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 ** u, ü > often i
 ** /r/ is uvular
+* It has lost gender and grammatical mutations and mutation has lexicalized to the form that came after the definite article. h- is still added to vowel initial plural nouns but not adjectives.
-Ballmer Ăn Yidiș sounds a bit like a Satmar Yiddish accent in Ăn Yidiș. It has lost gender and grammatical mutations and mutation has lexicalized to the form that came after the definite article. h- is still added to vowel initial plural nouns but not adjectives.
+* Balmuriș gained an animacy distinction: noun plurals are regularly -ing (< -ig-n < *-óg-anna) if inanimate, -(ă)n if animate. Animate singular nouns always take the definite article ''ănd'' while the inanimate singular article is ''ă'' before a consonant and ''ăn'' before a vowel.
+** ănd břeythin 'the judge', nă břeythinăn 'the judges'
-Balmuriș gained an animacy distinction: noun plurals are regularly -ing (< -ig-n < *-óg-anna) if inanimate, -(ă)n if animate. Animate singular nouns always take the definite article ''ănd'' while the inanimate singular article is ''ă'' before a consonant and ''ăn'' before a vowel.
+** ănd leynăv 'the child', nă leynăvn 'the children'
-* ănd břeythin 'the judge', nă břeythinăn 'the judges'
+** ănd beybi 'the baby', nă beybin 'the babies'
-* ănd leynăv 'the child (not necessarily one's offspring)', nă leynăvn 'the children'
+** ănd Idăch 'the Jew', nă hIdăchn 'the Jews'
-* ănd beybi 'the baby', nă beybin 'the babies'
+** ă roșin 'the rose', nă roșining 'the roses'
-* ănd Idăch 'the Jew', nă hIdăchn 'the Jews'
+** ăn ofis 'the office', nă hofising 'the offices'
-* ă roșin 'the rose', nă roșining 'the roses'
+** ă chofș 'break; free time', nă chofșing 'breaks'
-* ăn ofis 'the office', nă hofising 'the offices'
-* ă chofș 'break; free time', nă chofșing 'breaks'
 The present tense auxiliary תּאָ is pronounced ''tu'' when stressed (when a subject pronoun follows or when used as "yes") and ''t' '' or ''tă'' when unstressed (when a noun follows.