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Long vowels result from OSL ćettijn > cetijn; ćetijn > cétijn
Long vowels result from OSL ćettijn > cetijn; ćetijn > cétijn
==Morphology==
Inflectional morphology is Slavic and Germanic-inspired; clitics and syntax are Japanese-inspired
===Nouns===
Řeuŋnie nouns are classified into two genders: animate and inanimate, and they inflect for case. Similarly to Slavic languages, the case affixes are fusional, encoding both case and number.
The inflectional cases are as follows. Other grammatical relations are expressed using postpositions and clitics.
*nominative (Japanese ''ga'')
*accusative (Japanese ''wo'')
*genitive (Japanese ''no'')
*dative (Japanese ''ni'')
*allative (Japanese ''e'')
*comitative/"and" (Japanese ''to'')
*instrumental/locative (Japanese ''de'')
====Declension classes====
The declension classes are:
*''-a'' declension (usually animate)
*''-e'' declension (usually animate)
*''-aw/-ui-'' (verbal nouns)
*hard consonant declension (usually inanimate)
*soft consonant declension (usually inanimate, but default for loans ending in a consonant)
*Inanimate vowel nouns/-h declension (default for loans ending in a vowel; historically nouns ending in -g)
*''-ŕ'' declension
*''-ýn/-ín'' declension (adjectival noun)
*''-é/-ie'' declension (adjectival noun)
There are more declension classes than in related languages such as [[Nabbrzé]]; this is because of vowel changes after soft consonants and subsequent depalatalization.
eřecha (a) 'bear'
*nom: eřecha, eřechu
*acc: eřeše, eřechý
*gen: eřech, eřechý
*dat: eřechy, eřechas
*all: eřechet, eřechas
*ins/loc: eřešel, eřechata
*com: eřechuf, eřechaf
roustje (a) 'puppy'
*nom: roustje, rousti
*acc: rousti, roustí
*gen: roustj, roustí
*dat: rousti, roustjes
*all: roustet, roustjes
*ins/loc: roustil, roustjeta
*com: roustif, roustíf
loef (i) 'bridge'
*nom = acc: l'''oe'''f, lofa
*gen: lofy, lofý
*dat: lofy, l'''oe'''fs
*all: lofet, l'''oe'''fs
*ins/loc: lofel, l'''oe'''fta
*com: lofyf, lofýf
hŕþoh "corner"
*nom = acc: hŕþoh, hŕþoha
*gen: hŕþoj, hŕþojí
*dat: hŕþoj, hŕþós
*all: hŕþót, hŕþós
*ins/loc: hŕþojel, hŕþóta
*com: hŕþojf, hŕþojíf
*ksúv (i) 'tool':
*nom = acc: ksúv, ksúve
*gen: ksúvi, ksúví
*dat: ksúvi, ksúvs
*all: ksúvet, ksúvs
*ins/loc: ksúvil, ksúvta
*com: ksúvif, ksúvíf
wecsaw (i) 'action'
*nom = acc: wecsaw, wecsui
*gen: wecsui, wecsají (pronounced like "wecsaji")
*dat: wecsui, wecsuis
*all: wecsuit, wecsuis
*ins/loc: wecsuil, wecsuita
*com: wecsuif, wecsuif/wecsajíf (pronounced like "wecsajif")
===Pronouns===
Rank pronouns.
===Verbs and adjectives===
''vej-'' for negation; generally like Korean, except verbs also inflect for the animacy of the subject.
get hard and soft stems (cf. different "theme vowels" for Japanese verb forms)
Conjugation classes:
*''-as'' verbs
*''-is'' verbs
*''-es''/''-ěs'' verbs
*''-s'' verbs
*irregular: "to do" (added to foreign words to verb them)
*irregular: ''ná-'' "to be (copula)"
*irregular: "to exist"
===Pronouns===
=== Postpositions ===
Unlike in Standard Average Talman languages, all adpositions in Řeuŋnie are postpositions, though they look like inflected prepositions when inflected for person. They derive from old prepositions and possessed nouns (including verbal nouns). Postpositions always agree with their objects: for example, ''ouda mi'' (man for-3SG.AN) translates as 'for the man'.
===Verbs and adjectives===
''vej-'' for negation; generally like Korean, except verbs also inflect for the animacy of the subject and object, with inverse marking.
get hard and soft allo-stems (cf. different "theme vowels" for Japanese verb forms)
===Clitics===
Topic particle ''na''
===Numerals===
===Derivational morphology===
Proto-Řeuŋnie had an extensive array of derivational affixes.
====Native====
*''-oelie'' '-ess'
*''-(y)tj/-(i)tj/-tje'' diminutive
*''-em/-m'' verbal noun
*''-vŕ'' patient
*''-fa'' agent
*''-koek'' instrument
*''-ář'' diminutive
*''-yCe/-iCe'' (C = redup) diminutive; not very productive
*''-ngoeh'' abstract noun
*''-myc'' (soft) abstract noun
====Borrowed====


==Syntax==
==Syntax==
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