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==Phonology==
==Phonology==
===Consonants===
===Consonants===
Classical Tseer has 21 phonemic consonants: Syllable-final ''v ð'' are allophones of /b d/, and syllable final ''b d g'' are allophones of /p t k/. The only weird feature by Talman standards are the retroflex consonants.
Classical Tseer has 22 phonemic consonants. Syllable-final ''v ð'' are allophones of /b d/, and syllable final ''b d g'' are allophones of /p t k/.
 
{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="wikitable" style="width:700px;text-align:center;"
m n ng /ŋ/
! colspan="2" |
 
!  |Labial
t th /ʈ/ k
!  |Dental/Alv.
 
!  |Retroflex
b d dh /ɖ~L/ g
!  |Palatal
 
!  |Velar
f s /s~z/ kh /x/ h
!  |Glottal
 
|-
ts /ts/ tx /tʃ/
! colspan="2" style="" |Nasal
 
| '''m''' /m/
v đ /ð/ (only syllable finally)
| '''n''' /n{{den}}/
 
|
w r /r̝/ l y /j/
|
 
| '''ng''' /ŋ/
;Notes
|
*/x/ is [ʂ] in some dialects
|-
*b d g = [p t k] word-finally.
! rowspan="2" |Plosive
! |<small>voiced</small>
| '''b''' /b/
| '''d''' /d{{den}}/
| '''dh''' /ɖ/
|
| '''g''' [g]
|
|-
! |<small>voiceless</small>
| ('''p''' /p/)
| '''t''' /t{{den}}/
| '''th''' /ʈ/
|
| '''c''' /k/
| <b>'</b> /ʔ/
|-
! colspan="2" style="" |Affricate
|
| '''tx''' /t{{den}}s{{den}}/
| '''ts''' /tʂ/
|
|
|
|-
! rowspan="2" style="" |Fricative
! <small>voiceless</small>
| '''f''' /f/
| '''x''' /s{{den}}/
| '''s''' /ʂ/
|
| '''kh''' /x/
| '''h''' /h/
|-
! <small>voiced</small>
| '''v''' [v]
| '''ð''' [ð]
|
|
|
|
|-
! colspan="2" |Resonant
| '''w''' /w/
| '''r''' /r{{raised}}/, '''l''' /l{{den}}/
| '''dh''' [ɭ]
| '''y''' /j/
|
|
|}


===Vowels===
===Vowels===
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==Morphology==
==Morphology==
Classical Tseer morphology is much like [[Naeng/Classical|Classical Naeng]]: nouns have masculine and feminine gender, and verbs inflect for aspect, tense, voice, and gender agreement using prefixes, infixes and reduplication. Like Naeng, Tseer has lost Proto-Lakovic triggers.
Classical Tseer morphology is much like [[Naeng/Classical|Classical Naeng]]: nouns pluralize by reduplication, and verbs inflect for aspect, tense, voice, and person agreement using prefixes, infixes and reduplication.  
===Pronouns===
===Pronouns===
{| class="wikitable " style=" text-align: center;"
{| class="wikitable " style=" text-align: center;"
|-
|-
!|
!|
!I (m.)!!I (f.)!!we (inc. du.)!!thou (m.)!!thou (f.)!!he!!she!!we (exc.)!!we (inc. pl.)!!you (pl.)!!they
!I (m.)!!we (inc. du.)!!thou (m.)!!thou (f.)!!he!!she!!we (exc.)!!we (inc. pl.)!!you (pl.)!!they
|-
|-
!|Full pronouns
!|Full pronouns
|colspan=2|''ree''||''baa''||''khen''||''kheer''||''in''||''eer''||''aari''||''baaba''||''kheekhe''||''inin''
||''ree''||''baa''||''khen''||''kheer''||''in''||''eer''||''aari''||''baaba''||''kheekhe''||''inin''
|-
|-
!|Possessive/Object Suffixes
!|Possessive/Object Suffixes
|colspan=2|''-ri'', ''-iri''||''-am''||''-kh, -ekh''||''-kher''||''-in''||''-er''||''-ar''||''-aba''||''-akhe''||''-anin''
||''-ri'', ''-iri''||''-am''||''-kh, -ekh''||''-kher''||''-in''||''-er''||''-ar''||''-aba''||''-akhe''||''-anin''
|-
|-
!|Predicative Suffixes
!|Predicative Suffixes
|''-nire''
|''-re''
|''-sire''
|''-b''
|''-b''
||''-nekh''||''-sekh''
||''-nekh''||''-sekh''
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TODO: plural reduplication rules
TODO: plural reduplication rules


Unlike Naeng, Tseer has no definite or specific articles.
Tseer has a suffixed definite article ''-wi''. The indefinite is unmarked.


===Verbs===
===Verbs===
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* ''nu-'' = agentive (source of Wdm ''nu-'')
* ''nu-'' = agentive (source of Wdm ''nu-'')
* Nominalizers, verbalizers, instrument, place, etc.
* Nominalizers, verbalizers, instrument, place, etc.
== Syntax ==
Syntax-wise, Tseer is predicate-first, like Lushootseed, due to influence from Classical [[Netagin]].


== Syntax ==
SVO or VSO
==Poetry==
==Poetry==
===Rhyme===
===Rhyme===
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