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==Phonology==
==Phonology==
===Consonants===
===Consonants===
 
The consonants of '''I Kronurum'''
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====Consonant inventory====
====Consonant inventory====
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'''·''' /p/ and /t/, except when result of a mutation, become aspirated when in initial position before a vowel (/pʰV/, /tʰV/)
'''·''' /p/ and /t/, except when result of a mutation, become aspirated when in initial position before a vowel (/pʰV/, /tʰV/)


'''·''' /ŋ/ is an allophone of /n/ before /g/ (eg. ‹angr› /ˈɑŋ.gɾ̩/, 1.S=”I”).
'''·''' /ŋ/ is an allophone of /n/ before /g/ (eg. ‹angr› /ˈɑŋ.gɾ̩/, {{sc|1.s}}=”I”).


'''·''' ‹g› = /x/ only in coda after a front vowel (eg. ‹sig›, /ˈsix/, “until”).
'''·''' ‹g› = /x/ only in coda after a front vowel (eg. ‹sig›, /ˈsix/, “until”).


===Vowels===
===Vowels===
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The vowels of '''I Kronurum'''
 
====Vowel inventory====
====Vowel inventory====


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====Vowel allophony====
====Vowel allophony====
'''·''' /ɑ/ becomes /ɐ/ in unstressed syllables and /a/ in word medial unstressed syllables.
'''·''' /e̞/ becomes /ɘ/ in unstressed syllables and /ɛ/ in word medial unstressed syllables.


====Umlaut and dipthongs by umlaut====
====Umlaut and dipthongs by umlaut====
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===Other contextual phonological phenomena===
===Other contextual phonological phenomena===
YET TO BE PROPERLY DESCRIBED
'''·''' -ren-rin- → -relin-
'''·''' jw+u /jʷu/ → jub- /juβ/ [+labialization][+methatesis] sky= ''juska'' /ˈjus.kɐ/, ''ó jubsken'' /ʔu̹.ˈjuβs.ke̞n/
'''·''' /u̜.j/ → /ui̯/ fish= ''strójr'' /ˈstɾu̜.jɾ̩/ ; fish (pl.)= ''strójran'' /ˈstɾui̯.ɾɐn/
'''·''' -/m/ /b/- → -/mb̥/- ''som breja'' /ˈso̞m.ˌb̥ɾe̞.jɐ/


===Phonotactics===
===Phonotactics===
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(C)(C)(C)N(C)(N)
The nucleus N must be either a vowel or syllabic R or N.


===Orthography===
===Orthography===
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====Latin script====
 
The use of ‹å› is merely orthographic and serves the purpose of bringing the causative ‹-a-to be correctly pronounced /ɑ/, given that ‹a› in this position should be otherwise realised as /a/ or /ɐ/.
====Gothic script====
====Native script====


==Grammar==
==Grammar==
===Morphology===
===Morphology===
Pro-drop
A/N


====Nominal morphology====
====Nominal morphology====
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! 0 !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4
! 0 !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4
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| √NOUN  || DET || PL || and || NOM, GEN, AKK, DAT, INST, LOC, ALL
| √{{sc|noun}} || {{sc|det}} || {{sc|pl}} || and || {{sc|nom}}, {{sc|gen}}, {{sc|akk}}, {{sc|dat}}, {{sc|inst}}, {{sc|loc}}, {{sc|all}}
|}
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! -1 !! -2 !! 0 !! 1 !! 2
! -1 !! -2 !! 0 !! 1 !! 2
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| Passive voice marker || Aspect marker prefix|| √VERB || Conjugation affix for person, number and mood || Aspect marker suffix
| Passive voice marker || Aspect marker prefix|| √{{sc|verb}} || Conjugation affix for person, number and mood || Aspect marker suffix
|}
|}


=====Regular conjugation paradigms=====
=====Regular conjugation paradigms=====
There are four different regular conjugation classes, labeled I, II, III and IV
There are four different regular conjugation classes, labeled {{sc|i}}, {{sc|ii}}, {{sc|iii}} and {{sc|iv}}
=====Aspect markers=====
=====Aspect markers=====
Verbal aspect is marked as follows:
Verbal aspect is marked as follows: