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| Kanzorél || Fresh Water || Gaenðyl || Kenzor || Kuznur
| Kanzorél || Fresh Water || Gaenðyl || Kenzor || Kuznur
|-
|-
| Azator || Orchard || Azdor || Ezdür || Kaykarayumbāt ("A Great Stand of Trees")
| Azator || Orchard || Azdor || Ezdür || Qayqarayumbāt ("A Great Stand of Trees")
|-
|-
| Aeredon || Overlook  || Aerðyn || Erdün || Siħy ("Advantageous view from a higher elevation for the purpose of attack")
| Aeredon || Overlook  || Aerðyn || Erdün || Siħyanki ("Advantageous view from a higher elevation for the purpose of attack")
|-
|-
| Nemkil || Corner || Naengileð || Kotash ("Meeting Place") || Xunnaš ("Rough Ground")
| Nemkil || Corner || Naengileð || Kotash ("Meeting Place") || Xunnaš ("Rough Ground")
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|-
| Ketra || Split || Girédra || Ketra || Kirāt
| Ketra || Split || Girédra || Ketra || Qirāt
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|-
| Karhō || Crossroads || Karhon || Oyür ("Ridgeline") || Qarħaq ("Sinew, thread")
| Karhō || Crossroads || Karhon || Oyür ("Ridgeline") || Qarħaq ("Sinew, thread")
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| Nargoi || Rivers Bend || Nergoïs || Nargoy || Narrūy
| Nargoi || Rivers Bend || Nergoïs || Nargoy || Narrūy
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|-
| Verhális || West Wind || Verhális || Okyur ("Windy") ||  Ukkūr
| Verhális || West Wind || Verhális || Okyur ("Windy") ||  Uqqūr
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|-
| Anthō/Aenthō || Fortress || Aeyaţin || Ansha || Nināha
| Anthō/Aenthō || Fortress || Aeyaţin || Ansha || Nināha
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The orthography the Mount Irraħma author used was a modified version of the Minhast ''Širkattarnaft'', an abugida ultimately derived from the Baybayin script of the principal Philippine kingdoms, the Rajahnate of Kirmai, and the Sultunate of Daligan.  The author invented special characters and diacritics to indicate sounds not represented in the original ''Širkattarnaft'', accompanied with a full description in the Minhast Stone Speaker dialect on their pronunciation and usage.  Thus, an accurate representation of Corrádi phonology can be confidently reconstructed.<ref>This is unlike the extinct Vadi language, which contains numerous spelling irregularities and/or mistakes observed in the litigants' correspondence.  For more information, see [[Vadi#Orthographic_Systems|Vadi Orthography]].</ref>
The orthography the Mount Irraħma author used was a modified version of the Minhast ''Širkattarnaft'', an abugida ultimately derived from the Baybayin script of the principal Philippine kingdoms, the Rajahnate of Kirmai, and the Sultunate of Daligan.  The author invented special characters and diacritics to indicate sounds not represented in the original ''Širkattarnaft'', accompanied with a full description in the Minhast Stone Speaker dialect on their pronunciation and usage.  Thus, an accurate representation of Corrádi phonology can be confidently reconstructed.<ref>This is unlike the extinct Vadi language, which contains numerous spelling irregularities and/or mistakes observed in the litigants' correspondence.  For more information, see [[Vadi#Orthographic_Systems|Vadi Orthography]].</ref>


Early work on the Corrádi language after its discovery saw the creation of two competing Romanization systems by Edward Johnson and Eric Weiss, two rivals from the University of Kentucky and Howard University, respectively.  Johnson's system was influenced by his training as a Latinist, whereas Weiss adopted the Americanist system, a common system used for Minhast and other Paleosiberian languages, the majority of Native American languages, the Afroasiatic languages, and others.  The two systems eventually led to confusion as later linguists used one system versus the other or sometimes even both.  To solve this problem, a third, compromise orthography was developed by Joshua Leonard of Yale University.  This third system combined both systems, each serving as a subsystem assigned to a given word class, e.g. to represent  the phoneme /k/, the grapheme <c> was used for WH-words while <k> was utilized for place names<ref>Virtually all Corrádists were unhappy with this compromise, which Leonard himself knew would be the result.  His response to critics: "A good compromise is when both parties are dissatisfied."</ref>.  A comparison of each system is summarized in the following table:
Early work on the Corrádi language after its discovery saw the creation of two competing Romanization systems by Edward Johnson and Eric Weiss, two rivals from the University of Kentucky and Howard University, respectively.  Johnson's system was influenced by his training as a Latinist, whereas Weiss adopted the Americanist system, a common system used for Minhast and other Paleosiberian languages, the majority of Native American languages, the Afroasiatic languages, and others.  The two systems eventually led to confusion as later linguists used one system versus the other or sometimes even both.  To solve this problem, a third, compromise orthography was developed by Joshua Leonard of Yale University.  This third system combined both systems, each often serving as a subsystem assigned to a given word class, e.g. to represent  the phoneme /k/, the grapheme <c> was used for WH-words while <k> was utilized for place names.  Other times the choice on whether to use <c> or <k> would be dictated on the basis of which group's dictionary was the first to document a given word, and if that determination could not be made, a simple coin toss would determine which grapheme would be used. <ref>Virtually all Corrádists were unhappy with this compromise, which Leonard himself knew would be the result.  His response to critics: "A good compromise is when both parties are dissatisfied."</ref>.  A comparison of each system is summarized in the following table:




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==Consonants==
==Consonants==
{| class="bluetable lightbluebg"
{| class="bluetable lightbluebg"
|+ '''Ín Duári Consonantal Inventory'''
|+ '''Corrádi Consonantal Inventory'''
|-  
|-  
! colspan="2" |
! colspan="2" |
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|-
|-
! Most
! Most
| ayra
| aeira
| ayran
| aeiran
|-
|-
! Some
! Some
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==Determiners==
==Determiners==
Determiners perform several functions in Corrádi.  Before NPs, they mark the subject argument of a copula before its complement.   
Determiners perform several functions in Corrádi.  Before NPs, they mark the subject argument of a copula before its complement.  The principal determiner is ''im'', although another particle ''zan'', appears in rare occurrences.  There is no apparent difference between the particles, though some scholars speculate that ''zan'' may be an archaism.


{{Gloss
{{Gloss
|phrase = Iel avía im reni tohar.  
|phrase = Yel avía im reni tohar.  
| IPA = /jɛl a'vija ɪm 'rɛni 'tohar/
| IPA = /jɛl a'vija ɪm 'rɛni 'tohar/
| morphemes = iel aví-a im reni tohar   
| morphemes = yel aví-a im reni tohar   
| gloss = NEG be.NEG-1S DET woman bad
| gloss = NEG be.NEG-1S DET woman bad
| translation = I am not an evil woman.
| translation = I am not an evil woman.
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| gloss = know-1S DET steal-3S.PST DET woman DET money
| gloss = know-1S DET steal-3S.PST DET woman DET money
| translation = I know the woman who stole the money.
| translation = I know the woman who stole the money.
}}
They are used before proper nouns:
{{Gloss
|phrase = Gorsenanz <u>im</u> Marvan, kortél.
| IPA =
| morphemes = gorsen-anza im Marvan kortél
| gloss = hit-1S.PST DET PN because
| translation = I hit Marvan for that reason.
}}
}}


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| style="text-align:center"| doion
| style="text-align:center"| doion
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center"| terien
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center"| terien
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"| taris
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"| varis
| style="text-align:center" | varien
| style="text-align:center" | varien
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|-
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Future: auxiliary ''mar'' + null-marked 3S verb
Future: auxiliary ''mar'' + null-marked 3S verb


=== Present Tense ===
==== Present Tense ====
{| class="bluetable lightbluebg"
{| class="bluetable lightbluebg"
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|}


=== Past Tense ===
==== Past Perfective Tense ====
{| class="bluetable lightbluebg"
{| class="bluetable lightbluebg"
|-
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! 1st
! 1st
| style="text-align:center"| dor<u>anza</u>, dor<u>anz</u> <ref>Second form used if followed by noun with initial.</ref>
| style="text-align:center"| dor<u>anza</u>, dor<u>anz</u> <ref>Second form used if followed by noun with initial vowel.</ref>
| style="text-align:center"| dor<u>anzi</u>, dor<u>anz</u>
| style="text-align:center"| dor<u>anzi</u>, dor<u>anz</u>
| colspan="2" style="background-color:black"| dark
| colspan="2" style="background-color:black"| dark
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|-
|-
! 3rd
! 3rd
| style="text-align:center"| dor<ref>Null marking preferred if recoverable from context.</ref>, doranz aia, doranza neida<ref>Second form seems to be preferred when ''aia'' occurs in the same or preceding clause.</ref>
| style="text-align:center"| doranz aia, doranza neida<ref>Second form seems to be preferred when ''aia'' occurs in the same or preceding clause.</ref>
| style="text-align:center"| dor<u>anzi<u>
| style="text-align:center"| dor<u>anzi<u>
| colspan="2" style="background-color:black"| dark
| colspan="2" style="background-color:black"| dark
|-
|-
! 3rd Indefinite/Formal<ref>When used to refer to an indefinite subject, ''nani'' may be dropped.  As a deferential form, however, its use is obligatory.</ref>
! 3rd Indefinite/Formal<ref>When used to refer to an indefinite subject, ''nani'' may be dropped.  As a deferential form, however, its use is obligatory.</ref>
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center"| doranza nani
| colspan="2" rowspan="3" style="text-align:center"| doranza nani
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center"| dor nan<u>í</u>
| colspan="4" style="text-align:center"| doranza naní
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center"| dor<u>á</u> nan<u>í</u>
|-
|}
 
==== Past Imperfective Tense ====
The past imperfective tense, based on the perfective, is formed by appending the clitic ''-ata'' or one of its other allomorphs to the last term of the verb phrase:
 
{| class="bluetable lightbluebg"
|-
! &nbsp;
! colspan="2"|Indicative
! colspan="2"|Imperative
! colspan="2"|Conjunctive
|-
! Person<ref>With the exception of the 3rd Formal form, pro-drop occurs frequently regardless of whether the verb form receives person marking or not. In fact it is obligatory when an embedded clause is coreferential with the subject of the prior clause.  Pivot is S/A.</ref>
! Sg
! Pl
! Sg
! Pl
! Sg
! Pl
|-
! 1st
| style="text-align:center"| doranza<u>ta</u>
| style="text-align:center"| doranzi<u>ata</u>, doranz<u>ata</u>
| colspan="2" style="background-color:black"| dark
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center"|doranz<u>ata</u><ref>Notice that both the past perfective and past imperfective forms are the same for the first person conjunctive forms.</ref>
|-
! 2nd
| style="text-align:center"| doranza ron<u>ta</u>
| style="text-align:center"| doranz aire<u>ta</u>
| style="text-align:center"| doranza<u>ta</u>
| style="text-align:center"| doranzi<u>ta</u>
| colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"| doranzi<u>ta</u>
|-
! 3rd
| style="text-align:center"| doranz ai<u>ta</u>, doranza neida<u>ta</u>
| style="text-align:center"| doranzi<u>ta</u>
| colspan="2" style="background-color:black"| dark
|-
! 3rd Indefinite/Formal<ref>When used to refer to an indefinite subject, ''nani'' may be dropped.  As a deferential form, however, its use is obligatory.</ref>
| colspan="2" rowspan="3" style="text-align:center"| doranza náni<u>ta</u>
| colspan="4" style="text-align:center"| doranza naní<u>ta</u>
|-
|}
|}


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=Syntax=
=Syntax=
==Constituent order==
==Constituent order==
Corradi is a VSO language, although the position of the verb can vary, yielding SVO and SOV orders.  The relative  position of the subject to the object is stricter: the object may precede the subject only if topicalized by the particle ''na''.  Possessums precede their possessor, and whilst adjectives follow their noun heads.
Corradi is a VSO language, although the position of the verb can vary, yielding SVO and SOV orders.  The relative  position of the subject to the object is stricter: the object may precede the subject only if topicalized by the particle ''na''.  Possessums precede their possessor, whilst adjectives follow their noun heads.


==Noun phrase==
==Noun phrase==
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=Example texts=
=Example texts=
{{Gloss
{{Gloss
|phrase = Doranz Amzig Míoren danta conzi Regumon Perda mos
|phrase = Doranz Amzig Míoren danta konzi Regumon Perda mos
| IPA =  
| IPA =  
| morphemes = dor-anz-a amzig míoren danta co-nz-i regum-on perda mos.
| morphemes = dor-anz-a amzig míoren danta ko-nz-i regum-on perda mos.
| gloss = flee-PST-1P place.name place.name after destroy-PST-3PL people-CNSTR spear  
| gloss = flee-PST-1P place.name place.name after destroy-PST-3PL people-CNSTR spear city
| translation = We fled to Amzig from Miyoren after the People of the Spear sacked the city.
| translation = We fled to Amzig from Miyoren after the People of the Spear sacked the city.
}}
}}
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