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{{Infobox language
|name=Toli / Modern Toli
|family=[[Iuta-Karax]]
*Karax
*Yrilhs
*Fantoli
*Tixtoli
*Kretoli
*Atoliax
*'''Modern Toli'''
|scripts=Toli script, Latin
|country=[[Aprux Mexyrhat]]
|demonym=Tolifax
|number={{Hotspot}}
|usage=Official and cultural language
|lang-code=MTL
|era=Since 998([[Dyrghxtimyh|AD]])
}}

'''Toli''' (endonym: ''Toli'' /tɔli/) or '''Modern Toli''', is a language spoken and official in [[Aprux Mexyrhat]] and [[Far Eastern Rail and Road Association|FERRA]], writen in Toli script. Its distinctive features are vowel rhythm and grammatical voicing of consonants.

== History ==
The Modern Toli langauge split-off from [[Atoliax]] language alongside [[Adolhix]] at the end of the first millenium [[Dyrghxtimyh|A.Dyr.]].

== History 2 ==
''Main article: [[Toli Fakeworld Evolution]]''

The Toli language dates back to early 20's. It has evolved, or rather morphed, several times, changing everything in its entirely. Aleksanetra is currently reserching old documents in order to devise the "eras" of Toli in chronological order.

== Phonology ==

=== Vowels ===
Toli has six phonemic vowels, devided into three pairs of low and high vowels in each pair.
{| class="wikitable"
!
!Front
!Central
!Back
|-
|High
|i
|ʏ
|u
|-
|Low
|a
|ɛ
|ɔ
|}

==== Vowel Rhythm ====
Vowels alternate between their high and low counterparts (as seen above) between syllables, in one word. Some parts of speach do not conform to the vowel rhythm - unless they are agglued to parts of speach that do - and insted their vowels are purely vibe-dependent. When affixation or any other word-merging occurs, the vowels <u>may</u> change their state to fit the first vowel in the new word. An example of this would be:

* ''kirfa'' "cinnamon"
* ''xukuelit'' "chocolatte"
* ''apxukuelitk'''a'''rf'''i''''' "(Adjective marker)-chocolatte-cinnamon"
Tone alongside vowel rhythm is a feature in older iterations of Toli. Although it is not needed, tone may be added to syllables in the following manner for stylistic purpouses: rising tone for low vowel syllables, and falling tone for high vowels, alongside neutral tone for parts of speach not affected by vowel rhythm (numerals, conjunctions, etc.) or foreign sounds.

==== Semivowels ====
Semivowels are found only in diphthongs. In the romanization, as mentioned above, semivowels are spelled as i and u. However, in the Toli script, the semivowels are marked with an underdot (official usage) or a vertical line under (handwritting; sometimes connects with the rest of the character) the respective vowel graphemes.

==== Schwa ====
In one of four set verb moods in Toli, optative mood, the preffix ''samp-'' , being connected with a verb that starts with a consonant, may cause the speaker to insert a vowel between the preffix and the verb, since Toli phonotactics does not permit consonant clusters greater than 2. Additionaly, the vowel rhythm cannot be broken, therefore the vowel inserted is the schwa (CLICK, GR. UNVOICED IN A 2BIG CLUSTER, GR UNVOICED, GLOTTAL STOP, finish later)

=== Consonants ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+Table 1 - unvoiced
!
!Labial
!Coronal
!Dorsal
|-
|Nasal
|'''m'''
|'''n'''
|
|-
|Plosive
|p
|t
|k
|-
|Fricative
|f
|s, ʂ
|x
|-
|Trill/Lateral 
|
|'''r''', '''l''', '''ɬ'''
|
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+Table 2 - voiced
!
!Labial
!Coronal
!Dorsal
|-
|Nasal
|'''mg'''
|'''nd'''
|
|-
|Plosive
|b
|d
|g
|-
|Fricative
|v
|z, ʐ
|ɣ
|-
|Trill/Lateral 
|
|'''rb''', '''lz''', '''ɬv''' 
|
|}
Toli has 12 consonants (Table 1) with their grammaticaly voiced counterparts (Table 2). Grammaticaly unvoiced consonants (Bold) are consonants that are acctualy voiced, but they are treated as unvoiced in grammatical transformations. Once they become "voiced" (Table 2), they become a consonant cluster, each with its own unique additional consonant.

If this cluster is in a word-final open syllable, it splits: C<sub>1</sub>V --voicing-> C<sub>1</sub>VC<sub>2</sub>.

== Orthography ==

==== Toli script ====
Main article: [[Toli Script]]

The Toli script is a left to right alphabet with one to one letter to phoneme correspondence. It was created from Ksãndra's own head, but /p/ and /f/ were derived from [[Greek (disambiguation)|Greek]].

==== Romanization ====
The romanization of Toli consists of 17 letters, uper case and lower case. It also includes an apostrophe for voicing of consonants. Semivowels, since they only apear alongside vowels, are spelled as i and u.
{| class="wikitable"
!
!Front
!Central
!Back
|-
|High
|I i
|Y y
|U u
|-
|Low
|A a
|E e
|O o
|}
{| class="wikitable"
!
!Labial
!Coronal
!Dorsal
|-
|Nasal
|M m
|N n
|
|-
|Plosive
|P p
|T t
|K k
|-
|Fricative
|F f
|S s, X x
|H h
|-
|Trill/Lateral 
|
|R r, L l, SL sl/Ỽ ỽ<ref>SL may be used in casual texts, while Ỽ is used in official contexts, https://discord.com/channels/1364649322376986768/1415994708949336104/1424315733302579201</ref>
|
|}

==== Asomtavrulization ====
The Asomtavrulization of Toli consists of 19 letters. A stroke diacritic is used for voicing of consonants. Semivowels are spelled as their vowel counterparts + Ⴥ.
{| class="wikitable"
!
!Front
!Central
!Back
|-
|High
|Ⴈ
|Ⴄ‿
|Ⴓ
|-
|Low
|Ⴀ
|Ⴄ
|Ⴍ
|}
Oh, also, it's boustrophedon.
{| class="wikitable"
!
!Labial
!Coronal
!Dorsal
|-
|Nasal
|Ⴋ
|Ⴌ
|
|-
|Plosive
|Ⴔ
|Ⴇ
|Ⴕ
|-
|Fricative
|Ⴣ
|Ⴑ, Ⴘ
|Ⴠ
|-
|Trill/Lateral 
|
|Ⴐ, Ⴊ
|
|}
And you know who else uses [[w:Georgian_scripts#Asomtavruli|Asomtavruli]]?

== Grammar ==

=== Nomenclature ===
When a word <u>conforms</u> to an another word in vowel rhytm, it means that the vowel rhythm is derived from the word that the other word is being added to.

When a word dictates the vowel rhythm, that means that any following words are adjusting their vowel rhythm

=== Nouns ===
Nouns start with high initial vowels - i ʏ u - and are inflected by number, and are able to be agglued together to express greater or more precise meanings.

==== Number ====
Two plural numbers exist in Toli -  singular and plural. Plurals are achived through the voicing of the last consonant in said noun. Numeral names may be agglued to a noun in its <u>singular</u> form as a preffix, to convey a specific number of said noun - they conform to the vowel rythm.

''Kuyn'' /kwʏn/ - Needle

''Kuyn''' /kwʏnd/ - Needles

Ỽ'''''e'''kuyn'' /ɬɛkwʏn/ - Two needles; With ''Sl'''y''''' - Two

==== Glueing Nouns ====

==== Capitalization ====
Proper nouns are capitalized, alongside nouns in some adjective constructions. See ''Adjectives''

== Dialects ==
Modern Toli has developed several dialects. Sometimes, separate languges are regarded as dialects of Toli. Most spoken dialects are presented bellow

==== Perhyh Dialect ====
Perhyh Dialect is used in the capital of [[Aprux Mexyrhat]], [[Perhyh]]. It's the stereotypical "young people lazy" and "deafult city" trope. Notable features of this dialect include:

* Merging of r and l into l
* Merging of ʏ and u in closed syllable positions
* Lenghting of open end syllable vowels
* Historical ɛr becoming ə
* Glotalization of x into h

== Refrences and Notes ==
[[Category:Language]]