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[[Qazhrian/Lexicon]] | [[Qazhrian/Lexicon]] | ||
'''Qazhrian''' (/kɑːʒriən/ ''KAHZH-ree-uhn''; natively: ''Qazhrem'' /ˈqaʒrem/ or '' | '''Qazhrian''' (/kɑːʒriən/ ''KAHZH-ree-uhn''; natively: ''Qazhrem'' /ˈqaʒrem/ or ''zhë Lazhrem'' /ʒə ˈʟaʒrem/) is a [[Talmic]] language spoken in Qazhra (from Thensarian ''Ȝactrasē''), a [[Verse:Tricin/Etalocin|Talman]] country. It is descended from [[Thensarian]]. | ||
==External history== | ==External history== | ||
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Qazhrian lost grammatical gender and all nominal inflections except number and construct state. | Qazhrian lost grammatical gender and all nominal inflections except number and construct state. | ||
There is no indefinite article. The definite article is '' | There is no indefinite article. The definite article is ''zhë'' (from ''φinom''), and it triggers the soft mutation: | ||
*''tëzh'' 'a child'; '' | *''tëzh'' 'a child'; ''zhë dëzh'' 'the child' | ||
*''rronn'' 'a man'; '' | *''rronn'' 'a man'; ''zhë ronn'' 'the man' | ||
*''kavër'' 'a woman'; '' | *''kavër'' 'a woman'; ''zhë gavër'' 'the woman' | ||
Construct state is usually formed with ''-ë'': | Construct state is usually formed with ''-ë'': | ||
*''tëzhë | *''tëzhë zhë ront'' 'the man's child' | ||
===Verbs=== | ===Verbs=== | ||