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===Orthography=== | ===Orthography=== | ||
====Romanisation==== | ====Romanisation==== | ||
The Ilda romanisation is mostly directly phonetic, although some digraphs, like ⟨sw⟩ and ⟨zw⟩ are pronounced <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[w:Voiceless post-alveolar fricative|ʃ]]<nowiki>]</nowiki> and <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[w:Voiced post-alveolar fricative|ʒ]]<nowiki>]</nowiki> respectively. Additionally, the symbol ⟨γ⟩ is pronounced <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[w:Voiced velar fricative|ɣ]]<nowiki>]</nowiki>, and the digraphs ⟨pt⟩ and ⟨bd⟩ are pronounced [ | The Ilda romanisation is mostly directly phonetic, although some digraphs, like ⟨sw⟩ and ⟨zw⟩ are pronounced <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[w:Voiceless post-alveolar fricative|ʃ]]<nowiki>]</nowiki> and <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[w:Voiced post-alveolar fricative|ʒ]]<nowiki>]</nowiki> respectively. Additionally, the symbol ⟨γ⟩ is pronounced <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[w:Voiced velar fricative|ɣ]]<nowiki>]</nowiki>, and the digraphs ⟨pt⟩ and ⟨bd⟩ are pronounced [tt] and [dd]. | ||
===Consonants=== | ===Consonants=== | ||
{| class=wikitable style="text-align: center;" | {| class=wikitable style="text-align: center;" | ||
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|- | |- | ||
! Nasal | ! Nasal | ||
| m || ɱ || || n || || ŋ || ɲ || || | | m || (ɱ) || || n || || ŋ || ɲ || || | ||
|- | |- | ||
! Fricative | ! Fricative | ||
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|- | |- | ||
! Lateral Approximant | ! Lateral Approximant | ||
| || || l̪ || l || || || ʎ || || | | || || (l̪) || l || || || ʎ || || | ||
|} | |} | ||
/l̪/ and /ɱ/ are allophones of /l/ and /m/ respectively, before labiodental consonants, e.g. in {{cont|ā'''l'''va|y}} [ˈaːl̪va] "nut" or {{cont|agī'''m'''fi|y}} [aˈɡiːɱfi] "granddaughter". | |||
Voiceless plosives apart from /q/ are aspirated when stressed, as in ''dinuɣ'' [[Help:IPA|[dinuɣ]]] and ''iswodinuɣ'' [[Help:IPA|[iʃoˈdʰinuɣ]]]. | |||
===Vowels=== | ===Vowels=== | ||
===Prosody=== | ===Prosody=== | ||
====Stress==== | ====Stress==== | ||
In Ilda, stress falls oxytonically, or on the last syllable. However, if a | In Ilda, stress falls oxytonically, or on the last syllable. However, if a syllable contains a long vowel, stress falls on that syllable regardless of its position. | ||
===Phonotactics=== | ===Phonotactics=== | ||
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Ilda has three noun cases- the '''[[w:Genitive case|genitive case]]''', the '''[[w:Accusative case|accusative case]]''' and the '''[[w:Dative case|dative case]]'''. | Ilda has three noun cases- the '''[[w:Genitive case|genitive case]]''', the '''[[w:Accusative case|accusative case]]''' and the '''[[w:Dative case|dative case]]'''. | ||
=====Genitive case===== | =====Genitive case===== | ||
The genitive case is denoted with the suffix ''-aska/āska'', save for the word ''[[Contionary:tāsnaq|tāsnaq]]''(meaning "horse"), where instead the prefix ''o-'' is used. The suffix most likely comes from the Proto-Yeldhic inset ''-asẘa-''. The prefix ''o-'' most likely comes from Proto-Ildaïc, where the prefix ''*ṓ-'' was used to denote possession of an object<ref>This feature is not found in Proto-Yeldhic.</ref>.<br> | The genitive case is denoted with the suffix ''-aska/āska'', save for the word ''[[Contionary:tāsnaq|tāsnaq]]''(meaning "horse"), where instead the prefix ''o-'' is used. The suffix most likely comes from the Proto-Yeldhic inset ''*-asẘa-''. The prefix ''o-'' most likely comes from Proto-Ildaïc, where the prefix ''*ṓ-'' was used to denote possession of an object<ref>This feature is not found in Proto-Yeldhic.</ref>.<br> | ||
'''Example:''' ''Us otāsnaq uswas''(The ''height of '' the horse) | '''Example:''' ''Us otāsnaq uswas''(The ''height of '' the horse) | ||
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[[Category:Yeldhic languages]] | [[Category:Yeldhic languages]] | ||
[[Category:Conlangs]] | [[Category:Conlangs]] | ||
[[Category:Radael]] | |||