Verse:Irta/An Indo-Iranian branch
Irta/An Indo-Iranian branch (d'allemañische sprâçe /d‿almeɲis p˭jɔːs/) is a West Germanic language spoken in Lõis's Germany, Switzerland and Austria.
Numbers: ein, ßwei, drî, feaur, finf, sechs, siben, acht, neun, ßehen /ej, swe, dyi, fœj, fiːf, θeː, θəbu, ajt, nyː, sɛwu/
Indefinite article:
- ein, einß /ej, eːs/ (c.sg., n.sg.)
- de/d', deß, deu /də, dəs, dy/ (c.sg., n.sg., pl.)
Common nouns: -0/-e, -er
- de frau, deu frauer /də fjo, dy fjoji/ 'woman'
- de hrabe, deu hraber /də ʃap, dy ʃabi/ 'raven'
Neuter nouns: -0, -e
- deß çind, deu çinde /də siːʔ, dy siːt/ 'child'
Irregular nouns:
- name, namen /nɔm, nɔmu/ 'name'
Adjectives: predicative -0, attributive -e
- Der ist starc /deː i t˭ajʔ/ 'he is strong'
- ein starce man /ə t˭ɛːk mɔn/ 'a strong man'
"of": u
Cl = /Cw/?
r = /j/; cr, gr = /tɕ, dʑ/; c, g, ch + front vowel = /s, z, s/; ch = /x/
s = /θ/; ß = /s/; sch = /sʰ/
(sc)hm, (sc)hn, (sc)hl, (sc)hr /m̥, n̥, l̥, ʃ/
- hlauß /l̥os/ = lot, fate
a = /a/, â = /aʊ/, âr = /aɪ/, au, aun = /o~oʊ/
e = /ɛ/ (/ə/ in unstressed syllables), ê = /aɪ/, eau, eaun = /ø/
eu = /y/
é, en, én = /e~eɪ/
i = /ə/
î, in = /i/
u, un, an = /ɔ/
û = /u/
Final stops become glottal stops after a vowel, vanish otherwise
Verbs:
Infinitive:
- machen /maxu/
Imperative:
- 2sg: mache /max/
- 2pl: machet /max/
Present tense:
- ich mache /əx max/
- du maches /du max/
- der/deu/eß machet /deː max/
- wir machons /wiː maxu/
- irleu machet /ily max/
- deuleu machent /dyly max/
Past tense:
- ich ha gemacht /əx hagəmax/
- du has gemacht /du hak˭əmax/
- der/dî/eß hat gemacht /deː hak˭əmax/
- wir hans gemacht /weː hɔŋəmax/
- irleu hat gemacht /ily hak˭əmax/
- deuleu hant gemacht /dyly hɔŋəmax/
Question marker: ist'ß daß = /it˭a/