Teru Language

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Teru
Theru
Language family
Lahiri
  • Proto-Lahiri
    • Insular Lahiri
      • Proto-East Insular
        • Piyiga
          • Old Teru
            • Teru
CWS code

Teru is the main language of the Teru people in the nation of Teru, in Lahan. It has approximately XXX speakers

Classification

History

Phonology

Phonemes

Consonants Bilabial Alveolar Palatal Labio-velar Velar Glottal
Nasal
Plosive
Fricative
Approximant
Vowels Front Back
Close
Close-mid
Near-open

Orthography

Teru is written in two scripts: a script related to the Adzo-Neviric script and the native Teru script. It can be romanised as below

Phonotactics

Morphology and syntax

Nouns

Animacy

Nouns in Teru fit within an animacy hierarchy, which affects the way they decline and the way the fit into the sentence. This hierarchy has XXX points and is as follows:

A noun with a higher animacy comes earlier in the sentence.

Numbers

Vocabulary

The Teru vocabulary is mostly derived from Proto-Lahiri and its daughters, with loans also from the other Insular Lahiri languages, Jutean and various other languages.

Writing and literature