Izhkut
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| Izhkut | |
|---|---|
| Ishcot | |
| yë-e-iskò | |
| Pronunciation | [jʌ.ɛ.iʃ͡kɒʔ] |
| Created by | Jukethatbox |
| Date | 2022 |
| Native to | Northern Birnu |
| Native speakers | 126,000,000 (256 BH) 234,000(L2) |
Taskaric
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| Official status | |
Official language in | Izhkutrëa |
Recognised minority language in | Ingdikh, Minūrun |
Izhkut(yë-e-iskò, Izhkut: [jʌ.ɛ.iʃ͡kɒ]), also known as Ishcot is the second-most spoken Taskaric language in Radael, with a native speaker population of 126,000,000 people, and it is spoken by another 234,000 as an L2 language, primarily in the Izhkut vassal of Pokht, but also by students in the nation of Ingdikh, where learning the language is a compulsory part of the curriculum. The language as a whole also operates as a lingua franca in the scientific community in Birnu, as well as in diplomacy on the continent. It is also one of the 8 official languages in the West Birnu Economic Union(WBEU).
Phonology
Orthography
Consonants
Vowels
Prosody
Stress
Stress in Izhkut is generally prototonic, although there is officially no stress pattern. When two words are agglutinised with a connective, like bay-e-liriëp("road", lit. travel-CON-ground-ACC), the stress is always placed on the connective, in this case being -e-.
Phonotactics
When a /s/ or /z/ is succeeded by a velar plosive(unvoiced or voiced), the /s/ or /z/ is post-alveolised and becomes /ʃ/ or /ʒ/ respectively.
Morphophonology
Morphology
Nouns
Adjectives
Verbs
Verbs in Izhkut end in either semi-vowels, like /j/ and /w/, or simply a close unrounded vowel. They are often combined with nouns with connectives.
Adverbs
Particles
Connectives
Connectives are the most striking feature of Izhkut, and are often used to derive even basic words, like river(diui-e-këdevey, lit. flow.SING.INF-CON.2.INF-water-ACC).
| Infinitive[1] | Accusative[2] | Genitive[3] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part | 2-part | -e- | -pe- | -ew- |
| 3-part | -ey- | -ëpe- | -na- | |
| Many-part[4] | -ye- | -kë- | -nwa- | |
Derivational morphology
Nouns can be derived from words by connecting a verb with a noun using a connective. For example, take the word diui-e-këdevey("river"). The word is an agglutinated word, comprising of the verb(diui, singular infinitive of diwëy, "to flow"), a connective(-e-, an agglutinate infinitive dual form) and an accusative noun, këdevey(accusative form of këdeval, "water").
Syntax
Constituent order
Izhkut, like most Taskaric languages, uses a VSO(verb-subject-object) constituent order.