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Consonants
This is the consonant system in the IPA consonant table:
Bilabial | Labio- dental |
Dental | Alveolar | Post- alveolar |
Palatal | Velar | ||
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Plosive | ||||||||
Nasal | ||||||||
Vibrant | ||||||||
Fricative | ||||||||
Affricate | ||||||||
Approximant | ||||||||
Lateral approximant |
- 1: Allophone of [m] before labiodental consonants
- 2: Allophone of [n] before velar consonant
Palatalization
Some consonants come in pair with a palatalized counterpart:
Non-palatalized consonant | Palatalized counterpart |
---|---|
k | č |
g | dž |
s | š |
z | ž |
t | č |
d | dž |
This phenomenon, called palatalization, is very common, usually (but not always) when one of these consonants comes in contact with the semivowel [j]. It's very important, because it happens many times in noun conjugation.
Vowels
Front | Near-front | Central | Near-back | Back | ||
Close |
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Close-mid | ||||||
Mid | ||||||
Open-mid | ||||||
Open |
Nouns
Singular | ||
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Case | Consonant | Vowel |
Nominative | - | - |
Genitive | -u | -w |
Dative | -a | -ja |
Accusative | -o | -wo |
Instrumental | -en | -jen |
Locative | -ot | -jot |
Adlative | -ás | -jás |
Delative | -ád | -jád |
Plural | ||
---|---|---|
Case | Consonant | Vowel |
Nominative | -y | -j |
Genitive | -yw | -ju |
Dative | -ya | -jay |
Accusative | -yo | -joy |
Instrumental | -yen | -jeyn |
Locative | -yt | -jyt |
Adlative | -ýs | -jýs |
Delative | -ýd | -jýd |
The dual number indicates a pair of things. It has a lesser number of endings, only four, with consonant and vowel counteparts.
Dual | ||
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Case | Consonant | Vowel |
Nominative Accusative |
-et | -t |
Genitive Dative Adlative |
-etu | -ču |
Instrumental Delative |
-etyn | -čyn |
Locative | -ec | -ciw |
Examples:
stuv = village, town | |||
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Case | Singular | Plural | Dual |
Nominative | stuv | stuvy | stuvet |
Genitive | stuvu | stuvyw | stuvetu |
Dative | stuva | stuvya | stuvetu |
Accusative | stuvo | stuvyo | stuvet |
Instrumental | stuven | stuvyen | stuvetyn |
Locative | stuvot | stuvyt | stuvec |
Adlative | stuvás | stuvýs | stuvetu |
Delative | stuvád | stuvýd | stuvetyn |
mila = woman | |||
---|---|---|---|
Case | Singular | Plural | Dual |
Nominative | mila | milaj | milat |
Genitive | milaw | milaju | milaču |
Dative | milaja | milajay | milaču |
Accusative | milawo | milajoy | milat |
Instrumental | milajen | milajeyn | milačyn |
Locative | milajot | milajyt | milaciw |
Adlative | milajás | milajýs | milaču |
Delative | milajád | milajýd | milačyn |
Some nouns, even if they end with a consonant, follow the vowel declension pattern. In this case their last consonant undergoes palatalization, except for the nominative and genitive in the singular, and for all cases in dual. If there is a long vowel, when palatalization occurs, the vowel gets short.
krís = king | |||
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Case | Singular | Plural | Dual |
Nominative | krís | krišy | kríset |
Genitive | krísu | krišu | krísetu |
Dative | kriša | krišay | krísetu |
Accusative | kríswo | krišoy | kríset |
Instrumental | krišen | krišeyn | krísetyn |
Locative | krišot | krišyt | krísec |
Adlative | krišás | krišýs | krísetu |
Delative | krišád | krišýd | krísetyn |
If a noun already ends with -u, the genitive ending in the singular melds with this vowel and becomes -ú.
- mázu (house) ‣ mázú
Article
There is only the form for the definite article (the): ó. It has to be declined according to its noun.
ó = the | |||
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Case | Singular | Plural | Dual |
Nominative | ó | ony | ont |
Genitive | onu | onju | onču |
Dative | ona | onja | onču |
Accusative | ono | onjo | ont |
Instrumental | onen | onjen | ontyn |
Locative | onot | onyt | onec |
Adlative | onás | onýs | onču |
Delative | onád | onýd | ontyn |
Adjectives
The adjectives must agree with their nouns in number and case, but only in attributive position. In prepositive position adjectives are not declined:
- Attributive position: nom.: ó dén mila (the good woman), gen.: onu dénu milaw (of the good woman)
- Prepositive position: ó mila dén ér (the woman is good), ony milaj dén eruk (the women are good)
The adjectival declension follows the nominal declension's pattern, with the distinction between consonant and vowel endings. Adjectives always come before their nouns, except for participles, that can occur after.