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Phonology and alphabet
Hard consonants
Cap | Б | В | Д | З | Ѕ | М | П | Р | С | Т | Ф | Ц
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Low | б | в | д | з | ѕ | м | п | р | с | т | ф | ц
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IPA | b | β | d | z | dz | m | p | r | s | t | ɸ | ts |
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Soft consonants
Cap | Ж | Ч | Џ | Ш | Щ
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Low | ж | ч | џ | ш | щ
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IPA | ʒ | tʃ | dʒ | ʃ | ʃtʃ |
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Variable consonants
Hard sign: Ъ ъ; хъчэм бакан
Soft sign: Ь ь; хъчэм црань
Cap | Г | Ғ | К | Л | Н | Х
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Low | г | ғ | к | л | н | х
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Hard | g | ɣ | k | l | n | x
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Soft | ɟ | ʝ | c | ʎ | ɲ | ç |
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Vowels
IPA | a | e | ɛ | i | o | u
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Hard | А | Е | Э | І | О | У
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| а | е | э | і | о | у
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Soft | Я | Є | Ӭ | И | Ё | Ю
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| я | є | ӭ | и | ё | ю |
Diphthongs
/ai au ɛi ɛu iu oi ou ui/
Allophony
- /r/ > [ɾ] after consonant
- /l/ > [ɫ] after /u/ or /o/
- /n/ > [ŋ] before velar
Unstressed vowel reduction (unless in syllable adjacent to stressed syllable):
- /e ɛ i/ > [ɛ]; /ɛu iu/ > [ɛu]
- /a o u/ > [ɔ]; /ai oi ui/ > [ɔi]; /au ou/ > [ɔu]
Phonotactics
Legal opening clusters:
- fric + C
- affr + lq/nsl
- stop + lq/nsl/stop
- nsl + C
- lq + /j/
- fric/stop/nsl + stop + lq
No gemination; voicing must match.
Closing consonants: /m n ɲ r l ʎ/. Cannot mix /ai ɛi oi ui/ with /r l ʎ/
Nouns
Articles and determiners
- Definite: эі-, эім-
- Indefinite: ка-
- Mass: ін-
- Proximal: бро-
- Medial: вда-
- Distal: щен-
Number
- Sg: -∅
- Sg (mkd): -зун
- Plur: -цо
Case
- Nom: -∅
- Acc: -ве
- Dat: -къӭл
- Gen: -юр
- Part: -здінь
- Com: -кя
- Inst: -чу
- Abe: -хом
- Loc: -ці
- Lat: -не
- Abl: -дэн
- Semb: -мо
- Caus: -щэ
Pronouns and adjectives
- 1st: кра
- 2nd: іл
- 3rd: цэу
- Refl: нун (no gender/number)
- Prox: бур
- Med: вел
- Dist: стін
- "Who": шэу
- "What": шін
- Act part: эн
- Pass part: ма
- Comparative: крэ
- Superlative: шку
Verbs
Prefixes
- not: фі-
- want to: каум-
- like to: зді-
- can: пяр-
- must: трэун-
- should: жге-
- might: џла-
- try to: вол-
- be allowed to: цмо-
- know how to: фтур-
- learn how to: тэм-
- prefer to: зӭл-
Suffixes
Subject modifiers
- Recip: -гур
- Dist Pl: -зін
Aspect
- Perf: -ӭ
- Inc: -сам
- Resum: -шу (-ъшу after /l n/)
- Prog: -∅
- Hab: -ір (-ир after vowels)
- Cess: -о
- Paus: -коі
Tense
- Past: -шэ
- Pres: -∅
- Fut: -ал
- Imp: -ка
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