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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/  
|'''t''' /t/ '''d''' /d/
|'''ts''' /ts/
|'''ch''' /c/
|'''c''' /k/  
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|'''j''' /ʤ/
|'''k''' /k/ '''g''' /g/
|'''ʔ''' /ʔ/
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|'''Fricative'''
|'''Fricative'''
|'''ph''' /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 five vowel phonemes /i e a o u/. Length is phonemic, and long vowels are distinguished with macrons. There are also three diphthongs, all falling: /ai au ei eu oi ou/.
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(C) syllable structure. Word-internally, /n/ is the only coda consonant that occurs. Word-finally, /m n t θ s h/ are permissible coda consonants.  
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===
 
- Word-internal coda /n/ is realised as a nasal at the same point of articulation as the following consonant, e.g. /inɸe/ [ɪm'ɸe]; /ankas/ [ɐŋgɐs].
 
- Tanemantin has only voiceless stops. They are realised as either plain or lightly aspirated in most environments, except after a nasal where they are realised as voiced. Word final /t/ is realised as unreleased as unreleased.
 
- /h/ may be realised [x] word-finally.
 
- The short vowels /a e i o u/ tend to be realised as [ɐ ɛ ɪ ɒ ʊ] except word-finally, where they are realised closer to their cardinal values.
 
- The long vowels /a: e: i: o: u:/ have a tendency to develop a schwa-like glide: [aə eə iə oə uə].
 
== Nominal Morphology ==
 
Tanemantin nouns have two genders: animate and inanimate. Animate nouns include humans, animals, deities and spirits, aswell as certain other words such as '''inim''' 'the Sun'. Inanimate nouns are everything else. Tanemantin nouns are also declined for two cases: Absolute and Ergative, aswell as for plurality. Case markers follow
 
===Plurality===
 
Each gender has a different plural morpheme:
 
- Animate nouns have plurals in '''-me'''. If a noun stem ends in '''Vt''' or '''Vh''', this becomes '''V:''', whist stem-final '''-n/m''' after a vowel is lost, without vowel lengthening. If a stem ends in a consonant cluster, an epenthetic '''-i-''' is inserted.
 
- Inanimate nouns form plurals with '''-ā'''. After a long vowel, and monosyllabic words ending in a short vowel, this becomes '''-yā'''. Polysyllabic words ending in a short vowel lengthen the vowel.
 
 
Animate nouns are always marked for plurality. Inanimate nouns are never marked for plurality if their noun phrase includes a number or an adjective indicating plurality such as '''pei''' 'some', and plural marking in other situations is optional.  
 
 
===Absolutive Case===


The absolutive case is unmarked. Stems ending in a consonant cluster or non-permitted coda have an epenthetic '''-e''', e.g. '''mach-''' 'house' has the absolutive singular form '''mache'''.
== 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,


===Ergative Case===
=Number=


The ergative case is marked by the morpheme '''-n''', '''-an''' after a consonant, and '''-ne''' following a long vowel except in the case of the inanimate plural morpheme, which becomes '''-en'''.
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:
 
{|
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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
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||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'''
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||Ablative ||'''thiyum'''
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||Partitive ||'''thinu'''
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||Ergative ||'''thī'''
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||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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