Rendej language

Rendej Tlakkûr (/ʈæⁿdætʂ tɬɒkxʼu˞/), or simply Rendej is a language used by the residents of Bi·rrendi, where it is the sole official (and known) language.

Phonology

consonants

	labial/dental	alveolar	retroflex	palatal	velar
nasal	m̥ m	n		ɲ̊ ɲ
stop	p b mb	t d nd	ʈ	c ɟ
fricative	θ	s ɬ	ʂ		x
affricate	pɸ	tɬ	tʂ		kx
ejective stop	pʼ	tʼ	ʈʼ	cʼ
ejective affricate	pɸʼ	tɬʼ	tʂʼ		kxʼ

Nasals and fricatives can be geminated when a final consonant precedes an identical initial, or when preceded or succeeded by a geminating affix, when this happens to a stop or an affricate they become an ejective and may lose voicing. If a geminating affix neighbors a vowel a single, non geminated h is added.

vowels

	front	back
close	i(˞)	ɯ(˞) u(˞)
open	æ(˞)	ɒ(˞)

Rendej exhibits vowel harmony, meaning words in Rendej can only contain either only rounded (in bold) or unrounded vowels. All five of the vowels may be rhoticized.

Orthography

Natively Rendej uses a syllabary composed of 51 consonant-vowel pairs as well as a gemination sign, which is referred to as Rendej Haffûr. The syllabary does not distinguish between final consonants and open syllables (final consonants use the vowel of the proceeding sign, for example dux is written as TU-XU), nor does it distinguish voiced, unvoiced and prenasalized consonants, it also merges rhotic and non-rhotic vowels, as well as u and û and e and a.

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	-A	-I	-U		-A	-I	-U
M-				L-
N-				X-
Ny-				H-
P-				F-
T-				Tl-
R-				J-
C-				K-
Th-				∅-
S-				2*

Due to the vague and inaccurate nature of this orthography OoU media should use the following romanization scheme.

romanized	a	b	c	d	e	f	g	h	i	j	k	l	m	n	p	r	s	t	u	û	x
IPA	ɒ	b	c	d	æ	pf	ɟ	x	i	tʂ	kx	ɬ	m	n	p	ʈ	s	t	ɯ	u	ʂ

Including these digraphs:

	ar	er	ir	mb	mh	nd	nh	ny	tl	th	ur	ûr
	ɒ˞	æ˞	i˞	mb	m̥	nd	ɲ̊	ɲ	tɬ	θ	ɯ˞	u˞

Additionally, the middle dot (·) is used to break apart digraphs, for example Birrendi would be pronounced /bi˞ʈæⁿdi/.

Grammar

Verbs

verbs in Rendej are conjugated based on person, number and tense. The infinitive forms of verbs always end in -l, and verbs can be formed by adding -el/-al to a noun or adjective.

conjugation of rounded and unrounded verbs

abal - to eat		present	habitual	past	future	gnomic	ijjul - to run		present	habitual	past	future	gnomic
1st person	singular	aba	aballar	abalmba	kûaba	abal	1st person	singular	ijju	ijjuller	ijjulmbe	kijju	ijjul
	plural	ababû·r	ababûllar	abalbûppa	kûabab	abalbû·r		plural	ijjubi·r	ijjubiller	ijjulbippe	kijjub	ijjulbi·r
2nd person	singular	abat	abatar	abalmbat	kûabat	abalat	2nd person	singular	ijjut	ijjuterr	ijjulmbet	kijjut	ijjulet
	plural	abatta	abattar	abalmbatta	kûabatta	abalatta		plural	ijjutte	ijjutter	ijjulmbette	kijjutte	ijjulette
3rd person	singular	abala	abalar	abalmba	kûabala	aballa	3rd person	singular	ijjule	ijjuler	ijulmbe	kijjute	ijulle
	plural	ababûlla	ababûllar	abalbûppa	kûabab	abalbûlla		plural	ijjubille	ijjubiller	ijulbippe	kijjub	ijulbilla

Sentences in Rendej Tlakkûr are typically VSO, but can be in any order. The word for

Nouns

Nouns are declined based on case. The prefix bi2-/bû2- forms the plural forms of nouns, while the prefix ki2-/kû2- is used for uncountably large but distinct groups of objects, for example a particular group of people, the sand on one beach, or the water in one dish.

declination of some rendej nouns

		nominative	genitive	dative	ablative	allative	privative
rounded	closed	gam - tree	a-gam	accam	gammaj	gammûj	gamûn
	open	haffûr - writing	a-haffûr	ahhaffûr	haffaj	haffûj	haffûrhûn
unrounded	closed	gim - person	a-gim	uccim	gimmej	gimmij	gimin
	open	rendi - field	a-rendi	u·rrendi	rendej	rendij	rendihin

Pronouns

	nom	gen	dat	abl	all	priv
1st person	la	ala	al	laj	lajû	lun
2nd person	kis	ekis	ekki	kej	keji	kin
3rd person	fir	efir	effir	fej	ferji	firhin