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'''Ucrean''' ({{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|ukrǁq}} {{IPA|/ukraǁɛq/}}, {{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|ǁq wkry}} {{IPA|/ǁɛq ʋ͆akri/}}) is a language spoken natively by the nomadic Ucrean orcs of northeastern Aiundoth's sub-arctic tundra (recognized by some as '''Ucrea''', from {{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|ukr?}} {{IPA|/ukrɛʔa/}}) in Reclamation-age/Sulon-era [[Verse:Azira|Azira]]. The language also finds lesser use across the continent as the holy tongue of the Vagrant Order ({{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|gžuƣlv}} {{IPA|/ɡʑuχɫaf͆/}}) as well Lohimite religion more broadly, being themselves the primary practitioners. | '''Ucrean''' ({{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|ukrǁq}} {{IPA|/ukraǁɛq/}}, {{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|ǁq wkry}} {{IPA|/ǁɛq ʋ͆akri/}}) is a language spoken natively by the nomadic Ucrean orcs of northeastern Aiundoth's sub-arctic tundra (recognized by some as '''Ucrea''', from {{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|ukr?}} {{IPA|/ukrɛʔa/}}) in Reclamation-age/Sulon-era [[Verse:Azira|Azira]]. The language also finds lesser use across the continent as the holy tongue of the Vagrant Order ({{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|gžuƣlv}} {{IPA|/ɡʑuχɫaf͆/}}) as well Lohimite religion more broadly, being themselves the primary practitioners. | ||
Out-of-universe, this language is inspired by the [[:w:Northeast Caucasian languages|Northeast Caucasian languages]], sharing a similar nominal classification system and declension, with minor influence from Russian | Out-of-universe, this language is inspired by the [[:w:Northeast Caucasian languages|Northeast Caucasian languages]], sharing a similar nominal classification system and declension, with minor influence from Russian & the Nguni Bantu languages. The first draft was originally intended to be the language of the Valache [[Verse:Sel/ZE-1b/Valsatbat/Elves#Orcs|orcs]] of [[Verse:Sel|Sel]], a vastly different context with a more alien phonology. Needless to say, this version was scrapped and re-adapted to its current context. | ||
==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
===Consonants=== | ===Consonants=== | ||
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|Y y | |Y y | ||
|{{IPA|/j/}} | |{{IPA|/j/}} | ||
|rowspan=2| | |rowspan=2|{{term|yødu#Ucrean|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|yodu}}}}<br />{{IPA|/jødu/}} | ||
|rowspan=2| | |rowspan=2|"cloak, shawl" | ||
|- | |- | ||
|I i | |I i | ||
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|Ľ ľ (5) | |Ľ ľ (5) | ||
|{{IPA|/ɮ/}} | |{{IPA|/ɮ/}} | ||
| | |{{term|ľudi#Ucrean|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|ľudi}}}}<br />{{IPA|/ɮudi/}} | ||
| | |"people, folk" | ||
|- | |- | ||
|style="font-size:large;"|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|ȸ}} | |style="font-size:large;"|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|ȸ}} | ||
|ȸ (8) | |ȸ (8) | ||
|{{IPA|/ȸ/}} | |{{IPA|/ȸ/}} | ||
| | |{{term|ȸƣał#Ucrean|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|ȸƣł}}}}<br />{{IPA|/ȸʁaɬ/}} | ||
| | |"sky" | ||
|- | |- | ||
|style="font-size:large;"|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|ȹ}} | |style="font-size:large;"|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|ȹ}} | ||
|ȹ (@) | |ȹ (@) | ||
|{{IPA|/ȹ/}} | |{{IPA|/ȹ/}} | ||
| | |{{term|ȹimešt#Ucrean|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|ȹimšt}}}}<br />{{IPA|/ȹimɛɕt/}} | ||
| | |"shawm, duduk" | ||
|- | |- | ||
|style="font-size:large;"|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|ȹ'}} | |style="font-size:large;"|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|ȹ'}} | ||
|ȹ' (@') | |ȹ' (@') | ||
|{{IPA|/ȹʼ/}} | |{{IPA|/ȹʼ/}} | ||
| | |{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|ȹimštłs}}<br />{{IPA|/ȹimɛɬɛs/}} | ||
| | |thin ȹimešt | ||
|- | |- | ||
|style="font-size:large;"|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|!}} | |style="font-size:large;"|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|!}} | ||
|ǃ (!) | |ǃ (!) | ||
|{{IPA|/ǃ/}} | |{{IPA|/ǃ/}} | ||
| | |{{term|!eh'da#Ucrean|{{lang|ucrn|sc=Ucrn|!h'd}}}}<br />{{IPA|/ǃɛχda/}} | ||
| | |"cooking, cuisine" | ||
|- | |- | ||
|rowspan=3|— | |rowspan=3|— | ||
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|{{IPA|/ø~y/}} | |{{IPA|/ø~y/}} | ||
|} | |} | ||
==Grammar== | |||
===Noun classes=== | |||
Ucrean has 8 lexically distinct noun-classes, not counting plural forms, which are equal in number but vary in how their respective roots decline. | |||
===Declension=== | |||
[[Category:Ucrean]] | [[Category:Ucrean]] | ||