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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 [[ | Non-stressed syllables are reduced. (See [[Ox-Yew#Phonotactics|Phonotactics]]). | ||
===Consonants=== | ===Consonants=== | ||
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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, | **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 | ||
*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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|align="center"| ⟨y⟩ | |align="center"| ⟨y⟩ | ||
|align="center"| | |align="center"| ⟨⟨λ⟩⟩ | ||
|align="center"| t͡ɬ | |align="center"| t͡ɬ | ||
| affricate, heterorganic | | affricate, heterorganic | ||
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| diphthong, long | | diphthong, long | ||
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==Morphology== | ==Morphology== | ||
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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...)'' | |||