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Gaju
Gaju
Pronunciation	[[Help:IPA|'gäɟu]]
Created by	–
Setting	Rttirria
Native to	Rtuha, Uya, eastern Tyami, eastern Manamuki
Language family	Rttirrian South Rttirrian Old Gaju Gaju

Gaju (English: /'gɑːd͡ʒuː/, Gaju: ['gäɟu], Rttirri: [ˈkɑcu]) is a minority language in Rttirria, spoken by the Gaju people in the eastern part of the country. It is a member of the Rttirrian language family, descended from the Proto-South-Rttirrian langauge that is also the ancestor of modern Rttirri, the nation's official language.

Phonology

Consonants

	Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal
Plosive
Fricative
Affricate
Approximant

In addition, the following consonants are allowed in loanwords:

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
High	i /i/		u /u/
Near-high	ii /ɪ/
Mid	e /e/	uu /ə/	o /o/
Near-low	ee /ɛ/		aa /ɔ/
Low		a /ä/

Grammar

Gaju morphology is significantly more analytic than that of Rttirri.

Verbs

The following slots are allowed for affixes on the verb.

Verb Slot	Allowable Inputs
Mood	fa- (polite imperative) nang- (subjunctive) kan- (conditional) khaa- (imperative)
Tense	-bu-/-bo-/-du-/-do-/-ju-/-jo- (past) -mi-/-me-/-ni-/-ne-/-nyi-/-nye- (future)
Verb Root	any verb
Auxiliary Verb	-(k)àng ("to be able to") -(à)kà ("to need to") -(d)èng ("to want to") -(g)ùng ("to force to") and others

Nouns

Nouns can take the following cases:

Case	Suffix
nominative	(none)
accusative	-(g)e (singular) -(d)i (plural)
dative	-(ty)â
ablative	-(d)a
locative	-(l)î
comitative	-(aa)daa
instrumental	-(w)ǎm
vocative	-(a)saa

Independent particles

The following particles can be used to express aspect and politeness; the default is imperfective.

Aspect	Particle
Perfective	nam
Polite perfective	nyem
Habitual	shu
Polite habitual	tya

The following question words are used:

English	Old Gaju
who/whom	ta
what	ti
when	dìn
where	dìtang
why	dìtà
how	dìtung