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| 1: onþ
| | Definite article: ''en'' (animate sg.), ''ett'' (inanimate sg.), ''eŕ'' (plural) |
| 2: iŕeṇz
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| 3: muhnþ
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| 4: nahng
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| 5: eind
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| 6: ahŕ
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| 7: ier
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| 8: ezz
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| 9: onfeßß
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| 10: paßß
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| 100: nuhŕ
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| Dämmer nouns are inflected in 2 numbers (singular and plural) and 4 cases (nominative, accusative, genitive, instrumental-locative). The language uses SVO order and postpositions like Finnish. The accusative is different from the nominative only for /-m̩/ nouns. In the genitive singular i-umlaut is triggered (a ɛ: ʌ o: ʊ u: aʊ > ɛ i: œ ø: u y: œy), though it is blocked by certain noun suffixes.
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| The Dravidian plural suffix is added as follows:
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| *nouns in /-m̩/: the /-m̩/ changes to /-ŋɐ/
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| *after resonants: /-kɐ/
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| *otherwise: ''-er'' /-ɐ/
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| "tree":
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| *maɾm̩ (nom. sg.); maɾŋɐ (nom./acc. pl.)
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| *maɾt͡s (acc. sg.)
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| *maɾt͡sn̩ (gen. sg.); maɾŋɐn (gen. pl.)
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| *maɾt͡sl̩ (ins./loc. sg.); maɾŋɐl (ins./loc. pl.)
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| "son":
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| *maçn̩ (nom./acc. sg.); maçn̩kɐ (nom./acc. pl.)
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| *maçnn̩ (gen. sg.); maçn̩kɐn (gen. pl.)
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| *maçnl̩ (ins./loc. sg.); maçn̩kɐl (ins./loc. pl.)
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| "path":
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| *wɛɐ (nom./acc. sg.); wɛɐkɐ (nom./acc. pl.)
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| *wɛʁn̩ (gen. sg.); wɛɐkɐn (gen. pl.)
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| *wɛʁl̩ (ins./loc. sg.); wɛɐkɐl (ins./loc. pl.)
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| "house":
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| *waɪχ (nom./acc. sg.); waɪχɐ (nom./acc. pl.)
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| *waɪχn̩ (gen. sg.); waɪχɐn (gen. pl.)
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| *waɪχl̩ (ins./loc. sg.); waɪχɐl (ins./loc. pl.)
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| "egg":
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| *mʊqə (nom./acc. sg.); mʊqɐ (nom./acc. pl.)
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| *mʏqn̩ (gen. sg.); mʊqɐn (gen. pl.)
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| *mʊql̩ (ins./loc. sg.); mʊqɐl (ins./loc. pl.)
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| Dämmer is *not* pro-drop (like French and German).
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| in the present tense there are two different paradigms, vowel verbs and consonant verbs. Umlaut may occur in the present tense.
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| After vowels the present suffix is -ch- /ç/
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| ßie- [si:] = to do
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| nehn ßiechen [ne:n si:çn] = I do
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| nei ßieche [naɪ si:çə] = you do
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| aben ßiechen [a:bn si:çn] = he does
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| aber ßiecher [a:bɐ si:çɐ] = she does
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| att ßieched [at si:çət] = it does
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| abeŕ ßiecheŕ [abr si:çəɾ] = s/he (honorific) does
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| nehŋer ßiechem [ne:ŋɐ si:çm] = we (exc) do
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| nehm ßiechem [ne:m si:çm] = we (exc) do
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| neiŋer ßiecheŕg [naɪŋɐ si:çəɾk] = you folks do
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| aŕger ßiecheŕg [aɾgɐ si:çəɾk] = you folks do
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| eicher ßiechen [aɪçɐ si:çn] = they do
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| After consonants the present suffix is -g- /k/:
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| wehr- [we:ɐ] = to live
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| nehn wëhrgen [wi:ɐkn] = I live
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| nei wëhrge [wi:ɐkə] = you live
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| etc.
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| In the past tense, the personal endings are added to the suffix -d-.
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| nehn ßieden [si:tn] = I did
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| nei ßiede = you did
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| In the future tense, the suffix -b- is used (from fortition of older -v- after stressed syllables).
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| nehn ßieben [si:pn] = I'll do
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| nei ßiebe = you'll do
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| ...
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