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'''Izhkut'''(''jënn izhkut'', <small>Izhkut:</small> [[Help:IPA|[ˈɟɛ̂n̪ iʒkʊt]]]), also known as '''Ishcot''' is the most spoken [[Taskaric languages|Taskaric]] language in Radael, with a native speaker population of {{formatnum:126000000}} people, and it is spoken by another {{formatnum:234000}} as an L2 language, primarily 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). | '''Izhkut'''(''jënn izhkut'', <small>Izhkut:</small> [[Help:IPA|[ˈɟɛ̂n̪ iʒkʊt]]]), also known as '''Ishcot''' is the most spoken [[Taskaric languages|Taskaric]] language in Radael, with a native speaker population of {{formatnum:126000000}} people, and it is spoken by another {{formatnum:234000}} as an L2 language, primarily 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). | ||
Despite the region of Pokht, a vassal of Izhkutrëa, having its own native sister language of Izhkut, [[Pokht]](Izhkut: '' | Despite the region of Pokht, a vassal of Izhkutrëa, having its own native sister language of Izhkut, [[Pokht]](Izhkut: ''gɛn bɔxt''), Izhkut has in recent times all but replaced Pokht due to the strict cultural assimilation policies of the Izhkut central government. | ||
==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
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[n̪] is an allophone of /n/, usually pronounced at the end of a word, such as in ''jën'' [ | [n̪] is an allophone of /n/, usually pronounced at the end of a word, such as in ''jën'' [ˈɟɛ̂n̪] "language, speech". [θ] and [ð] are lenited allophones of /t/ and /d/, though where this lenition actually occurs depends on dialect. The general rule is that /t/ and /d/ are lenited after an /e/ or diphthong ending in -/ɪ̯/, e.g. ''retam'' [ɾeθam] "button" or ''yeid'' [jeɪ̯ð] "legend (person)". | ||
===Vowels=== | ===Vowels=== | ||
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====Stress==== | ====Stress==== | ||
Stress in Izhkut is generally prototonic. When a syllable contains an /ɛ/ ⟨ë⟩ it is automatically primarily stressed. | Stress in Izhkut is generally prototonic. When a syllable contains an /ɛ/ ⟨ë⟩ it is automatically primarily stressed. | ||
====Pitch-accent==== | |||
Izhkut incorporates a two-tone pitch-accent system very similar to [[w:Swedish phonology#Pitch accents|Swedish]]. | |||
===Phonotactics=== | ===Phonotactics=== | ||
===Morphophonology=== | ===Morphophonology=== | ||