Izhkut

Izhkut
Ishcot
yë-e-iskò
Pronunciation	[jʌ.ɛ.iʃ͡kɒʔ]
Created by	Jukethatbox
Date	2022
Native to	Northern Birnu
Native speakers	126,000,000 (256 BH) 234,000(L2)
Language family	Taskaric Iskeric Ilyic Pokht-Izhkut Izhkut
Official status
Official language in	Izhkutrëa
Recognised minority language in	Ingdikh, Minūrun

Izhkut(yë-e-iskò, Izhkut: [jʌ.ɛ.iʃ͡kɒʔ]), also known as Ishcot is the second-most spoken Taskaric language in Radael, with a native speaker population of 126,000,000 people, and it is spoken by another 234,000 as an L2 language, primarily in the Izhkut vassal of Pokht, but also by students in the nation of Ingdikh, where learning the language is a compulsory part of the curriculum. The language as a whole also operates as a lingua franca in the scientific community in Birnu, as well as in diplomacy on the continent. It is also one of the 8 official languages in the West Birnu Economic Union(WBEU).

Phonology

Prosody

Stress

Stress in Izhkut is generally prototonic, although there is officially no stress pattern. When two words are agglutinised with a connective, like bay-ew-liriëp("road", lit. travel-CON-ground-ACC), the stress is always placed on the connective, in this case being -ew-.

Phonotactics

When a /s/ or /z/ is succeeded by a velar plosive(unvoiced or voiced), the /s/ or /z/ is post-alveolised and becomes /ʃ/ or /ʒ/ respectively.

Morphology

Verbs

Verbs in Izhkut end in either semi-vowels, like /j/ and /w/, or simply a close unrounded vowel. They are often combined with nouns with connectives.

Connectives

Connectives are the most striking feature of Izhkut, and are often used to derive even basic words, like river(diui-e-këdevey, lit. flow.SING.INF-CON.2.INF-water-ACC).

		Noun-verb	Verb-verb	Noun-noun
Part	2-part	-e-	-pe-	-ew-
	3-part	-ey-	-ëpe-	-na-
	Many-part	-ye-	-kë-	-nwa-

Derivational morphology

Nouns can be derived from words by connecting a verb with a noun using a connective. For example, take the word diui-e-këdevey("river"). The word is an agglutinated word, comprising of the verb(diui, singular infinitive of diwëy, "to flow"), a connective(-e-, an agglutinate infinitive dual form) and an accusative noun, këdevey(accusative form of këdeval, "water").

Syntax

Constituent order

Izhkut, like most Taskaric languages, uses a VSO(verb-subject-object) constituent order.