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The voiceless velar fricative "x" was palatalized to the voiceless palatal fricative "ç" completely by Middle Evonish, creating related pairs of words with k and c. | The voiceless velar fricative "x" was palatalized to the voiceless palatal fricative "ç" completely by Middle Evonish, creating related pairs of words with k and c. | ||
== | ==Writing== | ||
===Allophones=== | ===Allophones=== | ||
n is /ŋ/ before k or g | n is /ŋ/ before k or g | ||
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*ý - /ai/ | *ý - /ai/ | ||
=== | ===Digraphs=== | ||
The umlauts can be rewritten as the standard vowel with an e after. This was originally considered archaic as the diaeresis replaced this practice. With the rise of technology, however, this has become common use again when the diaeresis is not available. "Hr" which appears in the initial position of some words is pronounced /ɾ/, although it is oft mistakenly pronounced /hɹ/. | The umlauts can be rewritten as the standard vowel with an e after. This was originally considered archaic as the diaeresis replaced this practice. With the rise of technology, however, this has become common use again when the diaeresis is not available. "Hr" which appears in the initial position of some words is pronounced /ɾ/, although it is oft mistakenly pronounced /hɹ/. | ||
==Punctuation== | ===Punctuation=== | ||
It is vastly similar to English punctuation, | It is vastly similar to English punctuation, but the differences are evident: | ||
*Relative clauses are set off with commas. | *Relative clauses are set off with commas. | ||
*Prepositional phrases are generally place before what they modify. | *Prepositional phrases are generally place before what they modify. | ||
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===Morphology=== | ===Morphology=== | ||
====Nouns==== | ====Nouns==== | ||
Nouns in Evonish are declined to indicate their grammatical role in the sentence. | Nouns in Evonish are declined to indicate their grammatical role in the sentence. Their conjugation depends upon case, gender, and number. Gender is a special factor in Evonish; a word does not determine a gender, rather a selected gender determines a different word. For example, a stone in common gender may be an igneous rock while a stone in neuter may be a sedimentary rock. Possessive and genitive ''are'' not considered distinct cases. The plural genitive ending is used in compound words much like kennings in the Old English and Old Norse languages. | ||
Possessive and genitive ''are'' | |||
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! colspan = " | ! colspan = "7"|Noun Declension | ||
|- | |- | ||
!Class I | !Class I | ||
!Vocative | !Vocative | ||
!Nominative | |||
!Accusative | |||
!Genitive | |||
!Dative | |||
!Instrumental | |||
|- | |- | ||
!Singular | !Singular | ||
| - | | o- | ||
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| -en | |||
| -es | | -es | ||
| | | -e | ||
| -i | |||
|- | |- | ||
!Plural | !Plural | ||
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| | | | ||
| | |||
| | |||
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|- | |- | ||
!Class II | !Class II | ||
!Vocative | !Vocative | ||
!Nominative | |||
!Accusative | |||
!Genitive | |||
!Dative | |||
!Instrumental | |||
|- | |- | ||
!Singular | !Singular | ||