Winqomtäy

Winqomtaj (, meaning "people language") is a language spoken in Central Soco by the Taj people.

Vowels
/i, e, a/ are pronounced as [ɪ, ɛ, æ].

Grammar
Winqomtaj is a synthetic language with a moderate level of agglutination. Its grammar has been greatly influenced by Ancient Xi.

Gender
Nouns in Winqomtaj are divided into four genders: human, animal, (non-human, non-animal) animate and inanimate.

Number
Winqomtaj has two numbers: singular and plural.

Cases
Nouns in Winqomtaj are inflected for ten cases. Winqomtaj makes a distinction between alienable and inalienable possession.

Articles
The definite article is expressed by the suffix -ja, and the indefinite article by the suffix -teb.

Verbs
Verbs in Winqomtaj are marked for three persons, two numbers, five tenses and two moods. The mood suffixes follow the tense circumfixes. The gerund is formed with the suffix -ac.

Negation
Negation is expressed through the suffixes -ri on nouns and pronouns and -ñi on verbs.

Syntax
Winqomtaj is a verb–subject–object language. Adjectives follow nouns.

Doylist Section
Winqomtaj and Taj culture were originally created for a project set in the mythical Island of California, and therefore the language borrows quite a lot of its vocabulary and grammar from Indigenous Californian language isolates like Pericú and Waikuri or Guaycura, and Yuman-Cochimí languages likeLaymón Cochimí and it's closest living relative, Kiliwa with a lot of creative liberties taken. Some of the vocabulary has its roots in colonial and medieval Spanish culture, with references to the Seven Cities of Gold and Las sergas de Esplandián, alongside some current and historical Sudcalifornian culture.