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{{Infobox language | {{Infobox language | ||
|name = Flewtish | |name = Flewtish | ||
|nativename = | |nativename = Flũtwa / Флӯтѡа | ||
|state = Russia, Finland | |state = Russia, Finland | ||
|created = 2023 | |created = 2023 | ||
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<b>Flewtish</b> ([[w:Endonym|endonym]]: <b>''Flũtṽa''</b> (cyr. | <b>Flewtish</b> ([[w:Endonym|endonym]]: <b>''Flũtṽa''</b> (cyr. Флутѡа) [ˈɸluːtwa] or <b>''Flũtwas glũng''</b> [ˈɸluːtwas ɡluːŋ]) is a language spoken by the majority of the population in much of Northwest Russia and the [[w:Karelia|Karelia region]]. Flewtish is a [[w:Language isolate|language isolate]], meaning it does not [[w:Genetic relationship (linguistics)|genetically relate]] to any other known language on the planet. | ||
Flewtish is typologically agglutinative, using almost exclusively suffixal affixation to indicate number, tense, person and case. Flewtish is partially a [[w:Null-subject language|null-subject language]], depending on whether the subject can be implicitly indicated with certainty or not. Due to the [[w:Sprachbund|sprachbund effect]], Flewtish is an [[w:Subject–verb–object word order|SVO language]], but more archaic dialects are actually [[w:Subject–object-verb word order|SOV ones]]. It is a biscriptal language, using both the Latin and Cyrillic scripts to be written. An important aspect of the language is differentiating between labialized and non-labialized consonants (Referred in Flewtish as "rounded" and "unrounded") see eg. | Flewtish is typologically agglutinative, using almost exclusively suffixal affixation to indicate number, tense, person and case. Flewtish is partially a [[w:Null-subject language|null-subject language]], depending on whether the subject can be implicitly indicated with certainty or not. Due to the [[w:Sprachbund|sprachbund effect]], Flewtish is an [[w:Subject–verb–object word order|SVO language]], but more archaic dialects are actually [[w:Subject–object-verb word order|SOV ones]]. It is a biscriptal language, using both the Latin and Cyrillic scripts to be written. An important aspect of the language is differentiating between labialized and non-labialized consonants (Referred in Flewtish as "rounded" and "unrounded") see eg. [ˈkʷáɣ.ok] "Warmth" and [ˈkáɣ.ok] "Deer". | ||
==Etymology and history== | ==Etymology and history== | ||
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! English !! Flewtish | ! English !! Flewtish | ||
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| I || | | I || Гѡо | ||
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| You || | | You || Жи | ||
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| He/she || | | He/she/it || То/Шо/Ў | ||
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| We || | | We || Гѡоне | ||
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| You (pl.) || | | You (pl.) || Жине | ||
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| They || | | They || Увок | ||
|} | |} | ||
===Cases=== | ===Cases=== | ||
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| 6 || Six || Gáwo/Гаѡо | | 6 || Six || Gáwo/Гаѡо | ||
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| 7 || Seven || | | 7 || Seven || Tájek/Таӻек | ||
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| 8 || Eight || Xü/Жў | | 8 || Eight || Xü/Жў | ||