Taqqic (TAW-kick)

Natively known as: shāfl /ʃaːfl/

...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind...
mad ʻūn wiw thīʻ wīn mīruq mad ill şa wiw ḑāk ’ar bākrawi
Pronunciation: /mad ʕuːn wiw θiːʕ wiːn miːˈruq mad ill sˤa wiw dˤaːk ʔar baːˈkrawi/
Taqqic word order: and he his hat holding stood and the wind to his wet face turned

Phonology

Spelling & Phonology

Consonant inventory: b d dˤ f h j k l m n q r s sˤ t tˤ w x z ð ðˤ ħ ɣ ʃ ʔ ʕ ʤ θ

↓Manner/Place→	Bilabial	Labiodental	Dental	Alveolar	Palato-alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Uvular	Pharyngeal	Glottal
Nasal	m			n
Stop	b			t tˤ d dˤ			k	q		ʔ
Affricate					ʤ
Fricative		f	θ ð ðˤ	s sˤ z	ʃ		x ɣ		ħ ʕ	h
Approximant						j
Trill				r
Lateral approximant				l

Co-articulated phonemes

↓Manner/Place→	Labial-velar
Approximant	w

Vowel inventory: a aː i iː u uː

	Front	Back
High	i iː	u uː
Low	a aː

Syllable structure: Custom defined
Stress pattern: Second — stress is on the second syllable
Spelling rules:

Pronunciation	Spelling
ʔ	’
θ	th
j	y
ʤ	j
x	kh
ð	dh
ʃ	sh
sˤ	ş
dˤ	ḑ
tˤ	ţ
ʕ	ʻ
ɣ	gh
ħ	ḩ
aː	ā
iː	ī
uː	ū

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Grammar

Main word order: Subject (Prepositional phrase) Object Verb. “Mary opened the door with a key” turns into Mary with a key the door opened.
Adjective order: Adjectives are positioned before the noun.
Adposition: postpositions

Nouns

Nouns have five cases:

• Nominative is the doer of a verb: dog bites man.
• Accusative is the done-to of a verb: man bites dog.
• Genitive is the possessor of something: dog’s tail hits man.
• Dative is the recipient of something: man gives ball to dog.
• Locative is the location of something: man is in town.

Nouns form plural with separate plural word:

Plural

Particle before the noun: a - a ʻāka /a ʕaːˈka/ dogs

Nominative	No affix ʻāka /ʕaːˈka/ dog (doing the verb)
Accusative	If starts with vowel: Prefix q- Else: Prefix qa- qaʻāka /qaˈʕaːka/ (verb done to) dog
Genitive	If starts with vowel: Prefix b- Else: Prefix bu- buʻāka /buˈʕaːka/ dogʼs
Dative	If starts with vowel: Prefix aʕt- Else: Prefix aʕtuː- aʻtūʻāka /aʕˈtuːʕaːˌka/ to dog
Locative	Prefix dˤi- ḑiʻāka /dˤiˈʕaːka/ near/at/by dog

Articles

Taqqic has no definite article ‘the’, or indefinite article ‘a’.

Pronouns

	Nominative	Accusative	Genitive	Dative	Locative
1st singular	rid /rid/ I	du /du/ me	kū /kuː/ mine	dhu /ðu/ to me	tāsm /taːsm/ to me
2nd singular	ţī /tˤiː/ you	mīr /miːr/ you	mār /maːr/ yours	a /a/ to you	nu /nu/ to you
3rd singular masc	ʻūn /ʕuːn/ he, it (masc)	wiw /wiw/ his, it (masc)	rū /ruː/ his, its (masc)	ţiyy /tˤijj/ to his, to it (masc)	ba /ba/ to his, to it (masc)
3rd singular fem	qa /qa/ she, it (fem)	zīn /ziːn/ her, it (fem)	mi /mi/ hers, its (fem)	thī /θiː/ to her, to it (fem)	ku /ku/ to her, to it (fem)
1st plural	za /za/ we	harḑ /hardˤ/ us	mū /muː/ ours	kīd /kiːd/ to us	’ub /ʔub/ to us
2nd plural	far /far/ you all	mu /mu/ you all	qāk /qaːk/ yours (pl)	ā’ /aːʔ/ to you all	ra /ra/ to you all
3rd plural	ʻa /ʕa/ they	ba’ /baʔ/ them	’ī /ʔiː/ theirs	qū /quː/ to them	qā /qaː/ to them

Possessive determiners

	Possessive
1st singular	kū /kuː/ my
2nd singular	mār /maːr/ your
3rd singular masc	wiw /wiw/ his
3rd singular fem	mi /mi/ her
1st plural	mū /muː/ our
2nd plural	qāk /qaːk/ your (pl)
3rd plural	’ī /ʔiː/ their

Verbs

	Present	Past
1st person	Prefix ɣiː- ghībāz’ /ɣiːˈbaːzʔ/ (I/we) learn	If starts with vowel: Prefix j- Else: Prefix ja- yabāz’ /jaˈbaːzʔ/ (I/we) learned
2nd person	Prefix tˤaː- ţābāz’ /tˤaːˈbaːzʔ/ (you/you all) learn	If starts with vowel: Prefix ajj- Else: Prefix ajja- ayyabāz’ /aˈjjabaːzʔ/ (you/you all) learned
3rd person	Prefix ħa- ḩabāz’ /ħaˈbaːzʔ/ (he/she/it/they) learn(s)	If starts with vowel: Prefix dˤ- Else: Prefix dˤuː- ḑūbāz’ /dˤuːˈbaːzʔ/ (he/she/it/they) learned

Taqqic uses a standalone particle word for future tense:

Future

Particle before the verb: aː - ā bāz’ /aː baːzʔ/ will learn

Progressive aspect

The ‘progressive’ aspect refers to actions that are happening at the time of speaking, such as I am learning.
Taqqic uses an affix for progressive:

Progressive

Prefix i- ibāz’ /iˈbaːzʔ/ is learning

Habitual aspect

The ‘habitual’ aspect refers to actions that happen habitually, such as I learn (something new every day), as opposed to actions that happen once (I learned something).
Taqqic uses a standalone particle word for habitual:

Habitual

Particle before the verb: ʃu - shu bāz’ /ʃu baːzʔ/ learns

Numbers

Taqqic has a base-10 number system:
1 - za
2 - ka
3 - fū
4 - jā
5 - shi
6 - usm
7 - qī
8 - i
9 - lār
10 - kūn
100 - arā
1000 - faʻ

Derivational morphology

Adjective → adverb = If starts with vowel: Prefix ð-
Else: Prefix ða-
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix iːww-
Else: Prefix iːwwaː-
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix ʤ-
Else: Prefix ʤaː-
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = Prefix mu-
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = If starts with vowel: Prefix ʔ-
Else: Prefix ʔuː-
Noun to verb = Prefix a-
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = Prefix a-
Tending to = Prefix tu-
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix l-
Else: Prefix luː-
Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = Prefix mi-
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = Prefix u-
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = Prefix θa-
Diminutive = If starts with vowel: Prefix ħ-
Else: Prefix ħaː-
Augmentative = Prefix ɣuː-

Dictionary

1856 Words.

Spoken by

• Taqqic