Tibëdëyel

Tibëdëyel is a conlang spoken in Tibëdë.

Phonology

Consonants

Letter	IPA symbol(s)
b	b
c	ts
d	d
dh	ð
f	f
g	ɡ
k	k
l	l
m	m
n	n
ŋ	ŋ
p	p
q	x
s	s
sh	ʃ
t	t
th	θ
v	v
y	j
z	z

Note: There is no 'r' is Tibëdëyel- 'l' takes its place.

Vowels

Letter	IPA symbol(s)
a	æ, ɑɪ
e	ɛ
ë	i, iɪ
i	ɪ
o	ɒ
ö	ɔɪ

Grammar

Case System

Tibëdëyel uses an ergative-absolutive case system, where the subject of an intransitive verb and the object of a transitive verb are the same, but the subject of a transitive verb is different. Cases are always marked by suffixes. Tibëdëyel recognises four cases: absolutive (no suffix), ergative (-'lelë'), genitive (-'yel'), and locative (-'vib').

Word order

The most commonly used word order is Subject Verb Object, but since cases are marked it is not very important. In fact, it is not uncommon to see Verb Subject Object and Subject Object Verb, though the latter is seen as somewhat archaic by speakers (like saying words like 'thee' and 'thou' in English).

Tense

Verbs are usually directly inflected for tenses, so that the root itself changes.