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'''Tsolyani''' is a classical [[conlang]] by M. A. R. Barker, spoken in his [[conworld]] '''Tékumel'''.
'''Tsolyani''' is a classical [[conlang]] by M. A. R. Barker, spoken in his [[conworld]] '''Tékumel'''; the language is widely considered one of the finest examples of a [[naturalistic artlang]].  The world of Tékumel, the setting of the role-playing game ''Empire of the Petal Throne'', is famed for its colour and exoticity.


Tsolyani is an agglutinating language; most inflections are prefixes, but suffixes also occur in the language.  Nouns are divided into three genders: ''noble'', ''ignoble'' and ''unclassifiable''.  The noun takes a gender/number suffix and several prefixes.  Verbs are not conjugated for person and number, nor tense, but take various valence-changing prefixes.
Tsolyani is an agglutinating language; most inflections are prefixes, but suffixes also occur in the language.  Nouns are divided into three genders: ''noble'', ''ignoble'' and ''unclassifiable''.  The noun takes a gender/number suffix and several prefixes.  Verbs are not conjugated for person and number, nor tense, but take various valence-changing prefixes.
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* [http://terengo.tdonnelly.org/tsoldata.html Teresh's Home Page - Tsolyani Language]
* [http://terengo.tdonnelly.org/tsoldata.html Teresh's Home Page - Tsolyani Language]
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Latest revision as of 11:41, 17 November 2010

Tsolyani
Spoken in: Tsolyanu
Timeline/Universe: Tékumel
Total speakers:
Genealogical classification: Engsvanyáli
Tsolyani
Basic word order: SVO
Morphological type: agglutinating
Morphosyntactic alignment: accusative
Created by:
M. A. R. Barker 1978

Tsolyani is a classical conlang by M. A. R. Barker, spoken in his conworld Tékumel; the language is widely considered one of the finest examples of a naturalistic artlang. The world of Tékumel, the setting of the role-playing game Empire of the Petal Throne, is famed for its colour and exoticity.

Tsolyani is an agglutinating language; most inflections are prefixes, but suffixes also occur in the language. Nouns are divided into three genders: noble, ignoble and unclassifiable. The noun takes a gender/number suffix and several prefixes. Verbs are not conjugated for person and number, nor tense, but take various valence-changing prefixes.

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