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==Introduction==
==Introduction==
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Auscarish is a language spoken in Auscaria, and it is the main language of Auscaria. It is the native language of approximately 1,8 million people. It is also spoken and taught in schools as a second language in Miufia.
Auscarish is a language spoken in Auscaria, and it is the main language of Auscaria. It is the native language of approximately 1,8 million people. It is also spoken and taught in schools as a second language in Miufia.


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==Phonology==
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==Phonology==
===Consonant inventory===
===Consonant inventory===


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==Orthography==
==Orthography==
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1* The letter q is pronounced kk between two vowels. Otherwise, it's the same as k.
* 1* The letter q is pronounced kk between two vowels. Otherwise, it's the same as k.
2* While it is not considered to be a letter, ' is used in Auscarish and it is a glottal stop sound.
* 2* While it is not considered to be a letter, ' is used in Auscarish and it is a glottal stop sound.


==Prosody==
==Prosody==


====Stress====
===Stress===


Stress is not important in Auscarish. It varies from dialect to dialect.
Stress is not important in Auscarish. It varies from dialect to dialect.
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| Future || gx || nx || xz || xr
| Future || gx || nx || xz || xr
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! Tense !! verb ending in a consonant !! verb ending in a vowel
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| Present || x || jx
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(With x being the conjugation according to the subject.)
(With x being the conjugation according to the subject.)
The past continuous tense can be formed by: the verb ele in the perfect tense + the verb without -le/lo


====-le verbs====
====-le verbs====
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===Other conjugations===
* Passive voice: add ni ... before a conjugated (3rd person) verb. Examples: ille (to see) - ila (he/she/it sees) - ni ila (is seen)
* ''Zuwattaynasepim'' conjugation:
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! conjugation !! -le verbs !! -lo verbs !! example (-le) !! example (-lo)
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| Hasadupep (to be able to) || -wir- || -wor- || antele (to work) - antewirle (to be able to work) || qlo (to say) - qworlo (to be able to say)
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| Miradupep (want) || -(e)r- || -(u)r- || antele (to work) - anterle (to want to work) || qlo (to say) - qurlo (to want to say)
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| Vajidupep (necessity) || -(a)glal- || -(e)klel- || antele (to work) - anteglalle (have to work) || qeklello (have to say)
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==Indefinite articles==


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| ...aq || iw (if the next letter is 'w', then it is ne)
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| ...a || on
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|-...e || il (il + vowel = ily-)
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| ...u/ü/j || ma (if the next letter is 'a', then it is um)
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| ...ći/fi || lo (lo + vowel = l' ...)
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| i... || ok
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| ...s || su (if the next letter is u, then it is ep)
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| other || i
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If the word is in more than one class, the article of one which comes before on the list is used. These articles come after adjectives and before nouns.




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