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 ===Nouns===
-There are 11 noun cases that are marked on the '''noun''' in Yattano: transitive, intransitive, abessive, existive or ornative, derivative or inalienable possessive, genitive, equative, postpositional, final or benefactive, interal, distributive. There are also 12 cases that are marked on the '''verb''' rather than the noun: locative, dative or terminative, ablative or egressive, illative, causal-final (reason why), causal-final (cause of something), instrumental, cronitive, comitative, translative, adverbial, elative.
+There are 11 noun cases that are marked on the '''noun''' in Yattano: transitive, intransitive, abessive, existive or ornative, derivative or inalienable possessive, genitive, equative, postpositional, final or benefactive, interal, distributive. There are also 12 cases that are marked on the '''verb''' rather than the noun: locative, dative or terminative, ablative or egressive, illative, causal-final (so that, for), causal-final (because, since), instrumental, cronitive, comitative, translative, adverbial, elative.
 ====Noun cases marked on the noun====
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-! Header text !! G1 Nouns !! G2 Nouns !! G3 Nouns
+! Noun type !! G1 Nouns !! G2 Nouns !! G3 Nouns
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 | Transitive || — || — || -ru
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 ====Noun cases marked on the verb====
 ==Syntax==

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	There are 11 noun cases that are marked on the '''noun''' in Yattano: transitive, intransitive, abessive, existive or ornative, derivative or inalienable possessive, genitive, equative, postpositional, final or benefactive, interal, distributive. There are also 12 cases that are marked on the '''verb''' rather than the noun: locative, dative or terminative, ablative or egressive, illative, causal-final (reason why), causal-final (cause of something), instrumental, cronitive, comitative, translative, adverbial, elative.		There are 11 noun cases that are marked on the '''noun''' in Yattano: transitive, intransitive, abessive, existive or ornative, derivative or inalienable possessive, genitive, equative, postpositional, final or benefactive, interal, distributive. There are also 12 cases that are marked on the '''verb''' rather than the noun: locative, dative or terminative, ablative or egressive, illative, causal-final (reason why), causal-final (cause of something), instrumental, cronitive, comitative, translative, adverbial, elative.

			====Noun cases marked on the noun====

			{\| class="wikitable"
			\|-
			! Header text !! G1 Nouns !! G2 Nouns !! G3 Nouns
			\|-
			\| Transitive \|\| — \|\| — \|\| -ru
			\|-
			\| Intransitive \|\| -n \|\| -n \|\| -ti
			\|-
			\| Abessive \|\| et(e)- \|\| at(a)- \|\| ot(o)-
			\|-
			\| Existive/Ornative \|\| ya- \|\| yani- \|\| yaku-
			\|-
			\| Derivative \|\| -nu \|\| -kasu \|\| -kaa
			\|-
			\| Genitive \|\| az(i)- \|\| iš(o)- \|\| ay(a)-
			\|-
			\| Postpositional \|\| s(u)- \|\| aa- \|\| —
			\|-
			\| Equative \|\| -muu \|\| -kuu \|\| -suu
			\|-
			\| Final/Benefactive \|\| -šai \|\| -šai \|\| -šai
			\|-
			\| Interal \|\| čo- \|\| čo- \|\| čo-
			\|-
			\| Distributive \|\| yo- \|\| yo- \|\| yo-
			\|-
			\|}

			====Noun cases marked on the verb====

	==Syntax==		==Syntax==

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	{\| class="wikitable"		{\| class="wikitable"
	\|-		\|-
	~~\|colspan=3\| '''''Stops'''''~~		! Grapheme !! IPA Symbol !! Description and Notes
	\|-		\|-
	\| ~~'''b'''~~ \|\| ~~/b/~~ \|\| ~~as in ‘bee’~~		\| k \|\| [k] \|\| Voiceless velar plosive
	\|-		\|-
	\| ~~'''~~p~~'''~~ \|\| /p/ \|\| ~~as in ‘pea’~~		\| p \|\| [p] \|\| Voiceless bilabial plosive
	\|-		\|-
	\| ~~'''d'''~~ \|\| ~~/d/~~ \|\| ~~as in ‘deed’~~		\| t \|\| [t] \|\| Voiceless dental plosive
	\|-		\|-
	\| ~~'''t'''~~ \|\| ~~/t/~~ \|\| as ~~in ‘tea’~~		\| n \|\| [n] \|\| (Voiced) alveolar nasal. Can be pronounced as [ŋ] before k and g.
	\|-		\|-
	\| ~~'''g'''~~ \|\| ~~/g/~~ \|\| ~~as in ‘get’~~		\| m \|\| [m] \|\| (Voiced) bilabial nasal
	\|-		\|-
	\| ~~'''k'''~~ \|\| ~~/k/~~ \|\| ~~as in ‘key’~~		\| s \|\| [s] \|\| Voiceless alveolar fricative
	\|-		\|-
	\|~~colspan=3~~\| ~~'''''Fricatives'''''~~		\| j \|\| [j] \|\| Palatal approximant
	\|-		\|-
	\| ~~'''s'''~~ \|\| ~~/s/~~ \|\| ~~as in ‘see’~~		\| š \|\| [ʃ] \|\| Voiceless post-alveolar fricative
	\|-		\|-
	\| ~~'''z'''~~ \|\| ~~/z/~~ \|\| ~~as in ‘zed’~~		\| č \|\| [t͡ʃ] \|\| Voiceless post-alveolar fricative
	\|-		\|-
	\| ~~'''sh'''~~ \|\| ~~/ʃ/~~ \|\| ~~as in ‘she’~~		\| r \|\| [ɾ] \|\| Alveolar tap
	\|-		\|-
	\|~~colspan=3~~\| ~~'''''Affricates'''''~~		\| b \|\| [b] \|\| Voiced bilabial plosive
	\|-		\|-
	\| ~~'''č'''~~ \|\| ~~/t͡ʃ/~~ \|\| ~~as in ‘cheek’~~		\| g \|\| [g] \|\| Voiced velar plosive
	\|-		\|-
	\| ~~'''ž'''~~ \|\| ~~/d͡ʒ/~~ \|\| ~~as in ‘jam’~~		\| d \|\| [d] \|\| Voiced dental plosive
	\|-		\|-
	\|~~colspan=3~~\| ~~'''''Nasals and Liquids'''''~~		\| đ \|\| [d͡ʒ] \|\| Voiced post-alveolar fricative
	\|-
	~~\| '''m''' \|\| /m/~~ \|\| ~~as in ‘me’~~
	\|-
	~~\| '''n''' \|\| /n/ \|\| as in ‘need’~~
	\|-
	~~\| '''r''' \|\| /r/ \|\| as in Japanese ’raku’~~
	\|-
	~~\|colspan=3\| '''''Semi-Vowels'''''~~
	\|-
	~~\| '''j''' \|\| /j/ \|\| as in ‘yesterday’~~
	\|-		\|-
			\| z \|\| [z] \|\| Voiced alveolar fricative
	\|}		\|}

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	{\| class="wikitable"		{\| class="wikitable"
	\|-		\|-
	~~\| Back Vowels \|\|~~ IPA		! Grapheme !! IPA Symbol !! Description and notes
	\|-
	~~\| a \|\| /a/~~
	\|-		\|-
	\| o \|\| ~~/o/~~		\| a \|\| [a] \|\| Open front unrounded vowel
	\|-		\|-
	\| u \|\| ~~/u/~~		\| e \|\| [e] \|\| Close mid-front unrounded vowel
	\|-		\|-
	\| ~~Front Vowels~~ \|\| ~~IPA~~		\| i \|\| [i] \|\| Close front unrounded vowel
	\|-		\|-
	\| e \|\| ~~/e/~~		\| o \|\| [o] \|\| Close mid-back rounded vowel
	\|-		\|-
	\| i \|\| ~~/i/~~		\| u \|\| [u] \|\| Close back rounded vowel
	\|-		\|-
	\| ö \|\| /ø/		\| ö \|\| [ø] \|\| Close mid-front rounded vowel
	\|}		\|}

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

	Stress is usually on the second-to-last syllable of the word, but it can sometimes be on the last syllable too. Stress ~~cannot~~ change a word~~'s meaning~~.		Stress is usually on the second-to-last syllable of the word, but it can sometimes be on the last syllable too. Stress usually doesn't change the meaning of a word.

	====Intonation====		====Intonation====

			* To indicate that a sentence is a question, the pitch of the last syllable sharply rises.
			* When there are two or more adjectives modifying a noun, or there is a list of nouns or there is a list of choices, the pitch of the last syllables of all words except that of the last words fall. The final syllable of the last word rises.

	===Phonotactics===		===Phonotactics===
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	====Diphtongs====		====Diphtongs====

	Note that the vowel "ö" is not allowed to form a ~~diphtong~~.		Note that the vowel "ö" is not allowed to form a diphthong.

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	===Consonant clusters====		====Consonant clusters====

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	===Nouns===		===Nouns===

	There are 10 noun cases that are marked on the noun in Yattano: transitive, intransitive, abessive, existive, derivative or inalienable possessive, genitive, equative, postpositional, ~~perlative~~		There are 11 noun cases that are marked on the '''noun''' in Yattano: transitive, intransitive, abessive, existive or ornative, derivative or inalienable possessive, genitive, equative, postpositional, final or benefactive, interal, distributive. There are also 12 cases that are marked on the '''verb''' rather than the noun: locative, dative or terminative, ablative or egressive, illative, causal-final (reason why), causal-final (cause of something), instrumental, cronitive, comitative, translative, adverbial, elative.

	==Syntax==		==Syntax==
	===Constituent order===		===Constituent order===

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==Introduction==

Yattano is a language with transitive-intransitive alignment. Its phonology was inspired by Japanese.

==Phonology==

The charts under the title "phonology" use the Romanization system, rather than the actual writing system.

===Orthography===
===Consonants===

Yattano has 15 consonants:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
|colspan=3| '''''Stops'''''
|-
| '''b''' || /b/ || as in ‘bee’
|-
| '''p''' || /p/ || as in ‘pea’
|-
| '''d''' || /d/ || as in ‘deed’
|-
| '''t''' || /t/ || as in ‘tea’
|-
| '''g''' || /g/ || as in ‘get’
|-
| '''k''' || /k/ || as in ‘key’
|-
|colspan=3| '''''Fricatives'''''
|-
| '''s''' || /s/ || as in ‘see’
|-
| '''z''' || /z/ || as in ‘zed’
|-
| '''sh''' || /ʃ/ || as in ‘she’
|-
|colspan=3| '''''Affricates'''''
|-
| '''č''' || /t͡ʃ/ || as in ‘cheek’
|-
| '''ž''' || /d͡ʒ/ || as in ‘jam’
|-
|colspan=3| '''''Nasals and Liquids'''''
|-
| '''m''' || /m/ || as in ‘me’
|-
| '''n''' || /n/ || as in ‘need’
|-
| '''r''' || /r/ || as in Japanese ’raku’
|-
|colspan=3| '''''Semi-Vowels'''''
|-
| '''j''' || /j/ || as in ‘yesterday’
|-
|}

===Vowels===

Yattano has 6 vowels:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| Back Vowels || IPA
|-
| a || /a/
|-
| o || /o/
|-
| u || /u/
|-
| Front Vowels || IPA
|-
| e || /e/
|-
| i || /i/
|-
| ö || /ø/
|}

===Prosody===
====Stress====

Stress is usually on the second-to-last syllable of the word, but it can sometimes be on the last syllable too. Stress cannot change a word's meaning.

====Intonation====

===Phonotactics===

* No words can begin with a consonant cluster
* No words can end with a consonant cluster
* No words can end with a consonant except "-n"
* Root words that have "ö" in one syllable can only have either "e", "i" or another "ö" in their other syllables

====Diphtongs====

Note that the vowel "ö" is not allowed to form a diphtong.

{|
|-
| || A || '''E''' || '''I''' || '''O''' || '''U'''
|-
| '''A''' || aa || — || ia || — || ua
|-
| '''E''' || — || ee || ie || — || ue
|-
| '''I''' || ai || ei || ii || oi || ui
|-
| '''O''' || — || — || io || oo || uo
|-
| '''U''' || au || eu || iu || ou || uu
|}

===Consonant clusters====

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Group 1 (n-) !! Group 2 (j-) !! Group 3 (š-) !! Group 4 (m-) !! Group 5 (double cons.)
|-
| nt || jn || št || mp || bb
|-
| nd || jt || šk || mb || kk
|-
| nk || jk || || mj || dd
|-
| nj || jm || || || ...
|-
| ng || js || || || (all except r and j)
|-
| || jr || || ||
|}

==Morphology==

===Nouns===

There are 10 noun cases that are marked on the noun in Yattano: transitive, intransitive, abessive, existive, derivative or inalienable possessive, genitive, equative, postpositional, perlative
==Syntax==
===Constituent order===
===Noun phrase===
===Verb phrase===
===Sentence phrase===
===Dependent clauses===


==Example texts==
==Other resources==




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