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| created = 2023
| created = 2023
| creator = User:Jukethatbox
| creator = User:Jukethatbox
| image = Knasko.png
| imagecaption = The ''knåsko'', the symbol of the Ormå people.
| name = Ormå
| name = Ormå
| nativename = ormå píppi
| nativename = ormå pippi
| pronunciation = ormɔ ˈpi.ppi
| pronunciation = ormɔ ˈpip.pi
| state = Ormå Nation
| state = Ormå Nation
| speakers = 120,000
| date = 400 BH
| ethnicity = Ormå people
| ethnicity = Ormå people
| familycolor = Indo-European
| familycolor = Indo-European
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| fam2 = Ulmic
| fam2 = Ulmic
| fam3 = Umic
| fam3 = Umic
| ancestor1 = [[Proto-Yeldhic]]
| ancestor1 = Ancient Ormå
| ancestor2 = Proto-Ulmic
| nation = [[File:Knasko.png|24px]] Ormå Nation
| ancestor3 = Proto-Umic
| nation = Ormå Nation, Southern Ulmis
| minority = Southern Ulmis, Moshuria
| minority = Southern Ulmis, Moshuria
| agency = Ormả Committee(''Kikilẽ Ormå'')
| agency = Ormå Käminkkäwe
| notice = ipa
| notice = ipa
}}
}}
'''Ormå'''(/ormo/, ''ormå píppi''; <small>Ormå:</small> [[Help:IPA|[ormɔ ˈpi.ppi]]]) is a language spoken by the Ormå people of the southern areas of the tundras of Ulmis. It is an Umic language, so it is related to the languages of Umį and Pailä. The Umic languages themselves are a sub-branch of the Ulmic languages, which includes Pêrsir and Zadję.
'''Ormå'''(''ormå pippi''; <small>Ormå:</small> [[Help:IPA|[ormɔ ˈpip.pi]]]) is a language spoken by the Ormå people of the Ormå Nation. It is an Umic language, so it is related to the languages of Umį and Pailä. The Umic languages themselves are a sub-branch of the Ulmic languages, which includes Pêrsir and Zadję.


It is a fusional SOV language that, like all other Ulmic languages, heavily features nasalised vowels.
It is a fusional SOV language that, like all other Ulmic languages, heavily features nasalised vowels.
==Etymology==
''Ormå'' comes from Ancient Ormå ''ormorri'', a term referring to a tundra that is naturally protected from harsher winds by some other geographical feature, typically hills. ''ormorri'' may come from Proto-Ulmic ''*olmuy'', "silence", which would make Pêrsir ''ulmii'', "volume", cognate with ''ormorri''.
==Phonology==
==Phonology==
===Orthography===
===Orthography===
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! velarised
! velarised
| fˠ vˠ || sˠ zˠ ||  
| || sˠ zˠ ||  
|-
|-
! rowspan=2 | Approximant
! rowspan=2 | Approximant
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|-
! Close-mid
! Close-mid
| e || || o
| colspan=2 | e~ə || o
|-
|-
! Open-mid/Near-open
! Open-mid/Near-open
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| a || ||
| a || ||
|}
|}
/e/ is generally only realised as [ə] at the end of a word, though some dialects pronounce /e/ always as [ə] or always as [e].
====Nasalised vowels====
====Nasalised vowels====
{| class=wikitable style="text-align: center;"
{| class=wikitable style="text-align: center;"
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| ã || ||
| ã || ||
|}
|}
===Stress===
===Stress===
Ormå has no stress pattern, though most speakers tend to go towards paroxytonic stress.
Ormå has no stress pattern, though most speakers tend to go towards paroxytonic stress.
==Morphology==
==Morphology==
===Nouns===
===Nouns===
====Gender====
Ormå has four grammatical genders: '''masculine''', '''feminine''', '''passive neuter''' and '''active neuter'''. The distinction between passive and active neuter is quite vague, though the general pattern is that if it is a countable geographical feature that moves by itself, such as a river(''mittä''), it is '''active''' and if not, like a watershed(''nncẽ''), it is '''passive'''. However, some words, like ''krỹse''("snowy mountain"), which would logically be passive, is actually active, because in Ormå mythology, the God of Snowy Mountains, ''Ukkäjan'', supposedly causes avalanches to deter climbers of Mount Kakkijajå, thus making snowy mountains ''active'' deterers of climbers. Many of these logical exceptions in the neuter gender are rooted in Ormå mythology.
====Number====
====Number====
Ormå, like all Ulmic languages, differentiates between single, dual and plural grammatical number, which vary according to the four grammatical genders of masculine, feminine, passive neuter and active neuter.
Ormå, like all Ulmic languages, differentiates between single, dual and plural grammatical number, which vary according to the four grammatical genders of masculine, feminine, passive neuter and active neuter.
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|+ Grammatical number with ''thåsk'', ''skyd'', ''nncẽ'' & ''mittä''
|+ Grammatical number with ''thåsk'', ''skyd'', ''nncẽ'' & ''mittä''
|-
|-
! colspan="2" style="background:linear-gradient(to top right,#EAECF0 49.5%,#aaa 49.5%,#aaa 50.5%,#EAECF0 50.5%);line-height:1;" | <div style="margin-left:2em;text-align:right;">number&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div style="margin-right:2em;text-align:left;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;gender</div> !! Singular !! Dual !! Plural
! colspan=2 | !! Singular !! Dual !! Plural
|-
|-
! colspan=2 | Masculine
! colspan=2 | Masculine
| ''thåsk'' || ''thåsk'''i''''' || ''thåsk'''ir'''''
| ''thåsk''<br>"rock" || ''thåsk'''i''''' || ''thåsk'''ir'''''
|-
|-
! colspan=2 | Feminine
! colspan=2 | Feminine
| ''skyd'' || ''skyd'''je''''' || ''skyd'''jus'''''
| ''skyd''<br>"bulb" || ''skyd'''je''''' || ''skyd'''jus'''''
|-
|-
! rowspan=2 | Neuter
! rowspan=2 | Neuter
! Passive
! Passive
| ''nncẽ'' || ''nncẽ'''mmi''' || ''nncẽ'''mmä'''
| ''nncẽ''<br>"watershed" || ''nncẽ'''mmi''' || ''nncẽ'''mmä'''
|-
|-
! Active
! Active
| ''mittä'' || ''mittä'''pyr''''' || ''mittä'''fyr'''''
| ''mittä''<br>"river" || ''mittä'''pyr''''' || ''mittä'''fyr'''''
|}
 
===Pronouns===
====Demonstrative====
Demonstrative pronouns in Ormå are placed after the noun and fall into three categories: '''adjacent'''(next to something), '''near''' and '''far'''. For example, ''thåsk khe'' means "the rock next to <nowiki>[me]</nowiki>", ''skydje nhus'' means "these two bulbs" and ''mittäfyr käller'' means "those rivers (over there)".
{| class=wikitable style="text-align: center;"
! !! Adjacent !! Near !! Far
|-
! Singular
| ''khe'' || ''khes'' || ''khest''
|-
! Dual
| ''nhu'' || ''nhus'' || ''nhussr''
|-
! Plural
| ''kär'' || ''källä'' || ''käller''
|}
===Strong verbs===
====''Kokkra''====
''Kokkra'', "to be", is the main copula in Ormå. It has quite bizarre conjugation, though it is a very common verb.
{| class=wikitable style="text-align: center;"
! colspan = 2 | !! Singular !! Plural
|-
! colspan = 2 | 1st person
| ''soor'' || ''sooråj''
|-
! colspan = 2 | 2nd person
| ''stukk'' || ''stukkää''
|-
! rowspan=2 | 3rd person
! Objects
| ''skokke'' || ''skokkej''
|-
! People
| ''kokkår'' || ''kokkäre''
|}
|}


==Syntax==
==Other resources==
==Other resources==


[[Category:Languages]] [[Category:Conlangs]] [[Category:Yeldhic languages]]
[[Category:Languages]] [[Category:Conlangs]] [[Category:Yeldhic languages]] [[Category:Ormå]] [[Category:Radael]]
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