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The endonym ''ɂelodi'' is from PIE *h₁léwdʰis. | The endonym ''ɂelodi'' is from PIE *h₁léwdʰis. | ||
Most letters have their IPA values, except '''c''' {{IPA|/tʃ/}} '''j''' {{IPA|/dʒ/}} '''ng''' {{IPA|/ŋ/}}, '''ǝ''' {{IPA|/ɛ/}}, '''ṛ''' {{IPA|/ɽ~ɻ/}}, '''š''' {{IPA|/ʃ/}}, '''o''' {{IPA|/ɔ/}}. Long vowels are marked with a macron. | Most letters have their IPA values, except '''c''' {{IPA|/tʃ/}} '''j''' {{IPA|/dʒ/}} '''ng''' {{IPA|/ŋ/}}, '''ǝ''' {{IPA|/ɛ/}}, '''ṛ''' {{IPA|/ɽ~ɻ/}}, '''š''' {{IPA|/ʃ/}}, '''o''' {{IPA|/ɔ/}}. Long vowels are marked with a macron. | ||
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==Morphology== | ==Morphology== | ||
===Nouns=== | ===Nouns=== | ||
Elodian nouns decline for six cases: nominative-absolutive, ergative, accusative, dative, equative and locative, with a seventh one, the genitive, still found in some relic uses. Nouns are categorized according to the ending of their citation form (nominative-absolutive singular) and the corresponding oblique form, i.e. the stem to which the case endings are added. | Elodian nouns decline for six cases: nominative-absolutive, ergative, accusative, dative, equative and locative, with a seventh one, the genitive, still found in some relic uses. Nouns are categorized according to the ending of their citation form (nominative-absolutive singular) and the corresponding oblique form, i.e. the stem to which the case endings are added. The PIE inflection system, overall, has been simplified, although the stem/ending combinations maintain a certain degree of complexity. | ||
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The following table shows the case endings. The ergative and accusative singular forms vary depending on whether the stem ends in a consonant or a vowel (feminine patterns I, III and IV use the prevocalic form here); the locative singular is generally ''-hu'', with ''-šu'' depending on the preceding sound (historical RUKI law). In the nominative-absolutive plural ''-i'' is for masculine and feminine nouns, while ''-ā'' for neuters; ''-ī'' is exclusively used for masculine pattern IV. | The following table shows the case endings. The ergative and accusative singular forms vary depending on whether the stem ends in a consonant or a vowel (feminine patterns I, III and IV use the prevocalic form here); the locative singular is generally ''-hu'', with ''-šu'' depending on the preceding sound (historical RUKI law). In the nominative-absolutive plural ''-i'' is for masculine and feminine nouns, while ''-ā'' for neuters; ''-ī'' is exclusively used for masculine pattern IV. The equative, a distinctive trait of Elodian, is likely an influence from Hurrian or a lost Hurro-Urartian language. | ||
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