Tala Ita
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Category: personal, engineered artlang.
Vocabulary: controlled, a priori = 576 root words + 1200 compound words coined.
Grammar: mainly isolating and self-parsing.
Phonology: A E I O U K L M N S T V = 5 vowels + 7 consonants. E and O are reserved for grammar words-aka "empty words".
Word shape: Root words are strictly (C)V(C)V. Empty words are strictly (C)e/o.
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: Vuli vana te vitu vana me kia le o nunu mula te niu nula. "The wheel's still spinning but the hamster's away."