/ j /ʤ/ k /k/ g /g/ ʔ /ʔ/
Fricative v /β/ s /s/ š /ʃ/ h /h/
Nasal m /m/ n /n/ ŋ /ŋ/
Liquid w /w/ l /l/ r /ɾ/ y /j/

There are four vowel phonemes /i e a o u / i e a o u, aswell as six diphthongs, all falling /ai ei oi au eu ou/ ai ei oi au eu ou

Stress

Stress in Tanemantin is non-phonemic, always falling on the penultimate syllable of the word unless an adjacent syllable has a long vowel nucleus, in which case the stress shifts to that syllable. If both the final and antepenultimate vowels are long, stress falls on the final vowel. Monosyllabic semantic words are stressed, grammatical particles are not.

Syllable Structure

Tanemantin has a CV(C) syllable structure, with the caveat that only /n m ŋ ʔ/. Word-internal clusters which are permitted are /ʔt ʔk ʔm ʔn ʔŋ nt ŋk ns/.

Nouns and Nominals

Tanemantin nouns are divided into two classes: animate and inanimate. Animate nouns are those traditionally considered capable of movement: people, animals, spirits, the Sun and Moon, and bodies of moving water. Inanimate nouns cover everything else. There is a very limited nominal morphology - there is no case marking, and only animate nouns are marked for plurality,

Number

The singular is the unmarked form. Animate nouns are marked as plural with the suffix -wa: koi "dog" koiwa "dogs". However, there is a small class of nouns with suppletive forms originally derived from reduplication, mostly relationship terms: ama "mother", ameme 'mothers', ban "sister" bamen "sisters", as well as some other nouns: yaʔ "man", yaʔyi "men".

Pronouns

Personal Pronouns

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