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-'''Evonish''' is a [[w:Germanic languages|Germanic language]] of the Evonen language branch. It is based on [[w:General American pronunciation|General American phonology]] and uses grammar that descends far from Common Germanic, but in its own branch. The wordstock has many influences of [[w:Celtic languages|Celtic languages]], and has [[a priori]] features. The elder form is the runic Old Evonish, which was less standardized but had featured greater [[w:morphology|morphology]]. The two languages split on 25 May 2012 and will differentiate more over time. The objective of Evonish is to preserve old features of Germanic, preserve Celtic vocabulary, as well as eliminate any need for interpretation by context. '''Because the author of this language is left-handed, tables may be reversed and the language is written right to left.'''
+'''Evonish''' is a [[w:Germanic languages|Germanic language]] of the Evonen language branch. It is based on [[w:General American pronunciation|General American phonology]] and uses grammar that descends far from Common Germanic, but in its own branch. The wordstock has many influences of [[w:Celtic languages|Celtic languages]], and has [[a priori]] features. The elder form is the runic Old Evonish, which was less standardized but had featured greater [[w:morphology|morphology]]. The two languages split on 25 May 2012 and will differentiate more over time. The objective of Evonish is to preserve old features of Germanic, preserve Celtic vocabulary, as well as eliminate any need for interpretation by context. ''Tables are horizontally flipped intentionally.''
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 |relativeclause = mixed
 |nounclause = final
-|order = V2
+|order = SVO
 |Tonal      = No
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 ==Writing==
-'''The writing system is right to left.'''
+'''The writing system is from right to left.'''
 ===Alphabet===
-The alphabet is a modified Latin one. See [[IPA for Evonish]] for the pronunciations of the letters. It is a 28 letter alphabet as follows:
+The twenty-eight letter Evonish alphabet is a modified Latin alphabet that contains the following characters.
-*a /æ/
+a, p b, c, j, t, d, þ, ð, e, f, v, k, g, h, i, y, l, m, n, o, r, s, z, u, ƕ, w, x.
-*ar /ɑ˞/ (mark, dark)
+See [[IPA for Evonish]] for the pronunciations of the letters. <br>'''The following will be incorporated to the IPA page: *ar /ɑ˞/ (mark, dark)*er /ɛ˞ː/ (air, bear)*ir /e˞ː/ (deer, fear)*or /ɔ˞ː/ (or, cord)*ur /ɝː/ (fur, her)'''
-*p /p/
-*b, c, j, t, d, þ, ð
-*e //
-*er /ɛ˞ː/ (air, bear)
-*f, v, k, g, h
-*i //
-*ir /e˞ː/ (deer, fear)
-*y, l, m, n
-*o //
-*or /ɔ˞ː/ (or, cord)
-*r, s, z
-*u //
-*ur /ɝː/ (fur, her)
-*ƕ, w, x.
 ===Diacritics===
 Certain letters with the diaeresis will be used to express umlaut. The umlauts can be rewritten as the standard vowel with an e after. These can be entered with an international keyboard, or copied.
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 ==Determiners==
 The negative article is understood as indefinite; there is no negative definite article so the verb of the sentence is negated instead.
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 * Comparative: -err
 * Superlative: -est
-===Mutation===
+===Umlaut===
-====Umlaut====
 Umlaut is a process that occured after Proto-Germanic. It has led to the vowel change of many words and often creates pairs of semantically and grammatically similar words.
 Occurrences:
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 |-
 ! Habitual
-| "to do/brook/note"(TBD)
+| "to do"
 | infinitive
 |-
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 | style="text-align: center;"|"we go"
 |}
-The use of the prefix ne- on any verb's form implies negation. Alternatively add the particle "nict" after the main verb, this is especially useful when a different prefix is already attached to the verb.
+Alternatively add the particle "nict" after the main verb, this is especially useful when a different prefix is already attached to the verb.
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 ! colspan="3"|Weak I
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 ==Syntax==
 ===Comparisons===
-Comparative forms use the particle "ðann" followed by the noun(s) being compared to. Depending on that noun's case will determine which noun is first making the comparison. For example:
+Comparative forms use the particle "ðann" followed by the noun(s) being compared to. Depending on that noun's case will determine which noun is first making the comparison. These can imply drastically different meanings, for example:
-*"He jumped quicker than '''I'''" would yield "than I <u>jumped</u>" (in this example the compared noun is in the nominative).
+*"He ate pie quicker than '''I'''" would yield "than <u>I ate pie</u>" (in this example the compared noun is in the nominative).
-*"He jumped quicker than '''me'''" would yield "than <u>he jumped</u> me" (in this example the compared noun is in the accusative).
+*"He ate pie quicker than '''me'''" would yield "than <u>he ate me</u>" (in this example the compared noun is in the accusative).
 ===Word Order===
-The standard word order is V2. Questions without interrogative pronouns(yes or no) have verb first and subject second. Dependent clauses have this special word order: Subject - Indirect Object - Direct Object - Instrument - Verb.
+The standard word order is SVO and is V2. Questions without interrogative pronouns(yes or no) have verb first and subject second.
-Relative clauses have their own, to come soon.
+Dependent clauses have this special word order: Subject - Indirect Object - Direct Object - Instrument - Verb.
+Relative clauses have their own.
 ==Dictionary==
 {{Kinship
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 [[Category:Evonish]]
 [[Category:Improvement]]
+[[Category:Awesome]]