Below you will find a sampling of linguistics and grammar terminology in TGV & MGV.

Accent -- gen-speshan
Acronym -- zunu-zhit
Adaptation -- rubilaya
Adjective -- rub-zhit
Adoption -- thanah
Advanced form (n.) -- stor-shid
Adverb -- nosh-zhit
Adverbial modifier -- nosh-zhitik rubitayek
Affix -- terek (n.); terek-tor (v.)
Affixed (adj.) -- terkalik
Affricate (n.) -- pashihloral
Allophone -- ralibi-vuhnaya
Alogia -- pak t'stariben-kup'es
Alphabet -- ek'zuntra
Alteration -- rubitaya
Alveolar (adj.) -- tauf-, taufik
Alveolar fricative (n.) -- tauf-shihloral
Alveolar lateral (n.) -- tauf-vlairal
Alveolar lateral flap -- tauf-vla-ralaral
Alveolar ridge -- abu-zud-tauf
Alveolo-palatal fricative (n.) -- tauf-ru'lut-kamuyik shihloral
Amelioration -- paromilaya
Ancient Golic Vulcan -- Ma'os-Gol-Vuhlkansu
Antonym -- mesyut-tvahit
Aphaeresis -- wuhr-ikatu'azun-pak
Aphasia -- gen-lis-pak |s'shad-sval|
Apical (adj.) -- um-, umik
Apocope -- kim-ikatu'azun-pak
Approximant (n.) -- ul-ral
Articulation -- terfitilaya
Aspirated (adj.) -- eshanal-, eshanalik
Assimilation -- vinem
Augmentative (n.) -- hayat-zhit

Back vowel -- za-ikatu'azun
Bilabial (adj.) -- dah-bru-, dah-bruyik
Bilingual (adj.) -- dah-gen-lisanik
Bilingualism -- dah-gen-lis'es
Binding (n.) -- natelan
Bound morpheme -- natel-raltvah-krus

Calque -- yahv-mesukh
Canonical order -- to-go-zek
Case (n.) -- iswaku
Central vowel -- svitan-ikatu'azun
Centralized (adj.) -- svitanal-, svitanalik
Change (n.) -- rubah
Character (n.) -- nuhm (symbol, letter, etc.)
Clause -- zhirabal
Communicate -- sviribau
Communication -- sviribaya
Communicative competence -- sviribau-kukup'es
Comparitive (n.) -- navath-zhit
Compound noun -- terti-vel-zhit
Compound verb -- terti-tor-zhit
Compound word -- terti-zhit
Conjunction -- naf-zhit
Connection -- tersaya
Connector -- tersayek
Consonant -- ikastarzun
Consonant cluster -- ikastarzun-travek
Content word -- tuhl-zhit
Construction -- torvaya
Cuneiform (writing) -- shivek-kitaun

Decoding (n.) -- sakihtan
Deficiency -- pafam'es
Definition -- mesprahn
Degree (extent) -- shiyu
Delay -- vohtaya (n.), vohtau (v.)
Dental (adj.) -- zud-, zudik
Dependent clause -- ner-zhirabal
Derivation -- sakazun
Dialect (n.) -- gen-vuhnaya
Diaphragm -- esh-dvunek
Dictionary -- zhit-dunap
Differentiation -- natilaya
Diffusion -- sasak
Diglossia -- dahik gen-lis-isan
Digraph -- dah-zun
Dimunitive (n.) -- pinu-zhit
Diphthong -- dah-ralash-vel
Dissimilation -- rikahkwalaya
Distribution -- sagan
Divergence -- sataya
Dominance -- abru'es
Dominant -- abrupik
Double articulation -- dah-terfitilaya
Dyslexia -- ritsuri-telv-nosh

Elite bilingualism -- snapidik dah-gen-lis'es
Encoding (n.) -- vikihtan
Ending (n.) -- shahtan
Epenthesis -- ikatu'azun-gol-haya
Epiglottal (adj.) -- vinem-pi'ralaik
Epiglottal plosive (n.) -- vinem-pi'rala-sposhoral
Epiglottis -- vinem-pi'rala
Etymology -- zhit-vesht-tal

Factor (n.) -- klai
Federation Standard English -- Teraya-Eingelsu
Flap (n.) -- ralaral
Flow -- yumaya (n.), yumau (v.)
Fluency -- ek'ariben'es
Fluent (adj.) -- ek'ariben-, ek'aribenik
Focus -- thakaya (n.), thakau (v.)
Font (type) -- hiktra
Frequency -- vakav'es
Fricative -- shihlor-, shihlorik (adj.); shihloral (n.)
Front vowel -- khom-ikatu'azun
Functional phrase -- is-lofik pi-zhit-bal
Future tense (n.) -- fa-wak-wis

Gender -- guv
Gender-neutral noun -- guv-ta'rafik vel-zhit
Gender-specific noun -- guv-kozauk vel-zhit
Gerund -- torvel-zhit
Glide (n.) -- ulef-ikatu'azun
Glottal (adj.) -- spes-vel-, spes-velik
Glottal stop -- spes-vel-pehkaya
Grammar -- zhit-isan
Grammatical competence -- zhit-isan-kukup'es
Grammatical inflection -- zhit-isan-pazunaya
Grammatical morpheme -- zhit-isanik raltvah-krus
Grammatical word -- isan-zhit
Grapheme -- nen-zun

Haplology -- ka-ralash-pak
Heiroglyphic (writing) -- bikuv-kitaun
Helper verb -- gol'nev-zhit
High (adj.) -- pid|-|
High vowel -- pid-ikatu'azun
Homonym -- ka-ralashit
Homorganic (adj.) -- ka-terfiti-fekik
Honorific (n.) -- dorlan

Imperative (n.) -- toru-zhit
Inchoative verb -- nosh-rubaik tor-zhit
Inflection -- ralurubilaya
Independent clause -- riner-zhirabal
Infix -- tviterek (n.); tviterek-tor (v.)
Infixed (adj.) -- tviterkalik
Interjection (n.) -- uht-zhit
Interrogative (n.) -- deshkaun-zhit
Intonation -- samolunaya
Invective (n.) -- guhras-zhit
Irregular sound change -- ripakhaik ral-rubah
Irregular strong verb -- ripakhaik kari-tor-zhit
Irregular verb -- ripakhaik tor-zhit
Isogloss -- gen-lis-krup

Labial (adj.) -- bru-, bruyik
Labialized (adj.) -- brupal-, brupalik
Labiodental (adj.) -- bru-zud-, bru-zudik
Laminal (adj.) -- morifal-, morifalik
Language -- gen-lis (anc.)
Laryngopharynx -- nuk-drahk
Larynx -- shi'spes
Lateral -- vla-, vlaik (adj.); vlairal (n.)
Lateral approximant (n.) -- vla-ul-ral
Lateral fricative (n.) -- vla-shihloral
Lateral release (n.) -- vla-sadalaya
Length -- wu-vath
Lengthen -- wuvau
Letter (alphabet) -- zun
Ligature -- terzun
Linguistics -- gen-lis-tal
Link -- naf (n.), naf-tor (v.)
Linking (n.) -- nafan
Lips -- brular
Long (adj.) -- wu|-|
Long-term memory -- wu'nil-vokaya
Low (adj.) -- nuk|-|
Low vowel -- nuk-ikatu'azun
Lungs -- esh-sa'haflar (TGV), eshaflar (MGV)

Meaning (n.) -- tvah
Memory -- vokaya
Metathesis -- zek-rubah
Mid vowel -- sviti-ikatu'azun
Migration -- bashan
Minimal pair -- ten'al-shif
Mode -- nuku
Mode of speech -- starun-nuku
Modern Golic Vulcan -- Iyi-Gol-Vuhlkansu
Modifier -- rubitayek
Monophthongization -- wuh-ralasholaya
Morpheme -- raltvah-krus
Morphology (study) -- gen-shidor-tal
Mouth (n.) -- ru'lut
Movement -- dvun
Multi-competence -- wehk-kukup'es
Multilingualism -- wehk-gen-lis'es

Nasal (adj.) -- hanopauk
Nasal release (n.) -- han-sadalaya
Nasalization -- hanopaya
Native speaker -- salat-staribsu
Negation -- riyin
Non-syllabic (adj.) -- rizhit-shauk
Nose -- han
Noun -- vel-zhit
Number -- su'us

Object (n.) -- vel
Obstruction -- klotaya
Official language -- toyeht-gen-lis
Old High Vulcan -- Os-Pid-Vuhlkansu
Onomatopoeia -- malat-ral-shidoraya
Origin -- tveshu

Palatal (adj.) -- ru'lut-kamuyik
Palatalized (adj.) -- kamulal-, kamulalik
Palate, Hard -- ru'lut-kamu
Palate, Soft -- mos-kamu
Palatoalveolar (adj.) -- ek'ru'lut-kamuyik
Parameter -- nus
Parent language -- mekh-gen-lis
Parse (v.) -- sakruzunilau
Parsing (n.) -- sakruzunilaya
Participle -- zhikrushadaya
Past participle -- vesh-zhikrushadaya
Past tense (n.) -- vesh-wis
Pejoration -- rasahkomilaya
Person -- veh
Pharyngeal (adj.) -- drahk-, drahkik
Pharyngealized (adj.) -- drahkal-, drahkalik
Pharynx -- drahk
Phoneme -- ralibi
Phonemics (study) -- ralibi-tal
Phonetic alphabet -- zhit-ralash-ek'zuntra
Phonetic transcription -- zhit-ralash-kitaun
Phonetics -- zhit-ralashan (sound), zhit-ralash-tal (study)
Phonology (study) -- zhit-shid-tal
Phrase (n.) -- pi-zhit-bal
Phrase structure -- velek t'pi-zhit-bal
Pictograph, Pictogram -- temok-bikuv-besan
Plosive -- sposh-, sposhik (adj.); sposhoral (n.)
Plural (n.) -- wehu
Possession -- mat
Possessive (n.) -- mat-zhit
Postalveolar (adj.) -- za-tauf-, za-taufik
Prefix -- faterek (n.); faterek-tor (v.)
Prefixed (adj.) -- faterkalik
Preposition -- fe-shitak
Prepositional verb -- fe-shitakik tor-zhit
Present participle -- la-wak-zhikrushadaya
Primary stress (n.) -- nen-hishel
Principle -- dvatai
Progressive assimilation -- fe-klai-vinem
Pronoun -- ulef-vel-zhit
Pronunciation -- salasharaya
Punctuation -- pehkamitaya

Regressive assimilation -- za-klai-vinem
Regular strong verb -- pakhaik kari-tor-zhit
Regular verb -- pakhaik tor-zhit
Release (n.) -- sadalaya
Retroflex (adj.) -- za-tedvun-, za-tedvunik
Rhoticity -- padaral'es
Root language -- gir-gen-lis
Rounded vowel -- pauk-ikatu'azun
Rounding (n.) -- paukaya
Rule (n.) -- to-go (anc.)

Script (n.) -- zukitan
Secondary stress (n.) -- dahr-hishel
Segment -- spes-ral-krus
Semi-vowel -- ulef-ikatu'azun
Sentence (n.) -- zhit-bal
Sentence order -- zhit-bal-zek
Sentence structure -- zhit-bal-velek
Sequence (n.) -- zehlanaya
Short (adj.) -- pen|-|
Short-term memory -- pen'nil-vokaya
Shorten -- pen-tor
Sign language -- el'ru-gen-lis
Silent (adj.) -- ralash-fam
Simple form -- nen-shid
Simple future tense (n.) -- nenik fa-wak-wis
Simple word -- veli-zhit
Speak -- stariben
Speaker (person) -- staribsu
Specialization -- flanapaya
Speech -- starun
Spell (v.) -- nazhitovau
Spelling (n.) -- nazhitovaya
Stop (n.) -- pehkaya
Sporadic sound change -- rikauk ral-rubah
Stress (n.) -- hishel
Structure (n.) -- velek
Style (n.) -- kuhz
Subject (n.) -- navel
Suffix -- zaterek (n.); zaterek-tor (v.)
Suffixed (adj.) -- zaterkalik
Superlative (n.) -- dannosh-zhit
Symbol -- sehtebihk
Syllabic (adj.) -- zhit-shauk
Syllable -- zhit-shaya
Syncope -- sviti-ikatu'azun-pak
Synonym -- ka-tvahit

Taboo (n.) -- ridrum
Teeth -- zudlar
Tense (n.) -- wis
Term -- zhil
Terminology -- zhilikam
Tone (n.) -- molu
Tongue (n.) -- lahv
Tradition -- ba'tak (anc.)
Traditional (adj.) -- ba-, baik
Traditional Golic Vulcan -- Ba-Gol-Vuhlkansu
Traditional grammar -- ba-zhit-isan
Translation -- mesukh
Transliteration -- meszunikaya
Trill (n.) -- arrek
Triphthong -- reh-ralash-vel

Umlaut (n.) -- pavinemat
Unit -- kebi
Universal grammar -- ek'mesukh-zhit-isan
Unvoiced (adj.) -- rispesyan-, rispesyanik
Unwritten language -- rikital-gen-lis
Uvular (adj.) -- vlem-, vlemik

Velar (adj.) -- mos-kamu-, mos-kamuyik
Velarized (adj.) -- mos-kamupal-, mos-kamupalik
Verb -- tor-zhit
Vocabulary -- zhit-feim
Vocal cords -- speseklar
Voice (n.) -- spes
Voiced (adj.) -- spesyan-, spesyanik
Voiced epiglottal fricative -- spesyan-shihloral t'vinem-pi'rala
Voiced labial-velar approximant (n.) -- spesyan-ul-ral t'bru-mos-kamu
Voiced labial-palatal approximant (n.) -- spesyan-ul-ral t'bru-ru'lut-kamu
Voiceless (adj.) -- rispesyan-, rispesyanik
Voiceless epiglottal fricative -- rispesyan-shihloral t'vinem-pi'rala
Voiceless labial-velar fricative (n.) -- rispesyan-shihloral t'bru-mos-kamu
Vowel -- ikatu'azun

Weak verb -- kobat-tor-zhit
Word -- zhit
Word form -- zhit-shid
Word order -- zhit-zek
Working memory -- is-vokaya
Writing system -- kitau-torektra
Written language -- kital-gen-lis

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