Phoneme inventory
Consonants
|
Labial |
Dental |
Postalveolar |
Velar |
Glottal |
| Nasal |
m |
n |
|
|
|
| Stop |
p b |
t d |
|
k g |
|
| Affricative |
|
|
t͡ʃ |
|
|
| Fricative |
|
s |
|
|
h |
| Approximant |
|
l |
j |
w |
|
| Trill |
|
r |
|
|
|
Vowels
|
Front |
Central |
Back |
| Close |
i y |
|
u |
| Mid |
e̞ |
|
o̞ |
| Open |
|
a |
|
For the purposes of this article, t͡ʃ is written as č, and the mid vowels as e and o without the lowering diacritics. (In the lore, j is written as y by the anglophone convention, t͡ʃ is written as ch, and y is written as ü.)
Case table
With čuje "golden" samuu "ray of the sun"; ču "green" dorah "hay"; tasu "large" ynyi "man". Note the adjective agreement with the noun:
|
Masculine U |
Feminine H |
Neuter I |
| Nominative |
čujeu samuu |
čuh dorah |
tasui ynyi |
| Genetive |
čuje samu |
čuha doraha |
tasuja ynyja |
| Accusative |
čujele samule |
čuse dorase |
tasure ynyre |
| Postpositional |
čuje samu |
ču dora |
tasu yny |
| Lative |
čujeusa samuusa |
čusa dorasa |
tasuisa ynyisa |