Izhkut

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Izhkut
Ishcot
yë-e-iskò
Pronunciation[jʌ.ɛ.iʃ͡kɒʔ]
Created byJukethatbox
Date2022
Native toNorthern Birnu
Native speakers126,000,000 (256 BH)
234,000(L2)
Taskaric
  • Iskeric
    • Ilyic
      • Pokht-Izhkut
        • Izhkut
Official status
Official language in
Izhkutrëa
Recognised minority
language in
Ingdikh, Minūrun
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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-ew-liriëp("road", lit. travel-CON-ground-ACC), the stress is always placed on the connective, in this case being -ew-.

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).

Noun-verb Verb-verb Noun-noun
Part 2-part -e- -pe- -ew-
3-part -ey- -ëpe- -na-
Many-part[1] -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.

Noun phrase

Verb phrase

Sentence phrase

Dependent clauses

Example texts

Other resources

  1. ^ More than 3 parts of an agglutinated lemma.