Ro'an nouns
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Ro'an declension
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1. Ro'an nouns
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2. Ro'an phonology
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3. ro'an reboot 1
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4. Ro'an scratchpad
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5. Ro'an verbs
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Ro'an has only 4 different forms for countable nouns, and 2 for uncountable. There are only two cases, direct and oblique, and two numbers, singular and plural. There are 4 noun classes that are lexical, this means you have to learn which class is every noun.
This has about 40% of Ro'an nouns. There are several subclasses, according to the allomorphic changes of the stems. There are no class 1 nouns that end with 'a'.
Consonantal stems:
x | dir | obl |
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sg | - ∅ | -ku |
pl | - a | Cʸ/ |
Vowel stems
Vowel stems have some changes when some suffixes are added.
All the roots of this class end with a consonant. Oblique forms palatalize that consonant, and oblique singular is -ik if the final consonant is a plosive or affricate.
dir | obl | |
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sg | - a | -k |
pl | - i | - ∅ |
dir | obl | |
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sg | - is | - ∅ |
pl | - as | - ʃ |
dir | obl | |
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sg | - ∅ | - mi |
pl | - ũ | - mu |
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