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[[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. | [[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 [ | Since [ädˈɮäːtɬ’] 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.” | ||
==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
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====Stress==== | ====Stress==== | ||
Stress is moraic with a dactylic substructure. Stress falls on longest, left-most syllable. Where morae are equal, long vowels have a higher priority than diphthongs, which have a higher priority than final consonants. There are | Stress is moraic with a dactylic substructure. Stress falls on longest, left-most syllable. Where morae are equal, long vowels have a higher priority than diphthongs, which have a higher priority than final consonants. There are twelve possible syllable weights: | ||
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====Classes==== | ====Classes==== | ||
There are three main noun classes in Adzaay, so one might be tempted to call them “genders,” but that term really doesn't work well here, considering that all of the human genders which usually serve as examples of the various grammatical genders all fall into a single noun class. Each of classes are further divided into three sub-classes. | There are three main noun classes in Adzaay, so one might be tempted to call them “genders,” but that term really doesn't work well here, considering that all of the human genders which usually serve as examples of the various grammatical genders all fall into a single noun class. Each of these classes are further divided into three sub-classes. | ||
=====Animate===== | =====Animate===== | ||
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'''Ideas & Concepts''' – The truly abstract: feelings, thoughts, ideas, moods, all verbal nouns. | '''Ideas & Concepts''' – The truly abstract: feelings, thoughts, ideas, moods, all verbal nouns. | ||
'''Uncountable''' – This sub-class isn’t “abstract” in the sense we would normally | '''Uncountable''' – This sub-class isn’t “abstract” in the sense we would normally think of it, but instead it is comprised of nouns which are neither singular nor plural, often substances, ingredients, or building materials, including most liquids and gasses: water, sand, marble, wood, flour, rice, honey, beans, wine. | ||
'''Artifice''' – Finally the last sub-class refers to objects made, created, or modified by animate nouns: Prepared meals, books, houses, animal nests and dens, art. | '''Artifice''' – Finally the last sub-class refers to objects made, created, or modified by animate nouns: Prepared meals, books, houses, animal nests and dens, art. | ||
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==Vocabulary== | ==Vocabulary== | ||
'''[[:Category:Ox-Yew_words|Key vocabulary can be found here.]]''' | '''[[:Category:Ox-Yew_words|Key vocabulary can be found here.]]''' | ||
==Useful Phrases== | |||
===Greetings=== | |||
===Gratitude=== | |||
* '''[[Contionary: gziiunim#Ox-Yew|Gziiunim]].''' ''Thank you.'' | |||