TÄÎKSIRI: Index

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TÄÎKSIRI is an artificial con and/or art language. Some of the grammatical concepts may be un-natural, but that's part of the game, I think. Please note that there may be som inconsistancies (maybe even in my english spelling?), which is the result of some of the grammatical concepts being difficult even for me.

The TÄÎKSIRI (literally 'our language') is based heavily on vowels and diphtongs. The language has only 8 consonants, but 10 individual vowels that can be combined to form 60 productive diphtongs, which are the core to (most) all TÄÎKSIRI words.

In addition, TÄÎKSIRI:

is morphologically ERGATIVE.
has no articles.
verbs agree with person and number of ABSOLUTIVE (object) case.
verb object marking scheme is RELATIVE(CENTRIPITAL, CENTRIFUGAL, STATIVE) and not ABSOLUTE (1st, 2nd, 3rd person)
signals plurality by infixing (verbs), and by coda consonant infixing (nouns, adjectives)
has maximal inflection rules, which prohibits most gramatical morphemes and verbal tense suffixes from appearing on plural roots.

Some of the concepts and terminology used to present concepts here will undoubtedly be confusing, so beware!

Intro - Concepts & Terms: Ergativity, Relative Marking, Vowel Harmony, Cases.

Part 1 - The TÄÎKSIRI script, and introduction to the sounds of the language.
Part 2 - More on Vowels and Diphtongs: The core of TÄÎKSIRI words.
Part 3 - All about verbs: Intransitive.
Part 4 - All about nouns: Grammatical cases & Plurality
Part 5 - Pronouns & Demonstratives
Part 6 - More verbs: Transitive, Ditransitive, and Reflexive.
Part 7 - More nouns: More cases & some Prepositions.
Part 8 - Possession: Me and Mine, You and yourn.
Part 9 - Negation: Just say 'OUN'.
More to come!

Suppliment A - Full Declensions: Pronouns & Demonstratives
Suppliment B - Full Declensions: A few nouns
Suppliment C - Full Conjugations: A few verbs
Suppliment D - KIÜ ÄELÜ: A poem

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By: Tim W. Talpas, November, 2001
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