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| Vrkhazhian (YŠDD YT-VṚḴẔKM, ''Yašdad Yat-Vṛḵaẕīkam'') is a Northern Hašakam language that is spoken in the region known as Vṛḵaẕ. The earliest form of this language, known as Ancient Vrkhazhi, was spoken around 10 000 years ago.
| | #REDIRECT [[Vrkhazhian]] |
| ==History==
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| ===Dialects===
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| Vrkhazhian has at least two major dialects and at least ten other minor dialects.
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| The table below lists two of the major dialects
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| {| class="wikitable" id="letters_chart"
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| |+Dialects of Vrkhazhian
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| ! Dialect
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| ! Location
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| | Ḵadačīkam
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| | Centered around the city of Tam-Ḵadač
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| | ʾAlšardīkam
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| | To the south of the city of Tam-Šamašet
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| Ḵadačīkam is recognized as the standard dialect of writing and communication.
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| ==Phonetics and phonology==
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| ===Consonants===
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| Vrkhazhian has a phonemic inventory of 45 consonants and 9 vowels. Some consonants in Vrkhazhian can be ''light'' (pre-aspirated), ''plain'' or ''dark'' (uvularized/pharyngealized); most stops have both light, plain and dark variations, while some fricatives have only plain and dark variations and some approximants and one nasal have only light and plain variations.
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| {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
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| |+Vrkhazhian Consonantal Phonemes
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| ! colspan=2|
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| !Bilabial
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| !Alveolar
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| !(Alveolo)-
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| Palatal
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| !Velar
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| !Uvular
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| !Glottal
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| !rowspan=2|Nasal
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| !<small>Light</small>
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| | '''hn''' [ʰn~n̥]
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| !<small>Plain</small>
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| | '''m''' [m]
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| | '''n''' [n]
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| | '''ṉ''' [ɴ]
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| !rowspan=3|Stop
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| !<small>Light</small>
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| | '''hp''' [ʰp]
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| | '''ht''' [ʰt]
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| | '''hk''' [ʰk]
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| | '''hq''' [ʰq]
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| !<small>Plain</small>
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| | '''p''' [p] '''b''' [b]
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| | '''t''' [t] '''d''' [d]
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| | '''k''' [k] '''g''' [g]
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| | '''q''' [q]
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| | '''ʾ''' [ʔ]
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| |-
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| !<small>Dark</small>
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| | '''ṗ''' [pʶ~pˤ] '''ḅ''' [bʶ~bˤ]
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| | '''ṭ''' [tʶ~tˤ] '''ḍ''' [dʶ~dˤ]
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| !colspan=2|Affricate
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| | '''ḏ''' [ʦ]
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| | '''č''' [ʧ~ʨ] '''j''' [ʤ~ʥ]
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| !rowspan=2|Fricative
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| !<small>Plain</small>
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| | '''f''' [ɸ] '''v''' [β]
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| | '''s''' [s] '''z''' [z]
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| | '''š''' [ʃ~ɕ] '''ẕ''' [ʒ~ʑ]
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| | '''ḵ''' [x] '''ğ''' [ɣ]
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| | '''ḥ''' [χ~ħ]
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| | '''h''' [h]
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| !<small>Dark</small>
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| | '''ṣ''' [sʶ~sˤ] '''ẓ''' [zʶ~zˤ]
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| !rowspan=2|Approximant
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| !<small>Light</small>
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| | '''hr''' [ʰɹ~ʰɾ~ɹ̥̥]
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| !<small>Plain</small>
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| | '''r''' [ɹ~ɾ]
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| | '''y''' [j]
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| | '''w''' [w]
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| !colspan=2|Trill
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| | '''rr''' [r]
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| | '''ṟ''' [ʀ]
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| !rowspan=3|Lateral Approximant
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| !<small>Light</small>
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| | '''hl''' [ʰl~l̥]
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| !<small>Plain</small>
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| | '''l''' [l]
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| !<small>Dark</small>
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| | '''ḷ''' [lʶ~lˤ]
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| !colspan=2|Lateral Fricative
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| | '''ḻ''' [ɬ~ɬʲ]
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| ===Vowels===
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| {|class="wikitable article-table" style="text-align:center;"
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| |+Vrkhazhian Vowel Phonemes
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| !
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| ! style="width: 40px; " |Front
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| ! style="width: 40px; " |Central
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| ! style="width: 40px; " |Back
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| !Close
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| | '''ī''' [i]
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| | '''i''' [ɨ]
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| | '''ū''' [u]
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| !Close-mid
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| | '''ē''' [e]
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| | '''ō''' [o]
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| !Mid
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| | '''u/ə''' [ə]
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| !Open-mid
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| | '''e''' [ɛ]
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| | '''o''' [ɔ]
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| !Open
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| |colspan="3"| '''a''' [a]
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| {| class="wikitable"
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| |+Vrkhazhian Diphthongs
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| ! IPA
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| ! Letter
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| ! Example
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| | ae̯
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| | aẏ
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| | like '''eye'''
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| | ao̯
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| | aẇ
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| | like c'''ow'''
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| ===Allophony===
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| In Vrkhazhian, the stop consonants /t d/ become [θ ð] in word-final positions if they occur before front vowels /ɛ e i/ and sometimes /a/ if it is part of an affix. The stop consonants /t d/ also become retroflexed [ʈ ɖ] if they occur before a labial approximant /w/.
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| The consonant /h/ becomes [ç] before a palatal approximant /j/ and becomes [χ] when it is geminated.
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| ===Stress===
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| Stress in Vrkhazhian is generally placed on the last or second-to-last syllable.
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| ==Grammar==
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| ===Morphology===
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| ====Overview====
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| Vrkhazhian is a highly inflecting triconsonantal root language.
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| Most roots consist of three consonants (triliteral), though there are many words that consist of two letter (biliteral) roots. Vrkhazhian does not recognize four- and five-letter roots.
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| Between and around these roots various infixes, suffixes, and prefixes are used to carry grammatical functions or derived words.
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| The consonants <y>/j/ and <w>/w/ are considered weak roots, and roots containng these consonants caue irregular verb forms to appear.
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| ====Nominal morphology====
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| Vrkhazhian has three grammatical genders, masculine, feminine and neuter.
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| Grammatical gender in Vrkhazhian is strictly semantic, thus most nouns, such as inanimate objects, fall into the category of neuter.
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| Vrkhazhian has two numbers (singular and plural) and five cases (nominative, accusative, genitive, lative, and ablative).
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| The table below shows the noun ''vīkīm'' (ruler) declined in various cases.
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| {| class="wikitable"
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| |+ Noun paradigm
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| ! Noun (masc.) !! Noun (fem.) !! Noun (neut.)
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| ! Nominative/Accusative singular
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| | ''vīkīm-a'' || ''vīkīm-ē'' || ''vīkīm''
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| ! Genitive singular
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| | ''vīkīm-īl'' || ''vīkīm-an'' || ''vīkīm-ūn''
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| ! Lative singular
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| | ''vīkīm-aj-a'' || ''vīkīm-aj-ē'' || ''vīkīm-ajī''
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| ! Ablative singular
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| | ''vīkīm-īh-a'' || ''vīkīm-īh-ē'' || ''vīkīm-īhī''
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| ! Nominative/Accusative plural
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| | ''vīkīm-al'' || ''vīkīm-ēn'' || ''vīkīm-ad''
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| ! Genitive plural
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| | ''vīkīm-īlū'' || ''vīkīm-anū'' || ''vīkīm-īr''
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| ! Lative plural
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| | ''vīkīm-ēj-al'' || ''vīkīm-ēj-ēn'' || ''vīkīm-ēj-ad''
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| ! Ablative plural
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| | ''vīkīm-ūh-al'' || ''vīkīm-ūh-ēn'' || ''vīkīm-ūh-ad''
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| =====Construct state=====
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| Most nouns in Vrkhazhian can also be placed in the construct state, which is used for genitive constructions and denotes that the noun is the possessed object.
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| Using the noun ''ʾalkad'' (soldier, guard), the declensions of the construct state are shown below:
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| {| class="wikitable"
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| |+ Noun paradigm
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| ! Noun (masc.) !! Noun (fem.) !! Noun (neut.)
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| ! Singular
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| | ''ʾalkad-ī'' || ''ʾalkad-a'' || ''ʾalkad-ū''
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| ! Plural
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| | ''ʾalkad-īt'' || ''ʾalkad-at'' || ''ʾalkad-ūm''
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| Nouns containing biliteral roots are placed into the construct state patterns CVraC for singular number and CarC2VC2 for plural number. An example of this is the noun ''šīm'' (house) which, when placed into the construct state, becomes ''šīram'' for singular number and ''šarmīm'' for plural number.
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| Nouns containing biliteral roots that are placed in the construct state are also declined for gender in the nominative case.
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| ====Adjectival morphology====
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| Adjectives in Vrkhazhian are marked for gender and number in agreement with the noun they modify. Adjectives are also divided into classes where only certain types of roots can go. For example, only adjectival verbs such as '''d-b-n''' (to be heavy) can go into the adjective pattern CaCCa. The table below shows the declension of the above root '''d-b-n''' in the pattern CaCCa which turns it into the adjective "heavy":
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| {| class="wikitable"
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| |+ Adjective declension
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| ! Adjective (masc.) !! Adjective (fem.) !! Adjective (neut.)
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| ! Singular
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| | ''ʾədbūn-a'' || ''ʾədbūn-ē'' || ''dabna''
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| ! Plural
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| | ''dabnīk-īl'' || ''dabnīk-en'' || ''dabnīk-a''
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| Adjectives can either precede or follow the noun depending on the type of adjective. Adjectives pertaining to physical features such as colour, size, shape and material always precede the noun, while adjectives pertaining to other features such as opinion, age, origin and condition always follow the noun.
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| ====Verbal morphology====
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| Verbs in Vrkhazhian are conjugated for number (singular and plural), tense (infinitive, past, past participle, present, present participle, and future) and voice (active and passive)
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| =====Verb patterns=====
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| The table below shows the conjugation of the root '''d-n-j''' (to crush)
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| {| class="wikitable"
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| |+ Verb Conjugations
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| !
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| ! Active Singular !! Active Plural !! Translation !! Passive Singular !! Passive Plural !! Translation
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| ! Infinitive
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| | ''dannaja'' || ''ʾadnīyaj'' || to crush || ''dūnnēja'' || ''ʾadnūšīj'' || to be crushed
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| ! Past
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| | ''nōdnoj'' || ''nadnūjam'' || crushed || ''nūdnūj'' || ''nīdnajam'' || was crushed
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| ! Past Participle
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| | ''yūdnoj'' || ''yūdnējam'' || was crushing || ''yīdnaj'' || ''yīdnūjam'' || was being crushed
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| ! Present
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| | ''dūnaj'' || ''dūnjam'' || crush || ''danēj'' || ''danjam'' || is crushed
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| ! Present Participle
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| | ''hūdnaj'' || ''hūdnījam'' || is crushing || ''hadnēj'' || ''hadnojam'' || is being crushed
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| | ''ʾadnej'' || ''ʾadnejam'' || will crush || ''ʾīdnīj'' || ''ʾīdnījam'' || will be crushed
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| =====Verb moods=====
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| Vrkhazhian has three moods, jussive, potential, conditional and commissive.
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| The table below shows the conjugation of the root '''ṗ-m-t''' (to walk)
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| {| class="wikitable"
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| |+Verb Mood
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| ! Singular !! Plural !! Translation
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| | ''šīṗmūt'' || ''šīṗmatam'' || must/should walk
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| | ''kaṗmet'' || ''kaṗmatam'' || can walk
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| | ''ʾīmaṗmat'' || ''ʾīmaṗmūtam'' || would walk
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| ! Commissive
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| | ''ʾībēṗmat'' || ''ʾībēṗmētam'' || shall walk
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| The jussive mood in Vrkhazhian is mainly used for expressing obligation or duty, but when there are no pronouns or nouns in the nominative case, it can also act like an imperative, expressing direct commands to the adressee(s). While a verb in the jussive mood can be used in this way, the particle "ʾīs", is more common.
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| ====Adverbial morphology====
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| Adverbs in Vrkhazhian are marked for number in agreement with the verb they modify. Adverbs always follow the verb they modify.
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| Like adjectives, adverbs are divided into classes where only certain types of roots can go. For example, most adjectival verbs and some ordinary verbs can go into the adverb pattern CūCCīt. The table below shows the root '''ʾ-b-l''' (to be blind) declined in the pattern CūCCīt:
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| |+ Adverb declension
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| ! Adverb
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| | ''ʾūblīt'' || ''ʾībaltū''
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| ===Pronouns===
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| ====Personal Pronouns====
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| Personal pronouns in Vrkhazhian are as follows:
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| ! colspan=2 | || colspan=2 | Nominative || colspan=2 | Accusative || colspan=2 | Genitive || colspan=2 | Lative || colspan=2 | Ablative
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| ! colspan=2|Person || Singular || Plural || Singular || Plural || Singular || Plural || Singular || Plural || Singular || Plural
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| ! rowspan=2|1st
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| !<small>inclusive</small>
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| | rowspan=2|ẕaẏ "I" || yeš "we" || rowspan=2|šadīb || ʾaẏyīb || rowspan=2|šadīkī || ʾaẏyīkī || rowspan=2|šadīš || ʾaẏyīš || rowspan=2|šadīt || ʾaẏyat
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| !<small>exclusive</small>
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| | ṉal "we" || ṉalīb || ṉalīkī || ṉalīš || ṉalat
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| !<small>masculine</small>
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| | ʾīšī "you" || qar "you" || ʾīšīb || qarīb || ʾīšakī || qarakī || ʾīdeš || qareš || ʾīdat || qarat
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| !<small>feminine</small>
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| | ʾatī "you" || šūn "you" || ʾatīb || šūnīb || ʾatakī || šūnakī || ʾateš || šūneš || ʾatat || šūnat
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| !<small>masculine</small>
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| | haf "he" || baʾ "they" || hafīb || baʾīb || hafakī || baʾakī || hapeš || baʾeš || hapat || baʾat
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| !<small>feminine</small>
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| | šaf "she" || tav "they" || šafīb || tavīb || šafakī || tavakī || šapeš || tabeš || šapat || tabat
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| | ḥol "they" || ṗal "they" || ḥajīm || ṗajīm || ḥajakī || ṗajakī || ḥaješ || ṗaješ || ḥajat || ṗajat
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| ====Demonstrative Pronouns====
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| Demonstrative pronouns in Vrkhazhian are as follows:
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| ! || colspan=3 | Deixis
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| ! Number || Proximal || Medial || Distal
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| |'''Singular''' || ''ʾīšar'' "this"||''ʾanī'' "that" || ''maẏ'' "that"
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| |'''Plural''' || ''ʾīšrūhīt'' "these"||''ʾanīhīt'' "those" || ''maẏyīt'' "those"
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| ====Interrogative Pronouns====
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| Table below lists the interrogative pronouns in Vrkhazhian:
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| {| class="wikitable"
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| ! English
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| ! Vrkhazhian
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| | who? || ''ʾalīm''
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| | what? || ''hamat''
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| | where? || ''sūhal''
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| | when? || ''hna''
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| | why? || ''ʾīčam''
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| | how? || ''taja''
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| | which? || ''ʾaqab''
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| ===Numerals===
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| Vrkhazhian uses a base-12 system of numerals, which is a positional notation numeral system using twelve as its base. In this system, the number ten is written as "X", and the number eleven as "E".
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| Numerals precede the nouns they modify and are placed in the construct state; they also agree in gender with the noun they modify. An example of this are the nouns ''vīkīm'' and ''ʾalkad'' (which becomes ''ʾalīkdad'' in plural); when a numeral is placed before them they become ''ʾaẏnī vīkīma'' (one king) and ''apetū ʾalīkdad'' (six soldiers). Both of these words would literally translate to ''"one-of king"'' and ''"six-of soldiers"'', respectively.
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| The table below lists the numbers from 1 to 12.
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| {| class="wikitable"
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| |+ Numerals
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| ! Numbers
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| ! Cardinal numeral
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| (masc.)
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| ! Cardinal numeral
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| (fem.)
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| ! Cardinal numeral
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| (neut.)
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| ! 1
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| | ''ʾaẏnī'' || ''ʾaẏna'' || ''ʾaẏnū''
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| ! 2
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| | ''nīmī'' || ''nīma'' || ''nīmū''
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| ! 3
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| | ''dajī'' || ''daja'' || ''dajū''
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| ! 4
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| | ''hatī'' || ''hata'' || ''hatū''
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| ! 5
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| | ''ʾaẕahī'' || ''ʾaẕaha'' || ''ʾaẕahū''
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| ! 6
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| | ''ʾapetī'' || ''ʾapeta'' || ''ʾapetū''
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| ! 7
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| | ''ʾaramī'' || ''ʾarama'' || ''ʾaramū''
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| |-
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| ! 8
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| | ''šabbī'' || ''šabba'' || ''šabbū''
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| |-
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| ! 9
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| | ''ʾadīkī'' || ''ʾadīka'' || ''ʾadīkū''
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| |-
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| ! X (10)
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| | ''yamī'' || ''yama'' || ''yamū''
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| |-
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| ! E (11)
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| | ''ʾījītī'' || ''ʾījīta'' || ''ʾījītū''
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| |-
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| ! 10 (12)
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| | ''ʾīlaẏkī'' || ''ʾīlaẏka'' || ''ʾīlaẏkū''
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| |-
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| |}
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| ===Syntax===
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| ====Nominal phrases====
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| Relative clauses follow the noun while numerals and appositions precede the counted noun. Adjectives either follow or precede the noun depending on its class. An example of some of these features is the nominal phrase ''ṛ-Vīkīmī ṛ-hījīr, ʾAšahījar, ṛ-sentīstenū ʾAkrīdēhas nōšṉom'' 'Ashahijar, the king of the gods, built the realm of Akrideas' which is analyzed in the following table:
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| {| class="wikitable"
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| |-
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| !Word
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| !Meaning
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| !Analysis
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| !Part of the nominal phrase
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| |-
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| | ''ṛ-Vīkīmī'' || king || masculine construct state || rowspan='2' valign='middle' | Apposition
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| |-
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| | ''ṛ-hījīr'' || gods || neuter genitive plural
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| |-
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| | ''ʾAšahījar'' || Ashahijar || nominative || Proper Noun (subject)
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| |-
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| | ''ṛ-sentīstenū'' || world || neuter construct state || rowspan='3' valign='middle' | Relative clause
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| |-
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| | ''ʾAkrīdēhas'' || Akrideas || genitive singular
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| |-
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| | ''nōšṉom'' || built|| active past singular
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| |-
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| |}
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| ====Sentence syntax====
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| There are two basic word orders in Vrkhazhian that are used depending on the grammatical voice of the sentence. In sentences with the active voice, the basic word order is Subject-Object-Verb (SOV), while in sentences with the passive voice, the basic word order is Verb-Subject-Object (VSO). For example, the active:
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| :'''Hīqal ṛ-havrī ṛ-mašarad nōšṉom.'''
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| {| class="wikitable"
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| |-
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| | Align="center" | ''Hīqal'' || Align="center" | ''ṛ-havrī'' || Align="center" | ''ṛ-mašarad'' || Align="center" | ''nō-šṉom''
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| | Hiqal-NOM || Align="center" | DEF-mercury || Align="center" | DEF-golem-PL-ACC || Align="center" | ACT-PST-build-SG
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| |}
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| :"Hiqal built the mercury golems
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| vs. the passive:
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| :'''Nīšṉamam ṛ-havrī ṛ-mašarad ʾīm Hīqal.'''
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| {| class="wikitable"
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| |-
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| | Align="center" | ''Nī-šṉam-am'' || Align="center" | ''ṛ-havrī'' || Align="center" | ''ṛ-mašarad'' || Align="center" | ''ʾīm'' || Align="center" | ''Hīqal''
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| | PASS-PST-build-PL || Align="center" | DEF-mercury || Align="center" | DEF-golem-PL-NOM || Align="center" | by || Align="center" | Hiqal-ACC
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| |}
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| :"The mercury golems were built by Hiqal"
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| The verb root '''š-ṉ-m''' (to build), in the first example, is conjugated for active past singular in the active sentence agreeing in number with the subject "Hiqal", while appearing in the second example in the passive past plural, agreeing in number with the subject "the mercury golems".
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| ==Writing System==
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| The Vrkhazhian Alkhavat (ʾAlḵavaht Yat-Vṛḵaẕīkam [ˈʔalxaβaʰt ˈjat-βɹ̩ˈxaʑikam]) is the official writing script of Vrkhazhian. The script consists of 30 letters, their names being asssigned by actual words in the language through acrophony.
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| The writing direction of the script is boustrephedon, and can start in any horizontal direction preferred, though the most common starting direction is Right-to-Left.
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| ===History===
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| The script has been around for at least 7,500 years, with few changes and alterations to the letter forms since it's inception. The true origins of the writing system is unknown, however, the glyphs are based partially off of the logographic script of a sister language known as Husroth Qhadithcha, while, as noted above, the numerals are borrowed from the script.
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| ===Letter names===
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| {| class="wikitable" id="letters_chart"
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| |+ʾAlḵavaht Yat-Vṛḵaẕīkam
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| |-
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| ! Letter
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| ! Name
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| ! Meaning
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| ! Phoneme
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| |-
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| | [[File:Al.PNG|30px|ʾAl]]
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| | ʾAl
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| | wind
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| | '''ʾ''' [ʔ]
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| |-
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| | [[File:Khav.PNG|30px|Ḵav]]
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| | Ḵav
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| | human
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| | '''ḵ''' [x]
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| |-
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| | [[File:Vav2.PNG|30px|Vav]]
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| | Vav
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| | cane
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| | '''v''' [β]
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| |-
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| | [[File:Hith.PNG|30px|Hīt]]
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| | Hīt
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| | lock
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| | '''h''' [h]
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| |-
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| | [[File:Dat.PNG|30px|Dat]]
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| | Dat
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| | skull
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| | '''d''' [d]
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| |-
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| | [[File:Tsim.PNG|30px|Ḏīm]]
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| | Ḏīm
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| | fruit (also blood)
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| | '''ḏ''' [t͡s]
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| |-
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| | [[File:Bal.PNG|30px|Bal]]
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| | Bal
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| | path
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| | '''b''' [b]
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| |-
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| | [[File:Sum.PNG|30px|Sūm]]
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| | Sūm
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| | tunnel
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| | '''s''' [s]
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| |-
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| | [[File:Zhat.PNG|30px|Ẕat]]
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| | Ẕat
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| | helmet (also child)
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| | '''ẕ''' [ʒ~ʑ]
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| |-
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| | [[File:Yav.PNG|30px|Yav]]
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| | Yav
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| | scythe
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| | '''y''' [j]
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| |-
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| | [[File:Kah.PNG|30px|Ka]]
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| | Ka
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| | water
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| | '''k''' [k]
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| |-
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| | [[File:Ge.PNG|30px|Gē]]
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| | Gē
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| | wing
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| | '''g''' [g]
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| |-
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| | [[File:Lam.PNG|30px|Lam]]
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| | Lam
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| | hand
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| | '''l''' [l]
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| |-
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| | [[File:Ma'.PNG|30px|Maʾ]]
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| | Maʾ
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| | bowl or cup
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| | '''m''' [m]
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| |-
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| | [[File:Nesh.PNG|30px|Neš]]
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| | Neš
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| | peace
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| | '''n''' [n]
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| |-
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| | [[File:Ghaym.PNG|30px|Ǧaẏm]]
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| | Ǧaẏm
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| | name
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| | '''ǧ''' [ɣ]
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| |-
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| | [[File:Pak.PNG|30px|Pak]]
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| | Pak
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| | head
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| | '''p''' [p]
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| |-
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| | [[File:Jim.PNG|30px|Jīm]]
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| | Jīm
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| | pillar
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| | '''j''' [d͡ʒ~d͡ʑ]
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| |-
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| | [[File:Ru.PNG|30px|Rū]]
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| | Rū
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| | snake
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| | '''r''' [ɹ~ɾ]
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| |-
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| | [[File:Fash.PNG|30px|Faš]]
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| | Faš
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| | vulture
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| | '''f''' [ɸ]
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| |-
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| | [[File:Shim.PNG|30px|Šīm]]
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| | Šīm
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| | house
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| | '''š''' [ʃ~ɕ]
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| |-
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| | [[File:Waj.PNG|30px|Waj]]
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| | Waj
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| | shield
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| | '''w''' [w]
| |
| | |
| |-
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| | [[File:Tal.PNG|30px|Tal]]
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| | Tal
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| | gate
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| | '''t''' [t]
| |
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| |-
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| | [[File:Chi.PNG|30px|Čī]]
| |
| | Čī
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| | hook
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| | '''č''' [t͡ʃ~t͡ɕ]
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| |-
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| | [[File:Zab.PNG|30px|Zab]]
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| | Zab
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| | branch
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| | '''z''' [z]
| |
| | |
| |-
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| | [[File:Lham.PNG|30px|Ḻam]]
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| | Ḻam
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| | tree
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| | '''ḻ''' [ɬ~ɬʲ]
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| |-
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| | [[File:Qhak.PNG|30px|Ḫak]]
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| | Ḫak
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| | roof
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| | '''ḥ''' [χ~ħ]
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| |-
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| | [[File:Qar.PNG|30px|Qar]]
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| | Qar
| |
| | you (2nd person masc. pl.)
| |
| | '''q''' [q]
| |
| | |
| |-
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| | [[File:Rhat.PNG|30px|Ṟat]]
| |
| | Ṟat
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| | fear
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| | '''ṟ''' [ʀ]
| |
| | |
| |-
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| | [[File:Nhod.PNG|30px|Ṉod]]
| |
| | Ṉod
| |
| | ear
| |
| | '''ṉ''' [ɴ]
| |
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| |}
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| ==Vocabulary==
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| ==Example text==
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| [[Category:Conlangs]] [[Category:A_priori_conlangs]] [[Category:Vrkhazhi]]
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