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Valias Ilas | Inuktitut Syllabary Latin |
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Sala is a polysynthetic language inspired by Inuktitut. It uses a modified form of the Inuktitut syllabary.
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Phonology
The sound system works like the Inuktitut syllabary except for a few exceptions.
- There is no letter q
- The letter represented by r is now pronounced as any rhotic
- The letter that used to be belted l is now used for h
- All voiced letters have been removed
- Fricative letters are now produced by the combination of their plosive equivalents followed by h
- When using the Latin alphabet each fricative sound can either be represented by their respective digraphs with h or as separate letters
Word endings
In sala there is no distinction between singular and plural unless numbers are specifically involved. With this in mind, word endings represent two things, personal endings, and demonstratives for the subject. They are as follows:
1st/this: hi 2nd/that: hu who/what/which?: ha 3rd-animate: hai 3rd-inanimate: hau
In Sala "this" and "that" have two very specific but very different meanings.
- Location
- This = "this thing close to the speaker"
- That = "that thing close to the listener, or away from both the speaker and the listener"
- Subject
- This = "the original topic under discussion"
- That = "the new topic brought about in contrast to the first topic"
When a specific noun is used, only the hi and hu endings are used. When a pronoun-like nature is intended in the sentence hi and hu take on the role of 1st and 2nd person and hai and hau take on the roles of "he/she" and "it" respectively.
Demonstrative pointers and pieces
When not used as endings hi and hu still take on the meaning of this and that when used between the verb and the word ending. After these words, additional parts may be added. Depending on the nature of the verb, if the verb is referring to a location, motion, or movement into and out of a state of being then the location and motion suffixes are attached.
- i = to, towards
- a = at, in, about(topic)
- u = out of, from, away
These are attached directly after the demonstratives. Another set of endings are also available that can be attached either directly after the demonstratives or after the location/motion suffixes. These carry meanings such as "reason" or "method" so when prefixed by the demonstrative "which" they yield the meanings "why" and "how" respectively. Here are a few of such endings:
- p = reason
- t = method
- k = task
Otherwise, words can be attached directly to this prefixes, or the prefixes could just not be used at all.
