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/

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

Nouns

Indefinite article:

• ein, einß, et /eɪŋ, eɪs, aɪʔ~ɛ.tʰ‿-/ (c.sg., n.sg., pl)
• 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'

Pronouns

The personal pronouns are as follows:

case	1sg.	2sg.	3sg.				1pl.	2pl.	3pl.
			'he'	'she'	'it' (c.)	'it' (n.)
nom.	ich /əx/	du /du/	her /he/	heu /hy/	en /iŋ, əŋ/	eß /is, əs/	wir /wi/	irleu /ily/	deul /dyl/
obj.	mir /mi/	dir /di/	him /hiŋ/	hir /hi/			uns /u/	euch /yx/	deim /deɪŋ/
poss.	mîn /miŋ/	dîn /diŋ/	sîn /θiŋ/				unser /uθi/	eucher /yxi/	deier /deji, de/

mîn, dîn, sîn are inflected as follows:

• sg. common mîn /miŋ~mi.n‿-/, sg. neuter mînß /mis~mi.z‿-/, pl. mîne /min/