Welcome to the official Tilsan translator! / Utle yore ubit tilsani usayto!
About the Tilsan Language / Ulas e’ tilsani tiyle
Tilsan (officially Tilsan or Tilsani / Tilsanian) is a spoken language. It is not a fictional language. It is a conlang (constructed language) created by Tilsa Opichali (previously Opichayev) on 20. January 2019. More documentation is to be created as soon as the creator has free time.
Tilsan belongs to its own Tilsanic language group and stands completely as its own independent language. Because the creator speaks German, the German language is also frequently used within the Tilsanosphere.
Over the years, the language has gone through deep structural changes. On 7. July 2021, a civil war led to a separation between West Tilsania and East Tilsania due to a language fallout and ownership dispute. Because the socialists (East Tilsania) side won, Tilsan underwent a major period of Sovietization (2021-2025). Later on, a reform on 29. April 2025 worked to "desovietize" the language. This successfully stripped away any historical language borrowings and outside cultural influences to make Tilsan a truly more unique and native standalone language.
Also note: This is the only official, author maintained tool. Other translators have either been hacked or are fake except for this.
Links / Lingkem
- Discord: _tilsa (My username if you wish to contact me or have any suggestions you can also use the suggestion box. But note: I am not active. So if I get a message I'll respond if/when I see it.)
- Reddit: (Inactive)
Tilsan Update Notes / Tilsani kozakh tsepem
- 20. October 2026: Updates are now logged here instead of overwriting.
- 20. October 2026: Dual-Script Transition Begins. Starting today, Tilsan is moving toward becoming a two-script language. The formal integration of the Cyrillic script is prepared to be launched on 31. October 2026. The traditional Latin script stays fully active, so you can use both scripts alongside each other. The Cyrillic one will also be shared here when finalized.
- 20. January 2026: Celebrated the 7th anniversary of the Tilsan language!
- 29. April 2025: Official Language Desovietization & Remaster
Removed the old outside-influenced and historical affixes (-yev/-yeva and -ov/-ova). The grammar has fully transitioned to the current remastered affixes (-li/-le and -yil/-yile) to eliminate outside cultural influences.
- 7. July 2021: Tilsan independence!
Sentence Structure & Grammar / Saytse mandu & akon
Tilsan grammar is straightforward to pick up:
- SVO Word Order: Tilsan strictly follows a Subject-Verb-Object (SVO) structure. Sentences go in the exact order of: [Subject] + [Verb] + [Object].
- Pronouns & Genders: Regular nouns and words themselves do not have a grammatical gender.
- Capitalization: Always capitalize the first letter of every sentence, everything else is lowercased after that.
- Language Name: In English, the language is called Tilsan. Natively or within the language itself, it is called Tilsani (Tilsanian). But historically, it was called "Tilsanka" from 2019 to 2021.
Affix System / "Affix" ladetays
Because of the overhaul to clear out outside linguistic influences, the old affix system is retired. We are using these current rules instead:
Current Affixes: -li / -le and -yil / -yile
Why? This shows if the person is male or female. Example: My last name is Opichali. The -li is equivalent to -yev (which is male). If I were female my last name would have been Opichale, and the -le is the equivalent to -yeva (which is female).
Some Suffix Stuff Idk: The suffixes from English "-ity" and "-lly" become the Tilsan suffix "-ile".
Sweetness: The suffix "-shi" is used to make a word sound sweet or "cute." Its English counterpart would be "-ie."
Retired Affixes: -yev / -yeva and -ov / -ova
Verbs & Optional Sentence Enders / Intenum & kauleys saytse iskpom
- Making Verbs: Turning a word into a verb is simple. You use the suffixes -oj, -ij, or -uj. (You can also just use a -j if a word ends in "ao", making it "aoj"). The suffixes -aj and -ej do not exist.
- Questions: To ask a question, use "omnimay’yesh" or "nimas" or the particle "ta" (which works like saying "eh").
- Optional Sentence Enders: These are COMPLETELY optional and NOT grammatically required, but you can add them to the very end of a sentence to show identity if you wanted to:
- sazhniy / sanu: Neutral (anyone can use this)
- sazhnay: Female
- takiy: Only used by females
- azhol: Only used by males
Phonetics & Alphabet / Dalgim & Ab (42 Characters Total)
The Tilsan language is completely phonetic. It is spoken exactly as it is written.
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, ’, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z - Pronounced exactly phonetic.
Wait. No Q? - Yes. Tilsan language does not have Q.
’ - is exactly like a pause character/separator. This is called the Tilsan "Apmede".
AO - Pronounced like English "Ow".
AU - Pronounced like German "Ö" or "Oh".
E’ - Pronounced like "Uh" (open-mid central unrounded vowel).
CH - ч (like Cho)
SH - ш (like Sha)
ZH - ж (like Zho)
KH - х (like Kho)
XH - (the most unique one. Say ksh. K + SH together. Ksh.)
NG - ҥ (like Ling or Ngu from Nguyen)
TS - ц (like Tsunami)
YY - уу (UU like Uzbekistan, like long U)
YA - я (like Yaj)
AY - ај (like Aydi, or the vowel sound in "eye" from English)
EY - еј (like the vowel sound in hey, remove the h)
IY - ы (exactly like Cyrillic ы or ii/ie/ee)
OY - ој (like oy)
UY - уј (like duy but without the d)
Allowed Blends: i + y = iy | e + ays = eys | oym becomes oyem | aia becomes aiya
Strict Word Corrections:
- Use iym (iyem does not work)
- Use aym (ayem does not work)
- Use eyem (eym does not work)
- Use uym (uyem does not work)
Vocabulary Examples & Cultural Terms / Tamesin ayxhishtunem & miy’yariays relungem
- baoshatiyle: Constructed language (conlang).
- baosha: Constructed.
- tiyle: Language.
- baoshoj: To construct (verb form).
- Tilsanism: Anything that relates directly to the Tilsan language or its culture.
- Fish: The word "Fish" is strictly an insult in Tilsan culture. It has absolutely nothing to do with religion and has been used historically as an insult since the beginning of the language.
=== Archived Notes & Historical Updates / Mes tsepem & uztoriyays kozakhem ===
(Older updates will be posted down here later on to keep a permanent history of the language's changes or something.)
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