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The language of the Gyatalin people (<i>Eng: Gyatalin</i>, <i>Nat: Gjatálin</i>) is a language spoken on the planet of Meishuko, in an alternate universe. It is spoken by approximately 12,436,391,390 people, and is the most widely spoken of the Shalian languages found on the planet.
The language of the Gyatalin people (<i>Eng: Gyatalin</i>, <i>Nat: Gjatálin</i>) is a language spoken on the planet of Meishuko, in an alternate universe. It is spoken by approximately 12,436,391,390 people, and is the most widely spoken of the Shalian languages found on the planet.
The language itself superficially (and sometimes even semantically) resembles some of the Slavic languages (particularly Polish), partly due to the fact that it was, indeed, the Polish who exposed the Gyatalin people to the Latin alphabet and several semantic ideas.


==Phonology/Orthography==
==Phonology/Orthography==
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Long diphthongs are formed in exactly the same way:
Long diphthongs are formed in exactly the same way:
áj éj íj ój új ýj
áj éj íj ój új ýj
==The Cases==
Gyatalin makes use of six grammatical cases: the nominative, accusative, dative, genitive, locative, and vocative. Each case is marked, normally in with a different ending for each case.
==Pronouns==
===Personal Pronouns===
Among other things that decline into each of the six cases, the personal pronouns do.
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|style="text-align: center; font-size: 95%;"| 1 singular || yś |||| mý |||| mny |||| mne |||| ym |||| moj
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|style="text-align: center; font-size: 95%;"| 2 singular || tü |||| dý |||| tè |||| ty |||| dá |||| doj
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|style="text-align: center; font-size: 95%;"| 3 singular m. || žoj |||| žë |||| žu |||| ža |||| žü |||| žu
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|style="text-align: center; font-size: 95%;"| 3 singular f. || žaj |||| žy |||| žä |||| ži |||| žö |||| žy
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|style="text-align: center; font-size: 95%;"| 3 singular n. || žej |||| žej |||| žu |||| že |||| žy |||| žo
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|style="text-align: center; font-size: 95%;"| 1 plural inclusive || il |||| il |||| ẃim |||| wi |||| jeg |||| il
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|style="text-align: center; font-size: 95%;"| 1 plural exclusive || yl |||| mü |||| il |||| mü |||| mil |||| myl
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|style="text-align: center; font-size: 95%;"| 2 plural || jätś |||| wjej |||| wjo |||| wjo |||| joź |||| joj
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|style="text-align: center; font-size: 95%;"| 3 plural anim. || fën |||| dau |||| dë |||| dë |||| dwò |||| dwo
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|style="text-align: center; font-size: 95%;"| 3 plural inanim. || fè |||| dá |||| dèn |||| dè |||| dwò |||| dwó
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Revision as of 13:14, 13 October 2006

Gyatalin
Gjatálin
Spoken in: Gjatá
Timeline/Universe: (unnamed)
Total speakers: 12,436,391,390
Genealogical classification: (unnamed)

 Shalian
  Andirpal
   Gyatalin

Basic word order: SVO
Morphological type: Inflecting
Morphosyntactic alignment: Nominative-Accusative
Created by:
maailmaniag 2006

The language of the Gyatalin people (Eng: Gyatalin, Nat: Gjatálin) is a language spoken on the planet of Meishuko, in an alternate universe. It is spoken by approximately 12,436,391,390 people, and is the most widely spoken of the Shalian languages found on the planet.

The language itself superficially (and sometimes even semantically) resembles some of the Slavic languages (particularly Polish), partly due to the fact that it was, indeed, the Polish who exposed the Gyatalin people to the Latin alphabet and several semantic ideas.

Phonology/Orthography

Consonants

Consonants
Bilabial Labiod. Dental Alveolar Retroflex Post-alv. Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal m n
Plosive p b t d k g
Ejective p' t' k'
Fricative f w s z š ž ś ź ch h
Affricate tš dž tś dź
Approximants ẃ j
Lateral Approximant l

Digraphs

bj bl bn bw bẃ
dj dl dw dẃ
džl džw džẃ
dźj dźw dźẃ
fj fl fẃ
gd gj gl gw gẃ
hl hm hn hẃ
kj kl kn ks kš kś kw kẃ
k’j k’l k’n k’s k’š k’ś k’w k’ẃ
lj lẃ
mj mẃ
nj nẃ
pf pj pl ps pw pẃ
p’f p’j p’l p’s p’w p’ẃ
sf sk sk’ sl sm sn sp sp’ st st’ sw sẃ
šf šk šk’ šl šm šn šp šp’ št št’ šw šẃ
śj św śẃ
tj tl ts tw tẃ
t’y t’l t’s t’w t’ẃ
tšl tšw tšẃ
tśj tśw tśẃ
w wj wl wẃ
chj chw chẃ
zd zg zj zm zn zẃ
žd žg žj žm žn žẃ
źj źw źẃ

Vowels

Vowels
Front Central Back
Close i ü u
Lax Close y
Close-Mid ë o
Open-Mid e ö
Near-Open ä
Open a

Diphthongs

There are six diphthongs in Gyatalin, and no more:

aj, ej, ij, oj, uj, yj /ai Ei ij oi uj yj/

Vowel Length

There are a total of 2 vowel lengths in Gyatalin: long and short. The short vowels are marked as previous, and the long vowels are marked as follows:

Vowels
Front Central Back
Close í ù ú
Lax Close ý
Close-Mid è ó
Open-Mid é ò
Near-Open à
Open á

Long diphthongs are formed in exactly the same way: áj éj íj ój új ýj

The Cases

Gyatalin makes use of six grammatical cases: the nominative, accusative, dative, genitive, locative, and vocative. Each case is marked, normally in with a different ending for each case.

Pronouns

Personal Pronouns

Among other things that decline into each of the six cases, the personal pronouns do.

Personal Pronouns
Nominative Accusative Dative Genitive Locative Vocative
1 singular yś mý mny mne ym moj
2 singular tü dý tè ty dá doj
3 singular m. žoj žë žu ža žü žu
3 singular f. žaj žy žä ži žö žy
3 singular n. žej žej žu že žy žo
1 plural inclusive il il ẃim wi jeg il
1 plural exclusive yl mü il mü mil myl
2 plural jätś wjej wjo wjo joź joj
3 plural anim. fën dau dë dë dwò dwo
3 plural inanim. fè dá dèn dè dwò dwó
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