Quri-Tul Lati

Natively known as: quˈri tul / quˈri tul / /quˈri tul/

Quri-Tul Lati is an adapted translation of Old Lati (literally meaning Old Power), a premodern version of the Lati language. It originally the primary language used by the Makassi of old, but once it became clear that it was too volatile for everyday use, as often Lerin and other non-Inkallu would cause a lot of damage by accidentally channeling what little Inkallu they had and killing themselves in the process, it was fazed to be a ritual only langauge.

The main difference from Lati {Language} is its use of the Z sound and a lack of many softer sounds like sh. Many Lati will take the names of their titles from Quri-Tul and modify it to prevent explosions every time someone writes their name down in runes. Quri-Tul is also where most sayings used Laran originate from, and its written form acts as the runes which Lati use to create and power their rituals.



...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind...
sø̄ kȅ œ̄p ìk kěc pē sø̄ ēv rù œ̄p ěz nì gø̀ / sø̄ kȅ œ̄p ìk kěç pē sø̄ ēv rù œ̄p ěz nì gø̀ /
Pronunciation: /sø̄ kȅ œ̄p ìk kěç pē sø̄ ēv rù œ̄p ěz nì gø̀/
Old Lati word order: and he his hat holding stood and the wind to his wet face turned

Spelling & Phonology

Consonant inventory: d g k k͡w l m n p q r s t v w z ç ɫ ʑ

↓Manner/Place→	Bilabial	Labiodental	Alveolar	Alveolo-palatal	Palatal	Velar	Uvular
Nasal	m		n
Stop	p		t d			k g	q
Fricative		v	s z	ʑ	ç
Trill			r
Lateral approximant			l

Co-articulated phonemes

↓Manner/Place→	Labial-velar	Velarized alveolar
Approximant	w
Lateral approximant		ɫ

Vowel inventory: a e i o u ø œ
Tones: ̀ ̄ ̏ ̌ ̂

	Front	Back
High	i	u
High-mid	e ø	o
Low-mid	œ
Low	a

Syllable structure: (C)V(C) Stress pattern: Ultimate — stress is on the last syllable Word initial consonants: g k k͡w l n p q r s t v w ç ɫ ʑ Mid-word consonants: d dd dg dl dn dr ds g gd gk gm gr gs gt gv gz k kr ks kç k͡w l ld lg ll lq ls lt lw lz lç m md mk ml mm ms mt mv mz n nd ng nl nm nn nr nv nz nɫ p pl pp pr pw q qd qq qt r rl rm rn rp rr rt rv rw s sd sl sr ss st sç t tk tm tn tp tr tw v vg vn vv vw w wg wk wm wt wv wɫ z zl zp zr zɫ ç çk çl ɫ ɫd ɫk ɫm ɫn ɫt ɫv ɫɫ ʑ Word final consonants: d k k͡w l m n p q r s t v z ç ʑ
Spelling rules:

Pronunciation	Spelling
ɫ	l
ç	c
ʑ	z

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Grammar

Main word order: Subject (Prepositional phrase) Object Verb. “Mary opened the door with a key” turns into Mary with a key the door opened. Adjective order: Adjectives are positioned before the noun. Adposition: postpositions

Nouns

Nouns have three cases:

• Nominative is the doer of a verb: dog bites man.
• Accusative is the done-to of a verb: man bites dog.
• Genitive is the possessor of something: dog’s tail hits man.

	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Prefix nȅ- nȅˈcīc / nȅˈçīç / /nȅˈçīç/ dog (when doing the verb)	Prefix ȍ- ȍˈcīc / ȍˈçīç / /ȍˈçīç/ dogs (when doing the verb)
Accusative	Prefix ǔ- ǔˈcīc / ǔˈçīç / /ǔˈçīç/ (verb done to) dog	If starts with vowel: Prefix w- Else: Prefix wȅ- wȅˈcīc / wȅˈçīç / /wȅˈçīç/ (verb done to) dogs
Genitive	Prefix wî- wîˈcīc / wîˈçīç / /wîˈçīç/ dogʼs	If starts with vowel: Prefix l- Else: Prefix lû- lûˈcīc / lûˈçīç / /lûˈçīç/ dogsʼ

Articles

	Definite	Indefinite
Singular	kà / kà / /kà/ the	pâ / pâ / /pâ/ a
Plural	kœ̏t / kœ̏t / /kœ̏t/ the	kēt / kēt / /kēt/ some

Uses of definite article that differ from English:

• Used to talk about countable nouns in general: English’s ‘I like cats’ would translate to ‘I like the cats’

Pronouns

	Nominative	Accusative	Genitive
1st singular	zôt / ʑôt / /ʑôt/ I	tø̄ / tø̄ / /tø̄/ me	tȁv / tȁv / /tȁv/ mine
2nd singular	sùk / sùk / /sùk/ you	ǒ / ǒ / /ǒ/ you	zī / ʑī / /ʑī/ yours
3rd singular	kȅ / kȅ / /kȅ/ he, she, it	pȅ / pȅ / /pȅ/ him, her, it	tœ̀ / tœ̀ / /tœ̀/ his, hers, its
1st plural	cǎ / çǎ / /çǎ/ we	ǎ / ǎ / /ǎ/ us	ȁk / ȁk / /ȁk/ ours
2nd plural	kè / kè / /kè/ you all	œ̂ / œ̂ / /œ̂/ you all	à / à / /à/ yours (pl)
3rd plural	k͡wø̏z / k͡wø̏ʑ / /k͡wø̏ʑ/ they	zù / ʑù / /ʑù/ them	sœ̀k͡w / sœ̀k͡w / /sœ̀k͡w/ theirs

Possessive determiners

1st singular	wǒ / wǒ / /wǒ/ my
2nd singular	nǔm / nǔm / /nǔm/ your
3rd singular	œ̄p / œ̄p / /œ̄p/ his, her, its
1st plural	ø̏ / ø̏ / /ø̏/ our
2nd plural	ì / ì / /ì/ your (pl)
3rd plural	k͡wø̀k / k͡wø̀k / /k͡wø̀k/ their

Verbs

Future

If starts with vowel: Prefix k- Else: Prefix kø̂- kǎ / kǎ / /kǎ/ will learn

Old Lati uses a standalone particle word for past tense:

Past	Particle before the verb: lèt - lèt ǎ / lèt ǎ / /lèt ǎ/ learned

Perfect aspect

The perfect aspect in English is exemplified in ‘I have read this book’, which expresses an event that took place before the time spoken but which has an effect on or is in some way still relevant to the present.
Old Lati uses an affix for the perfect aspect:

Perfect

Prefix â- âˈǎ / âˈǎ / /âˈǎ/ have learned

Numbers

Old Lati has a base-10 number system:
1 - k͡wȅc / k͡wȅç /
2 - ê / ê /
3 - ôt / ôt /
4 - zâc / ʑâç /
5 - œ̌m / œ̌m /
6 - ȍd / ȍd /
7 - kȅl / kȅl /
8 - ø̂v / ø̂v /
9 - kœ̀m / kœ̀m /
10 - rûl / rûl /
11 - k͡wȅc / k͡wȅç / sø̄ / sø̄ / rûl / rûl / “one and ten”
100 - ø̄c / ø̄ç / “hundred”
101 - ø̄c / ø̄ç / k͡wȅc / k͡wȅç / “hundred one”
200 - ê / ê / ø̄c / ø̄ç /
1000 - rȅq / rȅq / “thousand”

Derivational morphology

Adjective → adverb = If ends with vowel: Suffix -n
Else: Suffix -ǒn

Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -d
Else: Suffix -ȅd

Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = Suffix -ě

Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix r-
Else: Prefix rè-

Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -l
Else: Suffix -ȕl

Noun to verb = Suffix -ôt

Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = Prefix lȅ-

Tending to = If ends with vowel: Suffix -s
Else: Suffix -ès

Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -m
Else: Suffix -ǎm

Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = Prefix ī-

One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -l
Else: Suffix -ȁl

Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -t
Else: Suffix -êt

Diminutive = Suffix -œ̏

Augmentative = If ends with vowel: Suffix -l
Else: Suffix -ø̄l

Of inorganic = If starts with vowel: Prefix s-
Else: Prefix sē-

Of magic = Suffix -ȁp

Opposite = Suffix -ǐ

Of place = If starts with vowel: Prefix r-
Else: Prefix rȍ-

Of life = Prefix nè-

Of death = Prefix ō-

Again = Suffix -ē

Geographical Distribution

The only people to use this language are the Lati who study rituals.

Dictionary

4576 Words.

Root Languages

• Quri-Tul Lati

Successor Languages

• Lati {Language}
• Quri-Tul Lati

Spoken by

• Lati {Placeholder}