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The Turisan languages are a family of languages in Dróstsiśtsi. Most languages in the family are characterized by somewhat simple phonologies with variants of a five or six vowel system and relatively analytic grammar.
Members
The family has three undisputed members: Tōnisūkasi, Turis, and Kośtsiśtsi. All three use either the logographic Kośtsiźda script or a syllabic variation of it. They are all also spoken in or near the Ruxese-Rubicon region in eastern Dróstsiśtsi.
Tōnisūkasi
Tōnisūkasi is spoken in southeastern Dróstsiśtsi, but has become a minority language there due to the influence of languages like Taqồpaq, Latin, and Tosï. It is sometimes called the "southern branch" of the Turisan family.
Turis
Turis is spoken roughly in Sunflower Island. With Kośtsiśtsi, it forms the "northern branch".
Kośtsiśtsi
main article: Kośtsiśtsi
External Relations
Taqồpaq
Taqồpaq is spoken near the area of the Turisan languages. Despite having a similar analytic grammar, its lexicon shows few cognates not known to be recent loans. Its phonology is also much larger than that of Turisan languages; proponents of a connection have proposed this to be due to cluster reduction as it became monosyllabic, a process attested in Kośtsiśtsi. However, taking this into account does not produce many possible cognates. The grammar also shows features like noun classifiers not found in Turisan languages.
Tosï
Tosï is a language in southern Dróstsiśtsi, near Tōnisūkasi. Historically it was the primary language of the CMCic Federation, and had significant contact with Amuj-Shudrowan languages and Pisco-Imerchali Languages.
Its grammar is somewhat analytic, but with a few affixes, similar to Turisan languages; however, Tosï has grammatical gender, not found in any Turisan languages, but found in both the Amuj-Shudrowan and Pisco-Imerchali families. It has a relatively simple phonology, and stress typically falls on the middle syllable. There are some possible cognates in the lexical field as well. However, it is typically classed as an isolate.