Tala Ita: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 20:15, 31 December 2012

Category: personal, engineered artlang.

Vocabulary: controlled, a priori = 576 root words.

Grammar: mainly isolating and self-parsing.

Phonology: 3 vowels + 7 consonants = A I U K L M N P S T.

Word shape: strictly (C)V(C)V.

Affixes: next to none.

Derivation: compounds and constructs only.

Parts of speech: not quite relevant.

Syntax: strictly SVO, right-branching, head-first, qualified-qualifier.

Comprehensive description and lexicon: external link [1]

Sample text: Puli pana nai pitu pana iu kia ua lai nunu mula nai niu nula. "The wheel's still spinning but the hamster's away."

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-'''Category''': artlang, personal, engineered.
+'''Category''': personal, engineered artlang.
 '''Vocabulary''': controlled, a priori = 576 root words.
-'''Grammar''': mainly isolating, self-parsing.
+'''Grammar''': mainly isolating and self-parsing.
 '''Phonology''': 3 vowels + 7 consonants = A I U K L M N P S T.
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 '''Word shape''': strictly (C)V(C)V.
-'''Affixes''': next to no affixes.
+'''Affixes''': next to none.
-'''Derivation''': by compounding and construct only.
+'''Derivation''': compounds and constructs only.
-'''Parts of speech''': not quite applicable.
+'''Parts of speech''': not quite relevant.
 '''Syntax''': strictly SVO, right-branching, head-first, qualified-qualifier.
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 '''Comprehensive description and lexicon''': external link [http://talaita.free.fr]
-'''Sample text''': ''Puli pana tai pitu pana iu kia ua nuu mula tai niu nula.'' "The wheel's still spinning but the hamster's away."
+'''Sample text''': ''Puli pana nai pitu pana iu kia ua lai nunu mula nai niu nula.'' "The wheel's still spinning but the hamster's away."
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