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|name = Adzaac (Ox-Yew)
|name = Adzaac (Ox-Yew)
|nativename = Adzaac, Adɮāc
|nativename = Adzaac, Adɮāc
|pronunciation = /ɑdˈɮɑːtɬ’/
|pronunciation = /ɑdˈɮɑːtɬʼ/
|creator = [[User: Bpnjohnson|BenJamin P. Johnson]],<br />
|creator = [[User: Bpnjohnson|BenJamin P. Johnson]],<br />
<small>additionally creator of:<br />
<small>additionally creator of:<br />
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Adzaac (or Adɮāc) is an a priori, possibly non-terrestrial language whose phonology, morphology, grammar, and really whose entire weltanschauung is inextricably tied to sets of three. Since /ɑdˈɮɑːtɬ’/ is difficult to pronounce for most English speakers, the alternative name “Ox-Yew” (or the Language of the Ox-Yew People) is derived from all of the Latin letters which the orthography of Adzaac explicitly does ''not'' use.
Adzaac (or Adɮāc) 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 [ɑdˈɮɑːtɬʼ] 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 all of the Latin letters which the orthography of Adzaac explicitly does ''not'' use.


==Phonology==
==Phonology==
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|-
! Unvoiced Stop:
! Unvoiced Stop:
| ‹p› /p/
| ⟨p⟩ /p/
| ‹t› /t/
| ⟨t⟩ /t/
| ‹k› /k/
| ⟨k⟩ /k/
|-
|-  
! Voiced Stop:
! Voiced Stop:
| ‹b› /b/
| ⟨b⟩ /b/
| ‹d› /d/
| ⟨d⟩ /d/
| ‹g› /ɡ/
| ⟨g⟩ /ɡ/
|-
|-  
! Affricate:
! Affricate:
| ‹c› /t͡ɬ/
| ⟨c⟩ /t͡ɬ/
| ‹q› /t͡ʃ/
| ⟨q⟩ /t͡ʃ/
| ‹j› /d͡ʒ/
| ⟨j⟩ /d͡ʒ/
|-
|-  
! Fricative:
! Fricative:
| ‹s› /s/
| ⟨s⟩ /s/
| ‹f› /ʃ/
| ⟨f⟩ /ʃ/
| ‹h› /x/
| ⟨h⟩ /x/
|-
|-  
! Nasal:
! Nasal:
| ‹m› /m/
| ⟨m⟩ /m/
| ‹n› /n/
| ⟨n⟩ /n/
| ‹v› /ŋ/
| ⟨v⟩ /ŋ/
|-
|-  
! Liquid:
! Liquid:
| ‹z› /ɮ/
| ⟨z⟩ /ɮ/
| ‹r› /r/
| ⟨r⟩ /r/
| ‹l› /l/
| ⟨l⟩ /l/
|}
|}


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**C[+nas]ː (any geminate nasal)
**C[+nas]ː (any geminate nasal)
***mm, nn, vv
***mm, nn, vv
**C[+nas]C[-cnt-vox] (any nasal + unvoiced stop of the same place of articulation; also ‹ŋg›)
**C[+nas]C[-cnt-vox] (any nasal + unvoiced stop of the same place of articulation; also ⟨vg⟩)
***mp, nt, vk, vg
***mp, nt, vk, vg
**C[+nas]C[-cnt-vox]C[+liq] (any nasal + voiced or unvoiced stop of the same place of articulation + liquid)
**C[+nas]C[-cnt-vox]C[+liq] (any nasal + voiced or unvoiced stop of the same place of articulation + liquid)
***mbr, mbl, ndr, ndl, vgr, vgl, vgz
***mbr, mbl, ndr, ndl, vgr, vgl, vgz
**nC[+liq] (‹n› + any affricate)
**nC[+liq] (⟨n⟩ + any affricate)
***nq, nj, nc
***nq, nj, nc
**C[+obs+cnt]C[-cnt-vox] (any fricative + any unvoiced stop)
**C[+obs+cnt]C[-cnt-vox] (any fricative + any unvoiced stop)

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