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| iwju, ujwi || yː || Any | | iwju, ujwi || yː || Any | ||
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==Romanisation== | ===Romanisation=== | ||
[ø] is oe, [y] is y, long vowels are doubled, [t͡ʃ] and [ʃ] are c and | [ø] is oe, [y] is y, long vowels are doubled, [t͡ʃ] and [ʃ] are c and š | ||
==Grammar== | ==Grammar== | ||
Old Ynju is an very regular, SVO head-initial, agglutinative language, much like other Mittaali languages. Nouns follow Nominative-Accusative alignment and verbs are conjugated for mood, voice, tense and aspect. | Old Ynju is an very regular, SVO head-initial, agglutinative language, much like other Mittaali languages. Nouns follow Nominative-Accusative alignment and verbs are conjugated for mood, voice, tense and aspect. | ||
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Comitative: -sfi<br> | Comitative: -sfi<br> | ||
Genetive: -ca<br> | Genetive: -ca<br> | ||
Plural is formed by adding - | Plural is formed by adding -gus after case suffix. For Accusative and Lative, last consonant is removed and -gus becomes -kkus Nominalisation is by adding suffix -li with lengthening of a vowel. | ||
===Verbs=== | ===Verbs=== | ||
Verbs are conjugated for mood, voice, tense and aspect (in this order). Old Ynju, like other Mittaali languages lacks infinitive. Imperative is formed by reduplicating the verb. Conditional by adding -gu, which also modifies certain vowel before it: | Verbs are conjugated for mood, voice, tense and aspect (in this order). Old Ynju, like other Mittaali languages lacks infinitive. Imperative is formed by reduplicating the verb. Conditional by adding -gu, which also modifies certain vowel before it: | ||