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| '''Řeuŋnie''' is an a priori conlang inspired by Czech, Dutch, and Cantonese.
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| ==todo==
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| ===Words===
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| ''euj'' = (literary) lo, behold
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| ===Diachronics===
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| #OSL
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| #Czech-like depalatalization and hard/soft vowel splits
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| #Palatalization-dependent GVS, then another depalatalization? | |
| #Old Řeuŋnie ć dź ś ź merge into c z s z
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| #n- > l- (unless assimilating)
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| ==Test==
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| ''Woeŋanies uistřivt melouk lo vahrádyvijŋ, ar mezryz wodmyce bacirnje řeunie aš ŋávej tjemzánisie. Evloedr wie doezanejne hář, po ryhoteuŋ.''
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| ==Phonology==
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| "Czech with more vowels and simpler phonotactics" or "Play up the Dutch in Czech"
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| ===Consonants===
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| {| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="width: 500px; "
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| ! colspan="2" scope="col"|Labial
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| ! colspan="2" scope="col"|Alveolar
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| ! colspan="2" scope="col"|Palatal(ized)
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| ! colspan="2" scope="col"|Velar
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| ! colspan="2" scope="row"|Nasal
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| | colspan="2"|'''m''' /m/
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| | colspan="2"|'''n''' /n/
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| | colspan="2"|'''nj''' /ɲ/
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| |colspan="2"|'''ŋ''' /ŋ/
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| ! colspan="2" scope="row"|Plosive
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| |'''p''' /p/
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| |'''b''' /b/
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| |'''t''' /t/
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| |'''d''' /d/
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| |'''tj''' /c/
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| |'''dj''' /ɟ/
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| |'''k''' /k/
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| |'''g''' /g/
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| ! colspan="2" scope="row"|Fricative
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| |'''f''' /f/
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| |'''v''' /v/
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| |'''s, š''' /s/
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| |'''z, ž''' /z/
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| |'''ch''' /x/
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| ! colspan="2" scope="row"|Affricate
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| |'''c, č''' /ts/
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| ! colspan="2" scope="row"|Flap
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| | colspan="2"|'''r''' /ɾ/
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| ! colspan="2" scope="row"|Trill
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| | colspan="2"|'''ř''' /r~r̥/
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| ! colspan="2" scope="row"|Approximant
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| | colspan="2"|'''w''' /β/
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| | colspan="2"|'''l''' /l~ɫ/
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| | colspan="2"|'''j''' /j/
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| Word-initial '''h''' is silent; ''' ' ''' is always silent (with no effect on pitch).
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| '''m n ŋ l''' can be syllabic; when syllabic they are written '''ḿ ń ŋ́ ĺ''' and have the same length as long vowels.
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| Voiceless stops are unaspirated as in Dutch and Czech.
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| Obstruent voicing assimilation as in Slavic.
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| Glottal reinforcement, but no gemination
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| /l/ has the same l~ɫ allophony as in RP; vocalization of dark L to [w] possible
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| In the Ouřefian accent, '''r''' is always a tap [ɾ]. In the Lo'edjeuan accent, '''r''' can be uvular.
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| In the Ouřefian accent, '''ř''' is realized as a voiceless trill [r̥] in voiceless environments (word-finally and adjacent to a voiceless consonant). In the Lo'edjeuan accent, '''ř''' is always voiceless [r̥]. In dialects, '''ř''' is variously pronounced like [r̝] (the Czech ''ř''), [ʐ], [ʂ], [ʒ], [ʃ], or [ð], or merges with '''r'''.
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| In stylized or archaizing registers, '''ř''', '''h''' and ''' ' ''' are still pronounced as [r̝ ʕ ʔ].
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| ====Notes on consonant diachronics====
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| Řeuŋnie shows debuccalization of Proto-Idavic *g to '''h''' /ʕ/; compare Dutch, Czech and Ukrainian. Proto-Nabŋaic *b has shifted to '''v'''. /p b g/ are loan phonemes.
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| Proto-Idavic *ť ď has shifted to '''*č dž''' > '''c z'''.
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| ===Vowels===
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| The spelling of Řeuŋnie vowels reflects a shift similar to the Great Vowel Shift (cf. Common Czech and Dutch), which also affects loanwords borrowed before the shift, such as most Netagin loans in Řeuŋnie.
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| '''a e/je i/y o u á é ij/ei ó ú ae eu/ui ie oe ou ŕ''' /ɐ ɛ ɪ ɔ ɵ aː ɛː ɛɪ~ɪj aː yː~ʉː ae œː ɪː oː~uː əʊ~əʏ ɜː/
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| Closer allophones [ɪj~eɪ] of /ɛɪ/ are more common after palatals /c ɟ ɲ/.
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| *'''je i ie í eu''' are palatalizing; all other orthographic vowels are nonpalatalizing.
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| **For C = '''b p v f''', '''Cje Ceu Cí''' denote /Cjɛ Cjœː Cjɛɪ/; '''mje meu mij''' denotes /mɲɛ mɲœː mɲɛɪ/.
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| **For C = '''d t n''', '''Cje Ci Cie Cí Ceu''' denote /ɟ c ɲ/ + vowel.
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| *'''ó''' mostly occurs in loanwords from [[Netagin]].
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| ====Notes on vowel diachronics====
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| Řeuŋnie has lost Proto-Nabŋaic vowel length. Pre-Proto-Nabŋaic i u e a ī ū ē ā become e o e a i y ě o when not lengthened. Some vowel devoicing has occurred (cf. Japanese), which gave Řeuŋnie more consonant clusters.
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| Long vowels result from open-syllable lengthening (OSL): **čettijn > *četijn; **četijn > *čétijn. OSL occurred before the devoicing, making the Ourefr distribution of long vowels somewhat similar to Czech.
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| Modern '''ie ý/í oe ú''' result from older 'ää ý/í ó ú. Old Řeuŋnie u, ú has shifted to i, ij after soft consonants ''j č ž š ň *ľ ř''.
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| Palatalizing '''eu''' /œː/ is common in native words. Common sources are:
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| *Old Řeuŋnie /æː/ before velars or /l/: for example, ''řeuŋ'' /rœːŋ/ 'wind' comes from Old Řeuŋnie ''řa̋ŋ'' < PNab ''*rěŋu'' < PId ''*renwi''.
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| *Old Řeuŋnie long /juː/, coming from PId /ew/ or /iw/.
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| Non-palatalizing '''ui''' /œː/ comes mostly from historical ''*ujV'' or loanwords.
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| Most speakers today are in the process of merging /ɜː/ into '''á''' /aː/.
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| As suggested by the spelling, '''ŕ''' /ɜː/ comes from syllabic ''r''.
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| '''ae''' mostly comes from historical ''aje'' or ''awe''.
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| ===Downstep===
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| Řeuŋnie has pitch accent. Non-initial '''h''' (historically /ʕ/, from earlier /g/) is realized as suprasegmental pharyngealization which acts on a syllable level: vowels in affected syllables are lengthened, lowered, and pharyngealized, and the syllable gains a downstep. On the other hand, ''' ' ''' (historically /ʔ/) in the same position would indicate lack of a downstep. For example,
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| *Vh# or VhC indicates [+phar]ꜜ: ''ftoh'' /ftoꜜ/ 'riverbank; coast' is read as [ftɔː], but the genitive/dative sg. ''ftohy'' /ftɔˤːꜜɪ/ is pronounced [ftɔ̌ːɪ̀], and ''ftohta'' (instrumental/locative plural) is pronounced [ftɔ̌ːtà].
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| *VhV indicates V[+phar]ꜜV: ''ksaha'' /ksaꜜa/ 'stranger' is read as [ksâː], and the genitive sg. ''ksah'' /ksaꜜ/ is pronounced [ksǎː].
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| '''h''' also removes falling components from preceding diphthongs: '''aeh ouh ýh''' are pronounced [aːꜜ œːꜜ ɛːꜜ].
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| ===Historically hard-soft vowel pairs===
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| *hard y ~ soft i
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| *hard u ~ soft i
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| *hard a ~ soft ě
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| *hard ei ~ soft ij
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| *hard á ~ soft ie/eu
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| *hard ou ~ soft eu
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| *hard ui ~ soft eu
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| *hard oe ~ soft ie
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| *hard ú ~ soft ij
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| Long vowels result from OSL ćettijn > cetijn; ćetijn > cétijn
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| ==Morphology==
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| Inflectional morphology is Slavic and Germanic-inspired; clitics and syntax are Japanese-inspired
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| ===Nouns===
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| Řeuŋnie nouns are classified into two genders: animate and inanimate, and they inflect for case. Similarly to Slavic languages, the case affixes are fusional, encoding both case and number.
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| The inflectional cases are as follows. Other grammatical relations are expressed using postpositions and clitics.
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| *nominative (Japanese ''ga'')
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| *accusative (Japanese ''wo'')
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| *genitive (Japanese ''no'')
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| *dative (Japanese ''ni'')
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| *allative (Japanese ''e'')
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| *comitative/"and" (Japanese ''to'')
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| *instrumental/locative (Japanese ''de'')
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| ====Declension classes====
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| The declension classes are:
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| *''-a'' declension (usually animate)
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| *''-e'' declension (usually animate)
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| *''-aw/-ui-'' (verbal nouns)
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| *hard consonant declension (usually inanimate)
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| *soft consonant declension (usually inanimate, but default for loans ending in a consonant)
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| *Inanimate vowel nouns/-h declension (default for loans ending in a vowel; historically nouns ending in -g)
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| *''-ŕ'' declension
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| *''-ýn/-ín'' declension (adjectival noun)
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| *''-é/-ie'' declension (adjectival noun)
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| There are more declension classes than in related languages such as [[Nabbrzé]]; this is because of vowel changes after soft consonants and subsequent depalatalization.
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| eřecha (a) 'bear'
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| *nom: eřecha, eřechu
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| *acc: eřeše, eřechý
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| *gen: eřech, eřechý
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| *dat: eřechy, eřechas
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| *all: eřechet, eřechas
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| *ins/loc: eřešel, eřechata
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| *com: eřechuf, eřechaf
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| roustje (a) 'puppy'
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| *nom: roustje, rousti
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| *acc: rousti, roustí
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| *gen: roustj, roustí
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| *dat: rousti, roustjes
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| *all: roustet, roustjes
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| *ins/loc: roustil, roustjeta
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| *com: roustif, roustíf
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| loef (i) 'bridge'
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| *nom = acc: l'''oe'''f, lofa
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| *gen: lofy, lofý
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| *dat: lofy, l'''oe'''fs
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| *all: lofet, l'''oe'''fs
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| *ins/loc: lofel, l'''oe'''fta
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| *com: lofyf, lofýf
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| hŕþoh "corner"
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| *nom = acc: hŕþoh, hŕþoha
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| *gen: hŕþoj, hŕþojí
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| *dat: hŕþoj, hŕþós
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| *all: hŕþót, hŕþós
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| *ins/loc: hŕþojel, hŕþóta
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| *com: hŕþojf, hŕþojíf
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| *ksúv (i) 'tool':
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| *nom = acc: ksúv, ksúve
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| *gen: ksúvi, ksúví
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| *dat: ksúvi, ksúvs
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| *all: ksúvet, ksúvs
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| *ins/loc: ksúvil, ksúvta
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| *com: ksúvif, ksúvíf
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| wecsaw (i) 'action'
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| *nom = acc: wecsaw, wecsui
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| *gen: wecsui, wecsají (pronounced like "wecsaji")
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| *dat: wecsui, wecsuis
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| *all: wecsuit, wecsuis
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| *ins/loc: wecsuil, wecsuita
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| *com: wecsuif, wecsuif/wecsajíf (pronounced like "wecsajif")
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| ===Pronouns===
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| Rank pronouns.
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| ===Verbs and adjectives===
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| ''vej-'' for negation; generally like Korean, except verbs also inflect for the animacy of the subject.
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| get hard and soft stems (cf. different "theme vowels" for Japanese verb forms)
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| Conjugation classes:
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| *''-as'' verbs
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| *''-is'' verbs
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| *''-es''/''-ěs'' verbs
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| *''-s'' verbs
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| *irregular: "to do" (added to foreign words to verb them)
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| *irregular: ''ná-'' "to be (copula)"
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| *irregular: "to exist"
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| ===Pronouns===
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| === Postpositions ===
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| Unlike in Standard Average Talman languages, all adpositions in Řeuŋnie are postpositions, though they look like inflected prepositions when inflected for person. They derive from old prepositions and possessed nouns (including verbal nouns). Postpositions always agree with their objects: for example, ''ouda mi'' (man for-3SG.AN) translates as 'for the man'.
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| ===Verbs and adjectives===
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| ''vej-'' for negation; generally like Korean, except verbs also inflect for the animacy of the subject and object, with inverse marking.
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| get hard and soft allo-stems (cf. different "theme vowels" for Japanese verb forms)
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| ===Clitics===
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| Topic particle ''na''
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| ===Numerals===
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| ===Derivational morphology===
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| Proto-Řeuŋnie had an extensive array of derivational affixes.
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| ====Native====
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| *''-oelie'' '-ess'
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| *''-(y)tj/-(i)tj/-tje'' diminutive
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| *''-em/-m'' verbal noun
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| *''-vŕ'' patient
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| *''-fa'' agent
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| *''-koek'' instrument
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| *''-ář'' diminutive
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| *''-yCe/-iCe'' (C = redup) diminutive; not very productive
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| *''-ngoeh'' abstract noun
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| *''-myc'' (soft) abstract noun
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| ====Borrowed====
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| ==Syntax==
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| Lifted from Korean and Japanese; completely head-final except in poetry.
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| ==Poetry==
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| Poetic forms are influenced by [[Netagin]]; piyyut-like rhyming (i.e. last syllables agree) is the most common way to rhyme two words.
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| ==Sample text==
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| ===UDHR===
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| ''Tkanje krotu na héčti kfa botsínae vo, oedḿŋo'il ze wakŕvil páčta navŕsínaes. Krotý na toudžḿnil rachúbiníl ze mačídil sfáším vo, iezoer oŋužeuv lama jŕmi ŋ́ku-teuzimi wášil wecsáš hoezách mienis.''
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| [[Category:Conlangs]]
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