Ta'desjol

Writing System

Kemjatal, an abugida writing system. Ta'desjol has no "correct" spelling and each word may be written in many different ways. However, some ways of spelling are often considered more refined than others and elegant or "clever" spelling is often a point of pride among educated Adesjok.
The letters i,j and y are the same in Kemjatal, as are the letters u, v, w. As such, they are often used interchangeably in transliteration.

Geographical Distribution

Ta'desjol is spoken throughout the Monka, Isdenzin and Iskettin.

Morphology

Declension

There a eight cases in total:
Nominativ(no inflection), Vokativ(-aš), Akkusativ(-en), Instrumental(-ia/ja), Dativ(-ar), Ablativ (-ok), Genitiv(-al) and Lokativ(-om).
Only nouns and pronouns are inflected. Should they end on a vowel, the vowel of the suffix is scrapped (except in the case of the Instrumental).

Conjugation

Ta'desjol has two classes of verbs: those conjugated Meštan āl ("in the fashion of A") and those conjugated Meštan ral ("in the fashion of R"), with the former being more common.

Meštan āl

Most MA-Verbs are regular and follow clear rules:
Stem | ablaut vowel | (suffix) | (voice) | ending

Ablaut: a (Present), e (Past, still ongoing or just finished), o (Pre-Past, finished some time ago)
Suffixes: -ske- (Iterativ), -io- (Optativ), -šu- (Konjunktiv), -ha- (Kausativ)
Voice: -nothing- (active), -di- (passive), -ne- (medium)
Example: Lan-e-ha-di-mel, „Lanehadimel“ = I was made to go, from „Lana“ = to go.

Meštan ral keeps the voice and suffix rules, but alters the ablaut vowel. Tense is expressed via reduplication, dropping the vowel or both. Many MR-Verbs rely on the speaker being able to pronounce an 'R' as vowel, hence the name.

Example: The verb "ja" means 'to eat' in MR, but to 'to bear/carry' in MA.

Suffixes

Nominalization
-to (belonging to/associated with)
-meru (is related to, stronger than -to)
-sri (having something, "ma" = exalted/divine, "masri" = Exalted One)
-lea (the thing itself, "malea" = Divinity)
Adjectivization
-tep (for verbs, "ja" = to eat, "jatep" = edible)
-teš (for nouns, "sirun" = fog, "sirunteš" = foggy)
-na (comparison, "siruna" = fog-like)
-oka (posessing a quality, often poetic, "tarin" = happiness, "tarinoka" = blissfull)
Other
-ti (Diminutiv)
-koi (Augmentativ)
-wel ("from X", "ga" = lake, "gawel" = out of the lake)

Syntax

Syntax follows very few rules: pronouns and adjectives/adverbs are usually attached behind a noun or verb. The verb (if there is one) ends the sentence.
Example: "Mean'uo gaħom abad.", Flax'only head(locativ) have(2. pers. sing.), 'You have only flax in your head'.

Common Phrases

Adesjok

of the people

Garamel'ouan, faltoš.

I greet you, Grounddweller.

La tjandid?

What are you called?

[Name] tjandimel.

I am called [name].

Lanajod'sanat.

Goodbye. (Lit.: May you go protected.)

Srahi

Thanks.

Zaninmaš, moriden zar nikajod!

Oh Exalted Lady of the Sky, may you throw down some sense!