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| name = Etzeá
| name = Etzeá
| nativename = etzeá
| nativename = etzeá
| pronunciation =ed͡zea
| pronunciation =ed͡zeɑ
| creator = User:Jukethatbox
| creator = User:Jukethatbox
| created = 2023
| created = 2023
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| fam2 = Etzeic(?)
| fam2 = Etzeic(?)
| state = Etzeán Island
| state = Etzeán Island
| ancestor1 = [[Proto-Yeldhic]]
| ancestor2 = Proto-Etzeic(?)
| stand1 = Etzeá Standard
| stand1 = Etzeá Standard
| dia1 = Duzuyel-Nyimörs dialects
| dia1 = Duzuyel-Nyimörs dialects
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'''Etzeá'''(''etzeá''; [[Help:IPA|[ed͡zeɑ]]]) is the secondary language spoken on the island of Etzeán within the Moshurian Empire.
'''Etzeá'''(''etzeá''; [[Help:IPA|[ed͡zeɑ]]]) is the secondary language spoken on the island of Etzeán within the Moshurian Empire.


It is linguistically interesting because, philologically speaking, it is the closest living relative to [[Proto-Yeldhic]] in the Yeldhic language family.
Philologically speaking, it is the closest living relative to [[Proto-Yeldhic]] in the Yeldhic language family, making the language a key contributor in modern reconstructions of Early Proto-Yeldhic.
==History==
==History==
===Etymology===
===Etymology===
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! Close
! Close
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| i || || u
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! Close-mid
! Close-mid
| e || || o
| e || || o
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! Open-mid
! Open-mid
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! Open
! Open
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/ɑ/, /ɛ/ and /ɔ/ are shown by the letters ⟨á⟩, ⟨é⟩ and ⟨ó⟩ respectively.
/ɑ/, /ɛ/ and /ɔ/ are shown by the letters ⟨á⟩, ⟨é⟩ and ⟨ó⟩ respectively. Long vowels are represented by circumflexes, as in ⟨â, ê, î, ô, û⟩ for /aː eː iː oː uː/ respectively.
All Proto-Yeldhic vowels are preserved in Etzeá, except ''*é'' which merged with /e/.
All Proto-Yeldhic vowels, including long vowels, are preserved in Etzeá, except ''*é'' which merged with /e/.


===Prosody===
===Prosody===
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