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{{Infobox language
{{Infobox language
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|setting = [[Verse:Tricin]]
|setting = [[Verse:Tricin|Tricin]]
|creator= [[User:IlL]]
|creator= User:IlL
|name = {{SUBPAGENAME}}
|name = {{SUBPAGENAME}}
|nativename = ''yi Qièneng''
|nativename = ye Giètem
|pronunciation=   
|pronunciation=   
|region = Talma
|state = Talma
|speakers = 100 million L1 speakers (300 million L2 speakers)
|speakers = 100 million L1 speakers (300 million L2 speakers)
|date = fT 1670<sub>dd</sub> (2676)
|date = fT 1670<sub>dd</sub> (2676)
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'''{{SUBPAGENAME}}''' (natively ''yi Qièneng'') is a [[Talmic languages|Talmic language]] (in the Tigolic subbranch of Talmic, which also includes [[Eevo]]). It's inspired by Mandarin, Irish, and German.
'''{{SUBPAGENAME}}''' (''CHAIT-i-ən''; natively ''Ciètem, ye Giètem'', from Thensarian ''Centimae'') is a [[Talmic languages|Talmic language]] (in the Tigolic subbranch of Talmic, which also includes [[Eevo]]). It's inspired by Mandarin, German, Occitan, Irish, [[Thedish]], and English (particularly Cockney and Philadelphian).
 
A close relative (sometimes considered a dialect) is [[Páuluòbeng]]. [[Anbirese]], a more distant relative, is still somewhat mutually intelligible.


==Todo==
==Todo==
*''Shüèl'' = a name
* should be Ăn Yidiș gib?
*Change orthography
* No case, Welsh grammar
*''netzier'' = chain
*''Nian yirastzuòtzìn!'' = I'm innocent!
*''Srüeil'' = a name (from Sréul)
*''Sgüeila'' = Skella
*Single vs. double negatives: use both
*Single vs. double negatives: use both
**a > ea, e > eo, i > iu in certain conditions - what type of pal'n do these new vowels trigger
**a > ea, e > eo, i > iu in certain conditions - what type of pal'n do these new vowels trigger
***e.g. ''cell'' 'small' > *cĕoll > ''qiel''? ''qial''?
***e.g. ''cell'' 'small' > *cĕoll > ''ciel''
**already have eo éu iu íu/iú
**already have eo éu iu íu/iú
*Actually palatalization is NOT as simple as this. y ø a o u vs. i ie vs. ia io iu vs ja jo ju je/ĺa ĺo ĺu ĺe affect consonants differently.
*Actually palatalization is NOT as simple as this. y ø a o u vs. i ie vs. ia io iu vs ja jo ju je/ĺa ĺo ĺu ĺe affect consonants differently.
*Get rid of initial clusters:
**CrV- > CVrV-
**sX- > X- (tensed) (X = plosive)
**sR- > sVR- (R = m, n, ń, ŋ, r)
*non-initial -gh might die
*non-initial -gh might die
*''mièn àvaħ'' (this-DEF book) = 'this book'
*''mièn àvath'' (this-DEF book) = 'this book'
*Revise Thensarian declension based on {{SUBPAGENAME}}
*Revise Thensarian declension based on {{SUBPAGENAME}}
*Have a separate schwa phoneme ''a'' /ə/?
*Have a separate schwa phoneme ''a'' /ə/?
*''-ac'' is cognate to Eevo ''-ahd''
*''-atz'' is cognate to Eevo ''-ahd''
*''-z'' is one plural suffix (often used for nouns ending in vowels; from palatalized lenited -dh)
*''-z'' is one plural suffix (often used for nouns ending in vowels; from palatalized lenited -dh)
*''cht'' > ''c'' à la Wenedyk, final slender ''-t'' > ''-cy''
*''cht'' > ''tz'' à la Wenedyk, final slender ''-t'' > ''-cy''
*sg palatalizes to sh, not xj
*sg palatalizes to /ʃ/ {{angbr|sgi}}
*Words starting with f- are reanalyzed to start with p-: nonstandard dialects don't have this
*Etymological doublets from Tigol absolute-conjunct verb forms.
*Etymological doublets from Tigol absolute-conjunct verb forms.
*lianger = dream (< ''leṁar'')
*lianger = dream (< ''leṁar'')
*Slender t > ts
a e i o u á é í ó ú ai ei io iu oi ui ae ao aoi ái éi eó éu ia ío íu iú(i) ói oí ua uai úi uí
a e i o u á é í ó ú ai ei io iu oi ui ae ao aoi ái éi eó éu ia ío íu iú(i) ói oí ua uai úi uí


-> a ia i uo u à iè ì uò ù e ie i ü e ü ai ao è ai ei iao iù ì ì ǜ ǜ ù uì ù è
-> a ia i uo u à iè ì uò ù e ie i ü e ü ai ao è ai ei iao iù ì ì ǜ ǜ ù uì ù è


Numbers: qìng, tiħer, nèз, dèv, sel, sdàng, ruìз, lèr, bàr, niaor, yàxing, knè
Numbers: cìm, tiħer, nèz, dèv, sel, sdàm, ruìz, lèr, bàr, niaur, yàchim, cnè


==Notes==
==Notes==
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==Phonology==
==Phonology==
The following describes {{SUBPAGENAME}} as spoken in Asdiemìn.
The following describes {{SUBPAGENAME}} as spoken in Sdiemìn.
===Stress===
===Stress===
Stress is not phonemic and is weight-sensitive. The rule is: the last long vowel is stressed. If there is no long vowel the last syllable is stressed.
Stress is not phonemic and is weight-sensitive. The rule is: the last long vowel is stressed. If there is no long vowel the last syllable is stressed.
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===Intonation===
===Intonation===
A stressed short vowel has a high pitch; a stressed long vowel or diphthong has a falling pitch; unstressed vowels have low pitch.
Pitch accent?
====Word level====
*A stressed short vowel has a high pitch.
*A stressed long vowel or diphthong has a falling pitch but ends in a higher pitch than unstressed vowels.
*Unstressed vowels have low pitch.
====Clause level====
*Pitch drops at the end of a sentence.
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*neutral: level intonation
*neutral: level intonation
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===Consonants===
===Consonants===
The Anbiric spirantization had taken place: [[Tigol]] t ṫ d ḋ /tʰ dʰ t d/ had become /θ ð tʰ d/ in Old Anbirese, the "common ancestor" or "areolect" in the Anbiric dialect continuum characterized by this shift.
{{PAGENAME}} has an aspiration distinction in stops; however, the distinction is neutralized in word-final position.
{{PAGENAME}} has an aspiration distinction in stops; however, the distinction is neutralized in word-final position.


p b f v t d c z s з /z/ q j x ξ /ʑ/ ch zh sh r /ɹ/ k g h γ /ɣ/ ħ /h/ m n ng l w y - mostly pronounced as in Mandarin; however, l is velarized when not followed by /i/, /j/, /y/, or /ɥ/.
*'''c g ch gh''' /k g x ɣ/
 
*'''ci/cü gi/gü chi/chü/sgi/sgü''' /tʃ dʒ ʃ/
Before /u y ɥ w/ and their semivowel equivalents, in the standard Asdiemìn accent '''ch zh sh r''' are pronounced as [pfʰ pf f ʋ].
*'''tz dz s z''' /ts dz s z/
*'''t d th dh''' /t d ħ ɣ/
*'''p b f v''' /p b f w/
*'''pь bь fь vь''' /pj bj fj vj/
*'''r rr h m n ng l y''' /r r̝ h m n nj ŋ l j/
**/l/ is velarized when not followed by /i/, /j/, /y/, or /ɥ/.


===Vowels===
===Vowels===
Mandarin with a Philly accent
Ciètian has the following vowels:
*'''i ü u ie üe a'''  /ɪ ʏ ʊ jɛ ɥɛ a/
*/ɪj ʏɥ ʊw jɛː wɔː ɑː ɒj æː äj äw jäw jæj (ɥ)ɶj ɯː ɤː jɤː ɥɤː wɤː aɯ/
*/ə ɨ~i/
====Monophthongs====
{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style=" text-align:center;"
{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style=" text-align:center;"
|+ '''Vowel phonemes'''
! rowspan="2" style=""|
! rowspan="2" style=""|
! colspan="2" style="" |Front
! colspan="2" style="" |Front
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! style="" |Close
! style="" |Close
| '''i''' /i/, '''ü''' /y/
| '''i''' /i/, '''ü''' /y/
| '''ì''' //, '''ǜ''' //
| '''ì''' /ɪj/, '''ǜ''' /ʏɥ/
|  
|  
|  
|  
| '''u''' /u/
| '''u''' /u/
| '''ù''' //
| '''ù''' /ʊw/
|-
|-
! style="" |Close-mid
! style="" |Close-mid
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|  
|  
|  
|  
| '''è''' /ɤː/
| /ɯː/
|-
|-
! style="" |Mid
! style="" |Mid
|'''ie, üe'''
|'''ie, üe''' /ɛ/
|'''iè, üè'''
|'''''' /ɛː/
| [ə]
| [ə]
|  
|  
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|-
|-
! style="" |Open
! style="" |Open
| '''ia'''
| '''ia''' [æ]
| '''ià'''
|  
| '''a''' /a/  
| '''a''' /a/  
| '''à''' /aː/
|  
|  
|  
|  
| '''à''' /ɑː/
|}
|}
[ɨ(ː) ʉ(ː)] are allophones of /i(ː) y(ː)/ after dental and retroflex sibilants.
[ɨ(ː) ʉ(ː)] are allophones of /i(ː) y(ː)/ after dental and retroflex sibilants.
/ɯː/ is more fully back, unlike [ɨː].


Semivowel onglides: '''i ü u''' /j ɥ w/
Semivowel onglides: '''i ü u''' /j ɥ w/


Diphthongs: '''ai ao ei ou iu''' /ɒj ɛw äj äw ju:/
Diphthongs: '''ai au ei ou iou iei üei''' /ɒj æː äj äw jäw jæj ɥɶj/
 
====R-colored vowels====
====R-colored vowels====
(No linking R is used.)
(No linking R is used.)
*ar, àr, /ɔɯ/
*ar, àr /ɔɯ~ɤː/
*er, èr, air, aor /aɯ/
*er, èr, air, aor /aɯ/
*ir, ìr, iur /(j)ɤː/
*ir, ìr, iur,  eir, ier, ièr /jəɯ~jɤː/
*or, òr //
*or, òr /uɯ~ɯː/
*ür, ǜr /ɥɤː/
*ür, ǜr /ɥɤː/
*ur, ùr /wɤː/
*ur, ùr /wɤː/
*eir, ier, ièr /ɛɯ/
*final -er = /ɨ/
*final -ar = //
*final -ier = /i/
*final -er = /ɯ/


===Phonotactics===
===Phonotactics===
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Initial /θ/, /x/ and /h/ in loans are rendered /t/, /k/ and /Ø/ respectively (cf. German pronounces initial ''ch'' in Greek loans as /k/). Non-initial /θ/, /x/, and /h/ become /ħ/, /x/, and /x/.
Initial /θ/, /x/ and /h/ in loans are rendered /t/, /k/ and /Ø/ respectively (cf. German pronounces initial ''ch'' in Greek loans as /k/). Non-initial /θ/, /x/, and /h/ become /ħ/, /x/, and /x/.


Stress is usually as in the original language; non-initially stressed words lengthen the stressed vowel. Example: ''bintelesràl'' /bintəɫəsˈɻaːɫ/ 'republic'.
Stress is usually as in the original language; non-initially stressed words lengthen the stressed vowel. Example: ''bintelesràl'' /pɪnthəɫəsˈɻaːɫ/ 'republic'.


==Morphophonology==
==Morphophonology==
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|-
|-
!|Lenited
!|Lenited
|''ngm'' /ŋ/ ||''fp'' /f/ ||''vb'' /v/ ||''f'' /f/ ||''ħt'' /ħ/||''zd'' /ts/||''xq'' /ɕ/||''ξj'' /ʑ/||''hs'' /h/||''x'' /ɕ/||''sh'' /ʂ/||''hk'' /x/||''γg'' /ɣ/||''sch'' /ʂ/||''rzh'' /ɻ/|| add ''h' '' /x/
|''ngm'' /ŋ/ ||''fp'' /f/ ||''vb'' /v/ ||''f'' /f/ ||''ħt'' /ħ/||''tzd'' /ts/||''xq'' /ɕ/||''ξj'' /ʑ/||''hs'' /h/||''x'' /ɕ/||''sh'' /ʂ/||''hk'' /x/||''γg'' /ɣ/||''sch'' /ʂ/||''rzh'' /ɻ/|| add ''h' '' /x/
|-
|-
!|Eclipsed
!|Eclipsed
|''m'' /m/||''bp'' /p/||''mb'' /m/||''vf'' /v/||''dt'' /t/||''nd'' /n/||''jq'' /tɕ/||''nj'' /ɲ/||''зs'' /z/||''ξx'' /ʑ/||''rsh'' /ɻ/||''gk'' /k/||''ŋg'' /ŋ/||''jch'' /tʂ/||''njh'' /ɲ/|| add ''n' '' /n/
|''m'' /m/||''bp'' /p/||''mb'' /m/||''vf'' /v/||''dt'' /t/||''nd'' /n/||''jq'' /tɕ/||''nj'' /ɲ/||''зs'' /z/||''ξx'' /ʑ/||''rsh'' /ɻ/||''gk'' /k/||''ŋg'' /ŋ/||''jch'' /tʂ/||''njh'' /ɲ/|| add ''n' '' /n/
|}
|}
===Palatalization===
*e/i-palatalization
**l not affected
*ä-palatalization
*ia/io/iu-palatalization
**l softens to /j/
*soft L-palatalization
**k, t > cy
*initial vs. non-initial pal'zn
===Umlaut===
i-umlaut often operates in inflections and derivation:
o oo u uu ua > nonpalatalizing e ee i ii ia
a > somewhat palatalizing e
Generally i-umlaut is triggered by Old Eevo post-tonic -(a)e-, -(a)é-, -(a)i- and -(a)í- if there does not intervene another syllable between the root and these post-tonic vowels. There are sporadic exceptions.


==Dialectology==
==Dialectology==
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===Common dialectal features===
===Common dialectal features===
*/x ɣ/ realized as uvular [χ ʁ]
*/x ɣ/ realized as uvular [χ ʁ]
*Native words have f- retained
*h from Tigol h = /h/; h from Tigol ch = /x/; ħ is consistently /ħ/
*h from Tigol h = /h/; h from Tigol ch = /x/; ħ is consistently /ħ/


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==Morphology==
==Morphology==
===Pronouns===
===Pronouns===
{| class="greentable lightgreenbg " style=" text-align: center;"
Anbirese but with more politeness distinctions
|-
!|
!I!!you (sg.)!!he!!she!!it!!we (exc.)!!we (inc.)!!you (pl.)!!they!!you (semi-polite)!!you (polite)
|-
!|Emphatic
|''gonin''||''gonas''||''gonu''||''gonyi''||''gona''||''gonav''||''gonid''||''gonax''||''gonar''||''gonax''||''gonawaa''
|-
!|Genitive
|''naa''||''fiar''||''hu''||''hi''||''he''||''aav''||''geed''||''seed''||''haar''||''seed''||''waa''
|-
!|Accusative
|''moon''||''moos''||''moov''||''mooy''||''moo''||''moom''||''meed''||''moox''||''moor''||''moox''||''mowaa''
|}
====Politeness====
Modern {{SUBPAGENAME}} has three levels of politeness in pronouns:
*''gonas, moos'' (sg.) is used for family members, friends, pets, inanimates, deities, and among blue-collar workers. It is becoming more common among young people.
*''gonalaa, mowaa'' is used as a polite second-person pronoun (for both singular and plural) for strangers or persons in positions of authority. It is still considered acceptable for some professions, such as superiors in military or schoolteachers, to refer to their counterparts with the familiar pronouns ''gonas'' and ''gonax'', although nowadays using ''gonawaa'' is becoming more common.
*''gonax'' is roughly intermediate in formality between ''gonas'' and ''gonawaa''. The pronoun ''gonax'' is used when an apprentice addresses their master, when university students address professors or when professors address students. In universities and some schools students use ''gonax'' for each other. (In vocational schools ''gonawaa'' is used for student-instructor conversation.) Strangers on the Internet and books intended for a general audience also use ''gonax''.
**In archaic {{SUBPAGENAME}}, ''gonax'' is used as a polite pronoun for persons of higher class (say nobles or royalty), or among the upper class.
 
===Nouns===
===Nouns===
Standard {{SUBPAGENAME}} nouns are quite conservative: they have three genders (masculine, feminine and neuter), three numbers (singular, plural and collective), and three states (nominative, genitive and construct). Collective nouns take singular agreement with verbs and adjectives. Regiolects usually have less noun declension.
Standard {{SUBPAGENAME}} nouns are quite conservative: they have three genders (masculine, feminine and neuter), three numbers (singular, plural and collective), and three states (nominative, genitive and construct). Collective nouns take singular agreement with verbs and adjectives. Regiolects usually have more tone and less noun declension.


*The nominative singular, nominative plural, and genitive singular must be memorized for every noun. Feminine plurals tend to end in ''-r''.
*The nominative singular, nominative plural, and genitive singular must be memorized for every noun. Feminine plurals tend to end in ''-r''.
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*The plural construct is formed by affixing ''-u'' to the nominative singular if the nominative singular ends in a consonant, and ''-v'' to the nominative singular if it ends in a vowel.
*The plural construct is formed by affixing ''-u'' to the nominative singular if the nominative singular ends in a consonant, and ''-v'' to the nominative singular if it ends in a vowel.
====The article====
====The article====
The article inflects and triggers mutation based on number and gender.
The article inflects and triggers mutation based on number, case and gender.


The singular definite article ''yi'' and ''yi<sup>N</sup>'' changes to ''yin'' (with no mutation) before a noun starting with a vowel or a semivowel. For example:  
The singular definite article ''ye'' and ''ye<sup>N</sup>'' changes to ''yen'' (with no mutation) before a noun starting with a vowel or a semivowel. For example:  
*''*yi<sup>N</sup> ùr'' > ''yin ùr'' /in ˈwɤː/ (masculine) 'the sense (nominative)';
*''*ye<sup>N</sup> ùr'' > ''yen ùr'' /jən ˈwɤː/ (masculine) 'the sense (nominative)';
*''*yi àvaħ'' > ''yin àvaħ'' /in ˈaːvaħ/ (neuter) 'the book (nominative)'.
*''*ye àvaz'' > ''yen àvaz'' /jən ˈaːvəz/ (neuter) 'the book (nominative)'.
But:
But:
*''yi<sup>L</sup> aszuòc'' > ''yi h'aszuòc'' /i xasˈtswɔːts/ (feminine) 'the guilt (nominative)'.
*''ye<sup>L</sup> astzuòtz'' > ''ye h'astzuòtz'' /xasˈtswɔːts/ (feminine) 'the guilt (nominative)'.


Collective nouns are by nature definite, and the collective of a noun is formed by using the collective article before the singular form.
Collective nouns are by nature definite, and the collective of a noun is formed by using the collective article before the singular form.


The nominative case is used for the subject; the genitive case is used for direct objects and objects of prepositions.
*The nominative case is used for the subject
*The accusative case is used for direct objects and after certain prepositions
*The dative cade is used after certain prepositions
*The genitive case is used for possession


To be revised:
Todo: accusative and dative
{| class="greentable lightgreenbg" style="text-align:center;"  
{| class="greentable lightgreenbg" style="text-align:center;"  
|+ '''Definite article'''
|+ '''Definite article'''
! rowspan=2 | || colspan="3" | singular || colspan="3" | plural || colspan=3 | collective
! rowspan=2 | || colspan="3" | singular || colspan="3" | plural  
|-
|-
! m. || f. || n. || m. || f. || n. || m. || f. || n.
! m. || f. || n. || m. || f. || n.  
|-
|-
! nom.
! nom.
| ''yi<sup>N</sup>'' || ''yi<sup>L</sup>'' || ''yi''  || ''na'' || ''ner'' || ''na<sup>N</sup>'' || ''ba<sup>N</sup>'' || ''ba<sup>L</sup>'' || ''ba''
| ''ye<sup>N</sup>'' || ''ye<sup>L</sup>'' || ''ye''  || ''na'' || ''ner'' || ''na<sup>N</sup>''
|-
! Example
| ''ye mpràn'' || ''ye gkàtz'' || ''ye hazier''  || ''na pràn'' || ''ner kàtzer'' || ''na nghazier''
|-
! acc.
| ''ye<sup>L</sup>'' || ''ye'' || ''ye''  || ''na'' || ''ner'' || ''na<sup>N</sup>''
|-
! Example
| ''ye mpràn'' || ''ye kàtz'' || ''ye hazier''  || ''na pràn'' || ''ner kàtzer'' || ''na nghazier''
|-
! dat.
| ''yi<sup>N</sup>'' || ''na<sup>L</sup>'' || ''yi''  || ''na'' || ''na'' || ''na''
|-
! Example
| ''yi mpràn'' || ''ye gkàtz'' || ''yi hazier''  || ''na pràn'' || ''na kàtzer'' || ''na hazier''
|-
|-
! gen.
! gen.
| ''na<sup>L</sup>'' || ''na<sup>L</sup>'' || ''yi<sup>N</sup>'' || ''na'' || ''na'' || ''na'' || ''ba<sup>L</sup>'' || ''ba<sup>L</sup>'' || ''ba<sup>N</sup>''
| ''na<sup>L</sup>'' || ''na<sup>L</sup>'' || ''na<sup>L</sup>'' || ''nanı'' || ''nanı'' || ''nanı''
|-
! Example
| ''na bprànı'' || ''na gkàtzan'' || ''n'γazra'' || ''nanı prànenı'' || ''nanı kàtzenı'' || ''nanı hazrienı''
|}
|}


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{| class="greentable lightgreenbg" style="text-align:center;"  
{| class="greentable lightgreenbg" style="text-align:center;"  
|+ Attributive forms of ''qial'' 'small'
|+ Attributive forms of ''cial'' 'small'
! rowspan=2 | || colspan="3" | singular, collective || colspan="3" | plural  
! rowspan=2 | || colspan="3" | singular || colspan="3" | plural  
|-
|-
! m. || f. || n. || m. || f. || n.  
! m. || f. || n. || m. || f. || n.  
|-
|-
! nom.
! nom.
| ''jqial'' || ''xqial'' || ''qial''  || ''qiala'' || ''qialer'' || ''jqiala''  
| ''jcial'' || ''xcial'' || ''cial''  || ''ciala'' || ''cialer'' || ''jciala''  
|-
|-
! gen.
! gen.
| ''jqiele'' || ''jqiele'' || ''jqiele'' || ''qialenı'' || ''qialenı'' || ''qialenı''  
| ''jciele'' || ''jciele'' || ''jciele'' || ''cialenı'' || ''cialenı'' || ''cialenı''  
|}
|}


===Verbs===
===Verbs===
Modern {{PAGENAME}} has a closed class of about 20-30 auxiliaries which are conjugated for tense and person. The main verb is used as a verbal noun. (Verbal nouns do not decline.) Example:
====Finite verb inflection====
All forms of a {{PAGENAME}} verb are formed from four principal parts:
 
#the present absolute stem
#the imperative stem
#the past stem
#the bare infinitive stem
 
The forms of a {{PAGENAME}} verb are the following:
*Present tense: PRESENT + ''-ig'', negative ''θri'' + IMPERATIVE
*Subjunctive (after preverbs): also IMPERATIVE
*Future tense: ''aeb'' + IMPERATIVE
*Past tense: PAST + ''-in''; induces split-ergativity
*Imperative: IMPERATIVE
*''-eod'' infinitive: PRESENT + -eod
*bare infinitive: INFINITIVE
 
There is no aspect distinction.
 
====Other forms====
*The active participle in ''-ig'' is used to modify a noun. As such it is used as a relative form for the subject.
*The ''-et'' infinitive:
**is used with modal verbs.
*The ''-eγ'' infinitive:
**with ''zi'' 'in', indicates "while the action is taking place" or, when possessed, "while POSSESSOR is VERBing"
**with ''ar'' 'on', indicates "upon/as soon as the action is taking place" or, when possessed,  "upon the POSSESSOR's VERBing"
**with ''nai'' 'by', indicates that the verb's action serves a purpose: "by VERBing"
*The bare infinitive:
**with ''zi'' 'in', indicates the progressive.
**with ''jel'' 'from', indicates (from just having been VERB-ing)
**with ''ħrù'' 'next to', indicates "intends to VERB" or "about to VERB"
**with ''asd'' 'without', indicates "without VERBing"
**(nonstandard) with ''ħand'' 'after', indicates that the action just happened.
 
====Split-ergativity====
{{PAGENAME}} has split-ergativity: past tense verbs display ergative alignment, and non-past tense verbs have accusative alignment.
 
That is, the subject is marked with the preposition ''u'' for transitive verbs, and is unmarked for intransitive verbs. In the case of transitive verbs, the ergative marking occurs regardless of whether or not there is a direct object.
 
Examples:
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'''Transitive verbs'''
:''Xabin '''u''' na.''
:eat.PRET ERG 1SG
:'I have eaten.'
 
:''Xabin '''u''' na n sáeng.''
:eat.PRET ERG 1SG DEF bread
:'I have eaten the bread.'


:'''''Nyan garhiav wan dtarsiad ikaan xkarhii.'''''
:''A tjéobrjeong '''u''' na n kéolsjang χa.''
:[ɲan gaˈriəv wən daɾˈsiət iˈkaːn xəˈr̝iː]
:but leave.PRET ERG 1SG DEF glh_schanng there
:PRES.1SG go.VN to-DEF.GEN.SG.N school.GEN.SG every.F day.GEN.SG
:'But I left the ''glh schanng'' (kefir-soaked Bjeheondian salad) there.'
:''I go to school every day.''
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'''Intransitive verbs'''
:''Eoseong eo már.''
:die.PRET DEF tree/PL
:'The trees died.'


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:''Farjeogin meo nóγeol χaltan.''
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:return.PRET 1PL.EXC.POSS dog/PL at_last
!|
:'Our dogs finally returned.'
!I!!thou!!he!!she!!it!!we (exc.)!!we (inc.)!!you (pl., semi-polite)!!you (polite)!!they!!one (impersonal)
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|-
!|present<sup>1</sup>
|''nyan''||''nyer''||''nyav''||''nyas''||''nya''||''nyam''||''nyad''||''nyax''||''nyaw''||''nyaħ''||''nyar''
|-
!|past
|''kon''||''ker''||''kov''||''kos''||''ko''||''kom''||''kod''||''kox''||''koo''||''koħ''||''kor''
|-
!|future
|''pon''||''per''||''pov''||''pos''||''po''||''pom''||''pod''||''pox''||''poo''||''poħ''||''por''
|}


<sup>1</sup> from Old Eevo ''ar.nédh'' 'to dwell at'. (The verb acquired a meaning like Vietnamese ''ở'' 'be at' which then turned into a progressive construction with a verbal noun.)
====Strong verbs====
As in Germanic, some Anbirese verbs form the past tense and the ''-eod'' infinitive by using ablaut.


===Prepositions===
===Prepositions===
If the prepositional object is a pronoun, the genitive form of the pronoun is used: ''la nà'' = to me, for me.
If the prepositional object is a pronoun, the genitive form of the pronoun is used: ''la nà'' = to me, for me.
===Numbers===
===Numbers===
ngic, qìng, tiħer, nèγ, dèv, selı, sdàng, ruìz, lèr, bàr, ngiaor, yàxing, knè
ngic, cìm, tiħer, nèig, dèib, selь, sdàm, ruìz, lèr, bàr, ngiaor, yàxim, knè


===Derivational morphology===
===Derivational morphology===
*''yir-'' = un-, non-
*''yir-'' = un-, non-
**yiraszuòc, yiraszuòc (f) 'innocence', from ''aszuòc'' (f) 'guilt'
**yirstzuòtz, yirstzuòtz (f) 'innocence', from ''stzuòtz'' (f) 'guilt'
*''-gàn, -gànı, -gànı'' = -able?
*''-gàn, -gànь, -gànь'' = -able?
*''-ah, -ax, -aha'' (n) = verbal noun
*''-ah, -ax, -aha'' (n) = verbal noun
*Unstressed initial prefixes are separated by an interpunct (·)
*Unstressed initial prefixes are separated by an interpunct (·)
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==Sample texts==
==Sample texts==
===UDHR===
===UDHR===
:'''''Niang bà zhil gkar sngè gasàn ak sdeħièid nai lòngaq ak nai ngmarar. Niang amsecìn nai ngmìshìnan ak yi astorngahan, ak nia ar hang la foda bràħaner nai lièixqian ri xiarbaqian.''''' (?)
:'''''Niam pà cil ghar sngèi casàn ac sdeħèid nai lòngatz ac nai marrenь. Niam amsetzìn nai mìsrìnen ac ye as·torngegen, ac niam ar ham la foza cràdener nai ghiegòren ri ziarbetzen.'''''
:/nʲəm pɑː tʃəɫ ɣɤː sŋaɪ ˈkasɑːn ək sdəˈħait nɒ ɫawŋəts ək nɒ mar̝ənʲ. nʲəm ˈamsətsiːn nɒ ˈmiːsʲɾʲiːnən ək jə əsˈtʊɯŋəgən, ək nʲəm əɾ ham ɫə ˈfɔzə kɾɑːdənɨ nɒ zjəgʊɯn ɾɪ zʲɤːbətsən/
:''All humans are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.''
:''All humans are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.''


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