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Phonology: a ā i ī u ū ai au -> a o e i u ø əi əu | Phonology: a ā i ī u ū ai au -> a o e i u ø əi əu | ||
Plurals usually are formed with the ending -o (from Middle Persian -ān, from Old Persian -ānām), but loanwords as in our timeline can be pluralized as in the source languages. The most common source of loanwords is Bactrian, followed by Avestan, Greek, Togarmite and English. | Plurals usually are formed with the ending -o (from Middle Persian -ān, from Old Persian -ānām), but loanwords as in our timeline can be pluralized as in the source languages. Archaic dialects use -on instead. The most common source of loanwords is Bactrian, followed by Avestan, Greek, Togarmite and English. | ||
The verbal system of Modern Lõisian Persian is similar to our timeline's Tajik. It uses the auxiliary ''stodan'' (to stand) for the present progressive, unlike other Levantine sprachbund languages. | The verbal system of Modern Lõisian Persian is similar to our timeline's Tajik. It uses the auxiliary ''stodan'' (to stand) for the present progressive, unlike other Levantine sprachbund languages. | ||