Togarmite

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Togarmite
Þėrmiþ
Pronunciation[/θermiθ/]
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Afro-Asiatic
  • Togarmo-Canaanite
    • Togarmite

Togarmite (Þėrmiþ /θermiθ/ or lsėnyn þėrmiþyn /ˈləsenən θermiθən/) is a Semitic language closely related to Hebrew and Knánith. It is inspired by Maltese and the Germanic languages.

Todo

  • gdėl = big
  • kdės = (formal, mathematics) specific, particular, chosen (not arbitrary)
  • mkodas = holy, sacred (from Old Semehliþ muquddaš)
    • mkosyn = expletive/swear word like "damn"
  • Çabśyn w frasel /xabʃən və fɾasel/ = The sheep and the horses
  • nabė = to call out (wrongdoing)

Phonology

Consonants

  • /m n/
  • /t ts k ʔ/
  • /b d g/
  • /f θ s ʃ x h/
  • /v z ʒ ɣ/
  • /l r j/

Vowels

a å e ė i o u y /a ɔ ɛ e i o u ə/

aj aw /ai au/

Nouns

Noun are typical of Semitic languages and have definite and indefinite states:

  • Indefinite state: ȝėlam = a world; ȝėlami = worlds
  • Definite state: ȝėlamyn = the world; ȝėlamil = the worlds

Adjectives

big in Śmėliþ:

  • gdėl / gdėlyn
  • gdėlt / gdėltyn
  • gdėli / gdėlel
  • gdėlėþ / gdėlėþel

Verbs

  • Past = prefix conjugation
  • Present = by- + infinitive construct
  • Future = should use an auxiliary
  • Subjunctive could be wa-past-a? (like the hebrew construction wa-ashiv-ah "so that I may answer")
  • Imperative
  • Infinitive
  • Participles

Passive uses the PSem stative; use passive participle for past passive

Binyanim

Binyan 1: fȝal

tȝam 'to choose'

Binyan 2: faȝėl

taȝėm 'to elect'

Binyan 3: hyfȝėl

hytȝėm 'to distinguish'

Binyan 6: styfȝėl

stytȝėm 'to try out'

Inflection

Lexicon

T

  • T3m
    • tȝam 'to choose; (archaic) to taste'
    • taȝėm 'to elect'
    • hytȝėm 'to distinguish'
    • þytaȝėm '(literary) to be pleased with'
    • stytȝėm 'to try out'