The Language of Tyàyi

Tyà'yi is a language spoken amongst the peoples of Lethe.

History
After the cleansing of Old Lethe, the new men who arrived to settle shared little in common with the ancients.

Syntax:
Consonants: b c d f g j l m n r s t ts tɕ v ɕː ɣ ɸ ʂ ʐ

Vowels: a e i o u y ø œ ɑ ɔ ɛ ɛː

Syllable structure: (C) V (C)

Stress pattern: No fixed stress

Word initial consonants:b, c, d, f, g, j, l, m, n, r, s, t, ts, tɕ, v, ɣ, ɸ, ʂ, ʐ

Mid-word consonants:b, c, d, f, g, j, l, m, n, r, s, t, ts, tɕ, v, ɣ, ɸ, ʂ, ʐ

Word final consonants:b, d, g, j, l, m, n, r, t, ts, tɕ, v, ʂ

Phonological rules:
Guide to phonological rules: "e → i / _g" means 'e' turns into 'i' before a 'g'.

C = consonant, V = vowel, S = stop, N = nasal consonant, F = fricative, K = velar, L = lateral, R = resonant/sonorant, P = labial/bilabial E = front vowel, B = back vowel, # = word boundary, Ø = null/nothing


 * oɣ → ɔːw / _V
 * d → Ø / _#
 * e → i / _(C)(C)V(C)#
 * a → æ / i(C)_
 * {d,ɣ} → [-voice] / _#
 * l → n / V_#
 * e → i / #N_C
 * u → ь / j_
 * a → o / P_
 * v → Ø / u_i
 * n → Ø / _s
 * l → w / V_s
 * d → rs / V_V
 * r → d / #_
 * ɣ → g / #_
 * o → e / _#
 * s → ʃ / i_
 * j → i / C_
 * s → x / _l
 * h → Ø / _ɸ
 * t → ʈ / _r

Derivational Morphology

 * Noun → adjective: Suffix: -ɑ


 * Adjective → noun: Suffix: -(y)r
 * Noun → verb: Suffix: -(a)m
 * Verb → noun: Suffix: -(ø)ɸu
 * Verb → adjective: Suffix: -(a)r
 * Adjective → adverb: Suffix: -(e)ts
 * One who X's (e.g. paint → painter): Suffix: -(œ)tɕ
 * Place where (e.g. wine → winery): Suffix: -(y)ja
 * Diminutive: Suffix: -ɛ
 * Augmentative: Suffix: -(y)ra

Dictionary
The dictionary is under active development. Should you feel that a word which you want is not listed in the dictionary, feel free to add it in following the grammatical rules above, and creativity. For example, the word "betray" did not exist, and hence I looked for the closest alternatives. I came across the words Kill (Rààfa) and Lie (Sich), and combined the two to produce Betray (Ràsich).