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[[Category:A_priori]]
[[Category:A_priori]]


Adzaay (or Adɮāλ) is an a priori, possibly non-terrestrial language whose phonology, morphology, grammar, and really whose entire weltanschauung is inextricably tied to sets of three. Their number system is nonal (3×3); there are three vowels; there are three of each type of consonant; there are three noun classes (or “genders,” but that word really isn’t useful here); there are even three finite grammatical moods.
[[Contionary: adzaay#Ox-Yew|Adzaay]] (or [[Contionary: adzaay#Ox-Yew|Adɮāλ]]) is an a priori, possibly non-terrestrial language whose phonology, morphology, grammar, and really whose entire weltanschauung is inextricably tied to sets of three. Their number system is nonal (3×3); there are three vowels; there are three of each type of consonant; there are three noun classes (or “genders,” but that word really isn’t useful here); there are even three finite grammatical moods.


Since [ɑdˈɮɑːtɬʼ] doesn't really roll off the tongue of the average native speaker of most European languages, the alternative name “Ox-Yew” (or the Language of the Ox-Yew People) is derived from a mistranslation of what early researchers believed the people to be called; in reality, the people of a nearby village who directed them where to find the main Ox-Yew village had said something more along the lines of: “Why would you want to go there? It's just cows and trees.”
Since [ɑdˈɮɑːtɬʼ] doesn't really roll off the tongue of the average native speaker of most European languages, the alternative name “Ox-Yew” (or the Language of the Ox-Yew People) is derived from a mistranslation of what early researchers believed the people to be called; in reality, the people of a nearby village who directed them where to find the main Ox-Yew village had said something more along the lines of: “Why would you want to go there? It's just cows and trees.”
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Non-stressed syllables are reduced. (See [[Adzaay#Phonotactics|Phonotactics]]).
Non-stressed syllables are reduced. (See [[Ox-Yew#Phonotactics|Phonotactics]]).


===Consonants===
===Consonants===
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! Heterorganic Affricate:
! Heterorganic Affricate:
| ⟨w⟩ /d͡v/
| ⟨w⟩ /d͡v/
| ⟨ç⟩ /t͡ɬ/
| ⟨y⟩ /t͡ɬ/
| ⟨x⟩ /t͡x/  
| ⟨x⟩ /t͡x/  
|-  
|-  
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| ⟨n⟩ /n/
| ⟨n⟩ /n/
| ⟨v⟩ /ŋ/
| ⟨v⟩ /ŋ/
|-
! Semivowel:
| ⟨o⟩ /w~u̯/
| ⟨y⟩ /j~i̯/
| ⟨e⟩ /h~a̯/
|}
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*All syllables must have a nucleus, but onsets and codas are not required. Syllables in the same word must have either a coda or an onset dividing them (i.e. two syllable nuclei must be separated by at least one consonant.)
*All syllables must have a nucleus, but onsets and codas are not required. Syllables in the same word must have either a coda or an onset dividing them (i.e. two syllable nuclei must be separated by at least one consonant.)
*Word-initial onsets may consist of a single consonant, or a stop consonant followed by a liquid.
*Word-initial onsets may consist of a single consonant, or a stop consonant followed by a liquid.
**p, t, k, b, d, g, q, j, c, m, n, v, l, z, r, s, f, h
**p, t, k, b, d, g, c, q, j, w, y, x, m, n, v, l, z, r, s, f, h
**pr, tr, kr, br, dr, gr, pl, tl, kl, bl, dl, gl, pz, tz, kz, bz, dz, gz
**pr, tr, kr, br, dr, gr, pl, tl, kl, bl, dl, gl, pz, tz, kz, bz, dz, gz
*Word-final codas may consist only of a single consonant; voiced stops, ‹j›, and ‹h› are not permitted as codas.
**p, t, k, q, c, m, n, v, l, z, r, s, f
*Intersyllabic consonant clusters  may be:
*Intersyllabic consonant clusters  may be:
**C (any single consonant)
**C (any single consonant)
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**C[+obs+cnt]C[-cnt-vox] (any fricative + any unvoiced stop)
**C[+obs+cnt]C[-cnt-vox] (any fricative + any unvoiced stop)
***sp, st, sk, fp, ft, fk, hp, ht, hk
***sp, st, sk, fp, ft, fk, hp, ht, hk
*Word-final codas may consist only of a single consonant; ‹b› and ‹h› are not permitted as codas.
**p, t, k, d, g, c, q, j, w, y, x, m, n, v, l, z, r, s, f


====Liquid Harmony====
====Liquid Harmony====
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===Orthography===
===Orthography===


Adzaay has three distinct orthographies. There is a native writing system (patent pending...); a “presentational” orthography, which uses some diacritics and some non-standard characters to present the language a little more compactly and with a few slightly more intuitive graphemes; and a “utility” orthography, which uses only 21 letters of the standard Latin alphabet. (The letters O, X, Y, E, and W are not used.)
Adzaay has three distinct orthographies. There is a native writing system (patent pending...); a “presentational” orthography, which uses some diacritics and some non-standard characters to present the language a little more compactly and with a few slightly more intuitive graphemes; and a “utility” orthography, which uses 24 letters of the standard 26-letter Latin alphabet. (The letters O and E are not used.)


{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
|-
!width=75px| Function
!width=50px| Function
!width=75px| Form
!width=50px| Form
!width=75px| IPA
!width=50px| IPA
!width=125px| Series
|-
|-
|align="center" colspan=2| ⟨p⟩⟩
|align="center" colspan=2| ⟨p⟩⟩
|align="center"| p
|align="center"| p
| stop, unvoiced
|-
|-
|align="center" colspan=2| ⟨t⟩⟩
|align="center" colspan=2| ⟨t⟩⟩
|align="center"| t
|align="center"| t
| stop, unvoiced
|-
|-
|align="center" colspan=2| ⟨k⟩⟩
|align="center" colspan=2| ⟨k⟩⟩
|align="center"| k
|align="center"| k
| stop, unvoiced
|-
|-
|align="center" colspan=2| ⟨b⟩⟩
|align="center" colspan=2| ⟨b⟩⟩
|align="center"| b
|align="center"| b
| stop, voiced
|-
|-
|align="center" colspan=2| ⟨d⟩⟩
|align="center" colspan=2| ⟨d⟩⟩
|align="center"| d
|align="center"| d
| stop, voiced
|-
|-
|align="center" colspan=2| ⟨g⟩⟩
|align="center" colspan=2| ⟨g⟩⟩
|align="center"| g
|align="center"| g
| stop, voiced
|-
|align="center" colspan=2| ⟨s⟩⟩
|align="center"| s
| fricative
|-
|align="center"| ⟨f⟩
|align="center"| ⟨⟨š⟩⟩
|align="center"| ʃ
| fricative
|-
|align="center" colspan=2| ⟨h⟩⟩
|align="center"| x
| fricative
|-
|-
|align="center" colspan=2| ⟨c⟩⟩
|align="center" colspan=2| ⟨c⟩⟩
|align="center"| tɬ
|align="center"| t͡s
| affricate, homorganic
|-
|-
|align="center"| ⟨q⟩
|align="center"| ⟨q⟩
|align="center"| ⟨⟨č⟩⟩
|align="center"| ⟨⟨č⟩⟩
|align="center"| tʃ
|align="center"| t͡ʃ
| affricate, homorganic
|-
|-
|align="center" colspan=2| ⟨j⟩⟩
|align="center" colspan=2| ⟨j⟩⟩
|align="center"| dʒ
|align="center"| d͡ʒ
| affricate, homorganic
|-
|-
|align="center" colspan=2| ⟨s⟩⟩
|align="center"| ⟨w⟩
|align="center"| s
|align="center"| ⟨⟨ȸ⟩⟩
|align="center"| d͡v
| affricate, heterorganic
|-
|-
|align="center"| ⟨f⟩
|align="center"| ⟨y⟩
|align="center"| ⟨⟨š⟩⟩
|align="center"| ⟨⟨λ⟩⟩
|align="center"| ʃ
|align="center"| t͡ɬ
| affricate, heterorganic
|-
|-
|align="center" colspan=2| ⟨h⟩⟩
|align="center"| ⟨x⟩
|align="center"| x
|align="center"| ⟨⟨ӿ⟩⟩
|align="center"| t͡x
| affricate, heterorganic
|-
|-
|align="center" colspan=2| ⟨m⟩⟩
|align="center" colspan=2| ⟨m⟩⟩
|align="center"| m
|align="center"| m
| nasal
|-
|-
|align="center" colspan=2| ⟨n⟩⟩
|align="center" colspan=2| ⟨n⟩⟩
|align="center"| n
|align="center"| n
| nasal
|-
|-
|align="center"| ⟨v⟩
|align="center"| ⟨v⟩
|align="center"| ⟨⟨ŋ⟩⟩
|align="center"| ⟨⟨ŋ⟩⟩
|align="center"| ŋ
|align="center"| ŋ
| nasal
|-
|-
|align="center"| ⟨z⟩
|align="center"| ⟨z⟩
|align="center"| ⟨⟨ɮ⟩⟩
|align="center"| ⟨⟨ɮ⟩⟩
|align="center"| ɮ
|align="center"| ɮ
| liquid
|-
|-
|align="center" colspan=2| ⟨r⟩⟩
|align="center" colspan=2| ⟨r⟩⟩
|align="center"| r
|align="center"| r
| liquid
|-
|-
|align="center" colspan=2| ⟨l⟩⟩
|align="center" colspan=2| ⟨l⟩⟩
|align="center"| l
|align="center"| l
| liquid
|-
|-
|align="center" colspan=2| ⟨i⟩⟩
|align="center" colspan=2| ⟨i⟩⟩
|align="center"| i
|align="center"| i
| vowel, short
|-
|-
|align="center"| ⟨ii⟩
|align="center"| ⟨ii⟩
|align="center"| ⟨⟨ī⟩⟩
|align="center"| ⟨⟨ī⟩⟩
|align="center"| iː
|align="center"| iː
| vowel, long
|-
|-
|align="center" colspan=2| ⟨ia⟩⟩
|align="center" colspan=2| ⟨ia⟩⟩
|align="center"| iɑ̯
|align="center"| ia̯
| diphthong, short
|-
|-
|align="center" colspan=2| ⟨iu⟩⟩
|align="center" colspan=2| ⟨iu⟩⟩
|align="center"| iu̯
|align="center"| iu̯
| diphthong, short
|-
|-
|align="center"| ⟨iia⟩
|align="center"| ⟨iia⟩
|align="center"| ⟨⟨īa⟩⟩
|align="center"| ⟨⟨īa⟩⟩
|align="center"| iːɑ̯
|align="center"| iːa̯
| diphthong, long
|-
|-
|align="center"| ⟨iiu⟩
|align="center"| ⟨iiu⟩
|align="center"| ⟨⟨īu⟩⟩
|align="center"| ⟨⟨īu⟩⟩
|align="center"| iːu̯
|align="center"| iːu̯
| diphthong, long
|-
|-
|align="center" colspan=2| ⟨a⟩⟩
|align="center" colspan=2| ⟨a⟩⟩
|align="center"| ɑ
|align="center"| a
| vowel, short
|-
|-
|align="center" colspan=2| ⟨ai⟩⟩
|align="center" colspan=2| ⟨ai⟩⟩
|align="center"| ɑi̯
|align="center"| ai̯
| diphthong, short
|-
|-
|align="center"| ⟨aa⟩
|align="center"| ⟨aa⟩
|align="center"| ⟨⟨ā⟩⟩
|align="center"| ⟨⟨ā⟩⟩
|align="center"| ɑː
|align="center"| aː
| vowel, long
|-
|-
|align="center" colspan=2| ⟨au⟩⟩
|align="center" colspan=2| ⟨au⟩⟩
|align="center"| ɑu̯
|align="center"| au̯
| diphthong, short
|-
|-
|align="center"| ⟨aai⟩
|align="center"| ⟨aai⟩
|align="center"| ⟨⟨āi⟩⟩
|align="center"| ⟨⟨āi⟩⟩
|align="center"| ɑːi̯
|align="center"| aːi̯
| diphthong, long
|-
|-
|align="center"| ⟨aau⟩
|align="center"| ⟨aau⟩
|align="center"| ⟨⟨āu⟩⟩
|align="center"| ⟨⟨āu⟩⟩
|align="center"| ɑːu̯
|align="center"| aːu̯
| diphthong, long
|-
|-
|align="center" colspan=2| ⟨u⟩⟩
|align="center" colspan=2| ⟨u⟩⟩
|align="center"| u
|align="center"| u
| vowel, short
|-
|-
|align="center" colspan=2| ⟨ui⟩⟩
|align="center" colspan=2| ⟨ui⟩⟩
|align="center"| ui̯
|align="center"| ui̯
| diphthong, short
|-
|-
|align="center" colspan=2| ⟨ua⟩⟩
|align="center" colspan=2| ⟨ua⟩⟩
|align="center"| uɑ̯
|align="center"| ua̯
| diphthong, short
|-
|-
|align="center"| ⟨uu⟩
|align="center"| ⟨uu⟩
|align="center"| ⟨⟨ū⟩⟩
|align="center"| ⟨⟨ū⟩⟩
|align="center"| uː
|align="center"| uː
| vowel, long
|-
|-
|align="center"| ⟨uui⟩
|align="center"| ⟨uui⟩
|align="center"| ⟨⟨ūi⟩⟩
|align="center"| ⟨⟨ūi⟩⟩
|align="center"| uːi̯
|align="center"| uːi̯
| diphthong, long
|-
|-
|align="center"| ⟨uua⟩
|align="center"| ⟨uua⟩
|align="center"| ⟨⟨ūa⟩⟩
|align="center"| ⟨⟨ūa⟩⟩
|align="center"| uːɑ̯
|align="center"| uːa̯
| diphthong, long
|}
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===Verbs===
===Verbs===
Don't delete my stuff just because I'm lazy and haven't filled it out yet, you jerk!


====Tenses====
====Tenses====
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=====Imperative/Jussive=====
=====Imperative/Jussive=====
==Vocabulary==
'''[https://linguifex.com/wiki/Category:Ox-Yew_words Key vocabulary can be found here.]'''
==Syntax==
''(...yeah, yeah, I'll get around to it...)''
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