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+[[Riphean/Lexicon]]
-'''Riphean''' (''riviška'') is an Indo-European language of [[Verse:Tdūrzů|Tdūrzů]], spoken in our Poland, Prussia, Latvia and Lithuania. It is inspired by Czech and Dutch and contains vocabulary we think of as Slavic and non-English Germanic.
+'''Riphean''' (''rivška'') is an Indo-European language of [[Verse:Tdūrzů|Tdūrzů]], spoken in our Poland, Prussia, Latvia and Lithuania. It is inspired by Czech and Dutch and contains vocabulary we think of as Balto-Slavic and non-English Germanic.
 == TODO ==
-* ''dzaz'' 'gas' (from g'hh2sos, cognate to ''chaos'')
+Split-ergative past tense using a -n- passive participle?
-* ''ďouž, ďouža'' (n) 'animal' (from dhewsom)
-* ''séziž'' 'to declare, to decide' (~ censeō)
-* h1ed-esi -> ''etež'' "to eat"
-* neyHesi -> ''ňejž'' "to churn"
-* ''šľou, šľouza'' (n) "word" (ķlewos)
-* ''kena'' (f) "woman"
-* ''manč'' (m) "man"
-* ''wejr'' (m) (less common) "man, especially a manly one"
-* ''ľoudi'' "people"
-* ''wazera'' (f) "(poetic) spring"
-* ''and, anda/andza'' (n) "spring"
-* ''líđ, líđa'' (n) "summer"
-* ''ezen, ezniz'' (f) "autumn"
-* ''dzejma'' (f) "winter"
 === UDHR ===
-''Wiži dzíni kimeđ waleni um lejki in zwem chejn um zwame đejžem.''
+''Wiži dzíni kimeđ walni im lejki in zwem chejn im zwame đejžam.''
-/ˈʋɪ{{ž}}ɪ ˈdziːɲɪ ˈkɪman ˈʋaleɲɪ ɪm ˈlɛjkɪ ɪn zʋɛm xɛjn ɪm ˈzʋamɛ ˈðɛjʒɛm/
+/ˈʋɪ{{ž}}ɪ ˈdziːɲɪ ˈkɪməθ ˈʋalɲɪ ɪm ˈlɛjkɪ ɪn zʋɛm xɛjn ɪm ˈzʋamə ˈðɛjʒɐm/
-(um ~ Latin ambō)
+(im ~ Latin ambō)
 hejn ~ τῑμή 'honor', đejše ~ teisė
 == Phonology ==
-Riphean has consistent initial stress and a prosody similar to Czech.
+Riphean has consistent initial stress.
-''l'' is velarized
+Vowel-initial words get a glottal stop initial, at least in formal speech
+Voiceless stops are not aspirated
+w and v as in Dutch
+c č ď dz dž ň ř s z š ž h ch as in Czech, ľ as in Slovak, ř devoices word-finally
+h devoices to [x]
+''đ'' = [ð], devoices to [θ]
+Stressed ''a e i o u'' = [a ɛ ɪ ɔ u]
+''á é í ó ů'' = [a{{long}} e{{lowered}}{{long}} i{{long}} o{{lowered}}{{long}} u{{long}}]
+''ej ui ou'' = [ɛj œɥ ɔw]
+''l'' is velarized, ''r'' is usually an approximant. Both can be syllabic: ''wlch'' 'wolf', ''crn'' 'grain'.
+Auslautverhärtung
+Unstressed a = [ɐ] (like Portuguese)
 == Morphology ==
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 ==== Masculine inanimate ====
+Dialectally, these nouns may merge with neuter nouns: ''tam, tama''
+''tam'' "house"
+* nom. tam, tami
+* gen. tamez, tamu
+* dat. tame, tamem
+* acc. tam, tamuz
+* ins. tamu, tamiz
 ==== Feminine -a ====
 kena "woman"
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 ==== Adjectives ====
-<poem>
+Indefinite and definite declensions
-'the happy person'
-nom. zachistľuwe dzín, zachistľuwi dzíni
-acc. zachistľuwou dzín, zachistľuwej dzíni
-gen. zachistľuwez dzínez, zachistľuwiž dzíni
-dat. zachistľuwem dzín, zachistľuwame dzínem
-</poem>
 === Verbs ===
 etež "to eat"
-ec etem, již eteđ, ež eteđ, đam etar, jíľid eteđ, í eteđ
+ec etem, ji eteđ, ež eteđ, đam etar, jíľud eteđ, í eteđ
+(Polite pronoun?)
 negative ne
+==== ''buiž'' 'to be' ====
+ec em, ji eđ, ež es, đam ér, jiľud eđ, í zouđ
+Negative ec nem, ji neđ, ež nes, đam nér, jiľud neđ, í nezouđ
+==== Reflexive verbs ====
+ouchiž ze "to learn"
+ec ouchim ze, ji ouchiđ ze, ež ouchiđ ze, đam ouchir ze, jiľud ouchiđ ze, í ouchiđ ze
 === Numerals ===
-ejn, twá, đrí, cheđur, véch, zešt, zevouđ, astuđ, ňouđ, tezou
+ejn, tů, đrí, cheđur, véch, zest, zevouđ, astuđ, ňouđ, tezou
-ejnľez, twáľez, đríľez, cheđurľez, véľez, zešľez, zevaľez, astľez, ňouľez, twácouđi
+ejnľez, twejľez, đríľez, cheđurľez, véľez, zesľez, zevaľez, astľez, ňouľez, twejcouđi
-đrícouđi, cheđurcouđi, vécouđi, zešcouđi, zevacouđi, ascouđi, ňucouđi, stou? (random change from kmtom -> ktom, influenced by the ordinal stouđe <- ktm-tos)
+đrícouđi, cheđurcouđi, vécouđi, zescouđi, zevacouđi, ascouđi, ňucouđi, stou? (random change from kmtom -> ktom, influenced by the ordinal stouđe <- ktm-tos)
+đouzuđ
+ejn "1" declines as follows:
+* nom. ejn, ejna, ejn
+tů "2" declines as follows:
+* nom. tů, twí, twej
+* gen. tweju
+* dat. twím
+* acc. tů, twí, twej
+* ins. twími
+đrí "3" declines as follows:
+* nom. đrí
+* gen. đríu
+* dat. đrím
+* acc. đrí
+* ins. đrími
 == Syntax ==
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 <poem>
 I: ec
-thou: již
+thou: ji
 he/she/it: ež/já/it
 we: đam (originally a dummy word used with the impersonal, from đám "there")
-ye: jíľid
+ye: jíľud
 they: í/jáz/đá
 this: siđe
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 there: đám
 </poem>
+== Texts ==
+=== Schleicher's fable ===
+Ra oucha um ri dzrki
+Oucha, čá wlnou ne [had], [saw] dzrkuz