Verse:Irta/An Indo-Iranian branch

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Irta/An Indo-Iranian branch (d'allemañische sprâçe /d‿almeɲis p˭jɔːs/) is a West Germanic language spoken in Lõis's Germany, Switzerland and Austria.

Numbers: ein, ßwei, drî, feaur, finf, sechs, siben, acht, neun, ßehen /ej, swe, dyi, fœj, fiːf, θeː, θəbu, ajt, nyː, sɛwu/

Indefinite article:

  • ein, einß /ej, eːs/ (c.sg., n.sg.)
  • de/d', deß, deu /də, dəs, dy/ (c.sg., n.sg., pl.)

Common nouns: -0/-e, -er

  • de frau, deu frauer /də fjo, dy fjoji/ 'woman'
  • de hrabe, deu hraber /də ʃap, dy ʃabi/ 'raven'

Neuter nouns: -0, -e

  • deß çind, deu çinde /də siːʔ, dy siːt/ 'child'


Irregular nouns:

  • name, namen /nɔm, nɔmu/ 'name'

Adjectives: predicative -0, attributive -e

  • Der ist starc /deː i t˭ajʔ/ 'he is strong'
  • ein starce man /ə t˭ɛːk mɔn/ 'a strong man'

"of": u

Cl = /Cw/?

r = /j/; cr, gr = /tɕ, dʑ/; c, g, ch + front vowel = /s, z, s/; ch = /x/

s = /θ/; ß = /s/; sch = /sʰ/

(sc)hm, (sc)hn, (sc)hl, (sc)hr /m̥, n̥, l̥, ʃ/

  • hlauß /l̥os/ = lot, fate

a = /a/, â = /aʊ/, âr = /aɪ/, au, aun = /o~oʊ/

e = /ɛ/ (/ə/ in unstressed syllables), ê = /aɪ/, eau, eaun = /ø/

eu = /y/

é, en, én = /e~eɪ/

i = /ə/

î, in = /i/

u, un, an = /ɔ/

û = /u/

Final stops become glottal stops after a vowel, vanish otherwise

Verbs:

Infinitive:

  • machen /maxu/

Imperative:

  • 2sg: mache /max/
  • 2pl: machet /max/

Present tense:

  • ich mache /əx max/
  • du maches /du max/
  • der/deu/eß machet /deː max/
  • wir machons /wiː maxu/
  • irleu machet /ily max/
  • deul machent /dyl max/

Past tense:

  • ich ha gemacht /əx hagəmax/
  • du has gemacht /du hak˭əmax/
  • der/dî/eß hat gemacht /deː hak˭əmax/
  • wir hans gemacht /weː hɔŋəmax/
  • irleu hat gemacht /ily hak˭əmax/
  • deul hant gemacht /dyl hɔŋəmax/

Question marker: ist'ß daß = /it˭a/


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Morphophonology

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Verb phrase

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