Tomian language

Tomian
Tomeǥâ
Pronunciation	/tɔˈmɛɢɑ/
Region	Tomgak
Ethnicity	Tomians
Native speakers	41,118  (2020)
Language family	Tomgic Insular Tomic Tomian-Tomiqanian Tomian
Early forms:	Proto-Tomgic Proto-Tomic Old Tomian Classical Tomian Early Modern Tomian Tomian
Dialects	Traditional South Cjadë Tomian Traditional North Cjadë Tomian Traditional Imj Tomian Traditional Xâzu Tomian Traditional Central Xaiɂö Tomian Traditional East Xaiɂö Tomian Traditional West Xaiɂö Tomian Traditional Imperial Xâzu Tomian Traditional Imperial Xaiɂö Tomian New South Cjadë Tomian New North Cjadë Tomian New Imj Tomian New Xâzu Tomian New Central Xaiɂö Tomian New East Xaiɂö Tomian New West Xaiɂö Tomian New Imperial Xâzu Tomian New Imperial Xaiɂö Tomian
Official status
Official language in	Tomgak
Regulated by	Royal Academy of Tomian Language and Literature
CWS code	TMQ

Tomian (Tomian: Tomeǥâ /tɔˈmɛɢɑ/) is a Northern Mirarian dialect continuum of Tomgic language family spoken as a first language by 21,118 people on Tomgak islands where it is the national language.

Little is known about language's prehistory and when it first appear on Islands. The most early texts is from the 6th century CE. [WIP history part]

Tomian is a polysynthetic language. Nouns are inflected by one of eleven cases. Verbs are inflected for one of eight moods and for the number and person (3rd person also distinguishes by 3 animacy classes). Tomian has very complex tense-aspect system. Both nouns and verbs have complex derivational morphology. The basic word order is Verb-Subject-Object.

History

Proto-language was and now it's modern language [WIP]

Phonology

Phonemes

	Labial		Alveolar		Post- alveolar		Palatal	Velar		Uvular	Glottal
	plain	pal.	plain	pal.	plain	pal.		plain	pal.
Nasal	m̥ m	m̥ʲ mʲ	n̥ n	n̥ʲ nʲ
Plosive			t d	tʲ dʲ				k g	kʲ gʲ	q ɢ	ʔ
Affricate			t͡s d͡z	t͡sʲ d͡zʲ	t͡ʃ d͡ʒ	t͡ʃʲ d͡ʒʲ
Fricative			s	sʲ	ʃ	ʃʲ		x	xʲ	χ	h
Trill			r̥ r	r̥ʲ rʲ
Approximant			l̥ l	l̥ʲ lʲ			j	w

	Front		Central		Back
	Short	Long	Short	Long	Short	Long
Close	i y	iː yː			ɯ u	ɯː uː
Near-Close					ʊ	ʊː
Close-Mid			ɘ
Mid			ə	əː
Open-Mid	ɛ œ	ɛː œː			ɔ	ɔː
Near-Open			ɐ
Open		aː			ɑ	ɑː

Grammar

Main article: Tomian grammar