Verse:Irta/An Indo-Iranian branch

Irta/An Indo-Iranian branch (d'allemañische sprâçe /d‿al.me.ɲis p˭jɔːs/) is a West Germanic language spoken in Lõis's Germany, Switzerland and Austria.

Numbers: ein, ßwei, drî, feaur, finf, sechs, siben, acht, neun, ßên /eɪ̯ŋ, swe, dyi, føː, fiːf, θeː, θə.bu, aɪ̯ʔ, nyŋ, saʊŋ/

Indefinite article:

• ein, einß /eɪŋ, eɪs/ (c.sg., n.sg.)
• de/d', deß, deu /də, dəs, dy/ (c.sg., n.sg., pl.)

Common nouns: -0/-e, -er

• de Frau, deu Frauer /də fjo, dy fjoji/ 'woman'
• de Hrabe, deu Hraber /də ʃap, dy ʃabi/ 'raven'

Neuter nouns: -0, -e

• deß Çind, deu Çinde /də siːʔ, dy siːt/ 'child'

Irregular nouns:

• Name, Namen /nɔm, nɔmu/ 'name'

Adjectives: predicative -0, attributive -e

• Der ist starc /deː i t˭ajʔ/ 'he is strong'
• ein starce Mañ /ə t˭ɛːk me/ 'a strong man'

"of": u

Cl = /Cw/?

r = /j/; cr, gr = /tɕ, dʑ/; c, g, ch + front vowel = /s, z, s/; ch = /x/

s = /θ/; ß = /s/; sch = /sʰ/

(sc)hm, (sc)hn, (sc)hl, (sc)hr /m̥, n̥, l̥, ʃ/

• hlauß /l̥os/ = lot, fate

a = /a/, â = /aʊ/, âr = /aɪ/, au, aun = /o~oʊ/

e = /ɛ/ (/ə/ in unstressed syllables), ê = /aɪ/, eau, eaun = /ø/

eu = /y/

é, en, én = /e~eɪ/

i = /ə/

î, in = /i/

u, un, an = /ɔ/

û = /u/

Final stops become glottal stops after a vowel, vanish otherwise

Verbs:

Infinitive:

• machen /maxu/

Imperative:

• 2sg: mache /max/
• 2pl: machet /max/

Present tense:

• ich mache /əx max/
• du maches /du max/
• der/deu/eß machet /deː max/
• wir machons /wiː maxu/
• irleu machet /ily max/
• deul machent /dyl max/

Past tense:

• ich ha gemacht /əx hagəmax/
• du has gemacht /du hak˭əmax/
• der/deu/eß hat gemacht /deː hak˭əmax/
• wir hans gemacht /weː hɔŋəmax/
• irleu hat gemacht /ily hak˭əmax/
• deul hant gemacht /dyl hɔŋəmax/

Question marker: ist'ß daß = /it˭a/

Todo

• de Deaumout /dø.moʊʔ/ = meekness, humility

Phonology

Consonants

Irta/An Indo-Iranian branch consonants

		Labial	Dental	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	voiceless	/m̊/	/n̊/
	voiced	/m/	/n/		/ɲ/	/ŋ/
Stop	aspirated	/pʰ/	/tʰ/		/tɕʰ/	/kʰ/	/ʔ/
	voiced	/b/	/d/		/d͡ʑ/	/g/
	tense	/p˭/	/t˭/		/tɕ˭/	[k˭]
Fricative	voiceless	/f/	/θ/	/s/	/ʃ/	/x/	/h/
	voiced	/v/	[ð]	/z/
	aspirated			/sʰ/
Approximant	voiceless	/w̥/	/l̥/
	voiced	/w/	/l/		/j/

Vowels

vowels: /a ə i u y ɔ~aʊ ɛ~aɪ e~eɪ o~oʊ ø~øy/, ~ denotes alternation.

The Allemañisch alternation is conditioned by the following rule:

• diphthongs before /ʔ, s, ŋ/ OR before nasals
• monophthongs otherwise?

The alternants are marginally phonemic, e.g. before consonants that don't alternate like /l, x/.

It originally came from the rule "diphthongs in closed syllables, monophthongs in open syllables" (plus diphthongization before /n, s/). This alternation operates after r, -nj > j and attendant vowel coloring.

Morphology

Pronouns

The personal pronouns are the following:

case	1sg.	2sg.	3sg.			1pl.	2pl.	3pl.
			'he'	'she'	'it' (c.)				'it' (n.)
nom.	ich	du	her	heu	en	eß	wir	irleu	deul
obj.	mir	zir	him	hir	en	eß	uns	euch	deim
poss.	mîn	colspan="4"| sîn	unser	eucher	deir