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| name = Izhkut
| name = Izhkut
| altname = Ishcot
| altname = Ishcot
| nativename = yë-e-iskò
| nativename = jën izhkut
| pronunciation = jʌ.ɛ.iʃ͡kɒʔ
| pronunciation = ˈɟɛn̪ iʒkʊt
| created = 2022
| created = 2022
| creator = User:Jukethatbox
| creator = User:Jukethatbox
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| fam4 = Pokht-Izhkut
| fam4 = Pokht-Izhkut
| state = Northern Birnu
| state = Northern Birnu
| nation = Izhkutrëa
| nation = Izhkutrëa, Ingdikh
| minority = Ingdikh, Minūrun
| minority = Minūrun
| notice = ipa
| notice = ipa
}}
}}
'''Izhkut'''(''yë-e-iskò'', <small>Izhkut:</small> [[Help:IPA|[jʌ.ɛ.iʃ͡kɒʔ]]]), also known as '''Ishcot''' is the second-most spoken [[Taskaric languages|Taskaric]] language in Radael, with a native speaker population of {{formatnum:126000000}} people, and it is spoken by another {{formatnum:234000}} as an L2 language, primarily in the Izhkut vassal of Pokht, but also by students in the nation of Ingdikh, where learning the language is a compulsory part of the curriculum. The language as a whole also operates as a ''lingua franca'' in the scientific community in Birnu, as well as in diplomacy on the continent. It is also one of the 8 official languages in the West Birnu Economic Union(WBEU).
'''Izhkut'''(''jën izhkut'', <small>Izhkut:</small> [[Help:IPA|[ˈɟɛn̪ iʒkʊt]]]), also known as '''Ishcot''' is the most spoken [[Taskaric languages|Taskaric]] language in Radael, with a native speaker population of {{formatnum:126000000}} people, and it is spoken by another {{formatnum:234000}} as an L2 language, primarily in the Izhkut vassal of Pokht, but also by students in the nation of Ingdikh, where learning the language is a compulsory part of the curriculum. The language as a whole also operates as a ''lingua franca'' in the scientific community in Birnu, as well as in diplomacy on the continent. It is also one of the 8 official languages in the West Birnu Economic Union(WBEU).
==Phonology==
==Phonology==
===Orthography===
===Orthography===
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===Prosody===
===Prosody===
====Stress====
====Stress====
Stress in Izhkut is generally prototonic, although there is officially no stress pattern. When two words are agglutinised with a connective, like ''bay-ew-liriëp''("road", lit. ''travel-<small>CON</small>-ground-<small>ACC</small>''), the stress is always placed on the connective, in this case being ''-ew-''.
Stress in Izhkut is generally oxytonic, although there is officially no stress pattern. When a syllable contains an /ɛ/ it is automatically stressed.


===Phonotactics===
===Phonotactics===
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====Adjectives====
====Adjectives====
=== Verbs ===
=== Verbs ===
Verbs in Izhkut end in either semi-vowels, like /j/ and /w/, or simply a close unrounded vowel. They are often combined with nouns with connectives.
==== Adverbs ====
==== Adverbs ====
=== Particles ===
=== Particles ===
=== Connectives ===
Connectives are the most striking feature of Izhkut, and are often used to derive even basic words, like river(''diui-e-këdevey'', lit. ''flow.<small>SING</small>.<small>INF</small>-<small>CON</small>.<small>2</small>.<small>INF</small>-water-<small>ACC</small>'').
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:center
! colspan=2 |
! Noun-verb
! Verb-verb
! Noun-noun
|-
! rowspan=3 | Part
! 2-part
| ''-e-''
| ''-pe-''
| ''-ew-''
|-
! 3-part
| ''-ey-''
| ''-ëpe-''
| ''-na-''
|-
! Many-part<ref>More than 3 parts of an agglutinated lemma.</ref>
| ''-ye-''
| ''-kë-''
| ''-nwa-''
|}
=== Derivational morphology ===
=== Derivational morphology ===
Nouns can be derived from words by connecting a verb with a noun using a connective. For example, take the word ''diui-e-këdevey''("river"). The word is an agglutinated word, comprising of the verb(''diui'', singular infinitive of ''diwëy'', "to flow"), a connective(''-e-'', an agglutinate infinitive dual form) and an accusative noun, ''këdevey''(accusative form of ''këdeval'', "water").
==Syntax==
==Syntax==
===Constituent order===
===Constituent order===
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===Sentence phrase===
===Sentence phrase===
===Dependent clauses===
===Dependent clauses===
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