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|familycolor      = Indo-European
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|ancestor          = [[w:Irish language|Irish]]
|ancestor          = [[w:Ulster Irish|Ulster Irish]] (c. 1600)
|creator          = Dillon Hartwig
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|script            = Latn
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'''Cruckeny''' /ˈkrʌkəni/ (<small>Cruckeny:&nbsp;</small><span class="nowrap" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)" style="font-family:Gentium,'DejaVu Sans','Segoe UI',sans-serif">Cruckenee [[IPA for Cruckeny|[ˈkʰɻʌk(ə)nɪi]]]</span>) is a Celtic language spoken in central Appalachia.
'''Cruckeny''' /ˈkrʌkəni/ (<small>Cruckeny:&nbsp;</small><span class="nowrap" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)" style="font-family:Gentium,'DejaVu Sans','Segoe UI',sans-serif">Cruckenee [[IPA for Cruckeny|[ˈkʰɻʌk(ə)nɪi]]]</span>) is a Celtic language spoken in central Appalachia (primarily in Logan and Boone Counties, West Virginia).


==Etymology==
==Etymology==
''Cruckeny'' is from ''Crucunee'', from Irish ''cnoc-theanga'' "hill speech."
''Cruckeny'' is from ''Cruckenee'', from Irish ''cnoc-theanga'' "hill speech."


==Orthography==
==Orthography==
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*⟨c⟩ is instead ⟨ck⟩ before ⟨i,e⟩, or if word-initial ⟨k⟩
*⟨c⟩ is instead ⟨k⟩ before ⟨i,e⟩, or ⟨ck⟩ postvocalically.
*⟨ky⟩ is instead ⟨cky⟩ postvocalically
*⟨ky⟩ is instead ⟨cky⟩ postvocalically.
*⟨sh⟩ is instead ⟨s⟩ before consonants.
*⟨'⟩ disambiguates some mono/multigraphs.


==Phonology==
==Phonology==
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*/v/ only occurs in loanwords, and is often replaced by /vʲ/ or /w/.
*/v/ only occurs in loanwords, and is often replaced by /vʲ/ or /w/.
*Voiceless stops (not including /t͡ʃ/) are aspirated word-initially and before stressed vowels syllable-initially.
*Voiceless stops (not including /t͡ʃ/) are aspirated word-initially and before stressed vowels syllable-initially.
*/t,d/ are realized as [ɾ] intervocalically unless aspirated.
*/t,d/ are realized as [ɾ] intervocalically unless aspirated, except poetry and music.
*/s,ʃ/ are realized as [z,ʒ] before voiced obstruents.
*/s/ is realized as [ʃ] before consonants, except across word boundaries.
**[s,ʃ] are realized as [z,ʒ] before voiced obstruents, including across word boundaries.
*Epenthetic [h] is inserted before vowels phrase-initially.
*Epenthetic [h] is inserted before vowels phrase-initially.


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! [[w:Close vowel|High]]
! [[w:Close vowel|High]]
| [[w:Near-close near-front unrounded vowel|ɪ]] ɪi || ᵿʉ
| [[w:Near-close near-front unrounded vowel|ɪ]] ɪi || ᵿʉ || ([[w:Near-close near-back rounded vowel|ʊ]])
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! [[w:Close-mid vowel|Close-mid]]
! [[w:Close-mid vowel|Close-mid]]
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*/ʌ/ only occurs in stressed syllables.
*/ʌ/ only occurs in stressed syllables.
*/ə/ only occurs in unstressed syllables.
*/ə/ only occurs in unstressed syllables.
*/ɪ,ɪi/ are realized as [i] before /ɫ,lʲ/.
*/ɪ,ɪi/ are realized as [i] before coda /ɫ,lʲ/.
*/əR,əv(ʲ)/ are realized as syllabic consonants.
*/əR,əv(ʲ)/ are realized as syllabic consonants.
**Syllabic consonants variably desyllabify prevocalically.
**/ə#{j,w}/ are realized as [ɪ,ʊ], and the lost glide is re-inserted prevocalically.


===Prosody===
===Prosody===
Cruckeny stress is variabe, but in native words is predominantly initial.
Cruckeny stress is variable, but in native words is predominantly initial.


==Morphology==
==Morphology==
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==Syntax==
==Syntax==
===Constituent order===
===Constituent order===
Cruckeny word order is strictly SVO outside of music, where VSO also occurs.
Cruckeny word order is strictly SVO outside of poetry and music, where VSO also occurs.


===Noun and verb phrases===
===Noun and verb phrases===
Possessors and numerals precede their heads. Adjectives follow their heads. Adverbs follow their clause.
Possessors and numerals strictly precede their heads. Adjectives variably follow their heads. Adverbs variably follow their clause.


===Dependent clauses===
===Dependent clauses===
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==Other resources==
==Other resources==
[https://cals.info/language/cruckeny/ CALS]
*[https://cals.info/language/cruckeny/ CALS]
*[[Cruckeny/Swadesh]]


[[Category:Cruckeny language]]
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