Itrun genders and animacy
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Itrun distincts up to 24 noun classes.
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[comments] dzc Itrun has 24 noun classes, here are the classes along with their endings (noun and adjective).
Stone/Made of stone - wa /silent/; wo /silent/
Wood/Made of wood - fa /sa/; wäkh /h/
Paper - sroy /jɤ/; srä /jɛ/
Stick like object - kakhr /gɛ/ kmah /ga/
Spherical obhect - wikhr /o/ wmih /silent/
Shape - mohk /o/ miy /i/
Concept(scientific) - wons /ɔh/ wokh /ɔh/
Concept(philosophic) - wosd /ɤ/ wodks /ɤ/
Ethnicity(and human) - dukh /h/ duskh /dɯh/
Agricultural - krokhm /go/ kodk /kʰɤ/
Place - pukhud /pʰɤ/ pusud /psɯ/
Occupation - pi /p/ pad /pʰɯ/
Name - khan /ha/ khad /hɛ/
Plant - dow /d̪o/ dukh /d̪oh/
Fish - wayk /waj/ waykn /waj/
Bird - smrok /jo/ rahd /ɾɪ/
Mammal - sbik /bi/ sbrö /bɤ/
Insect - skid /kʰɪ/ srikd /ɾɪ/
Reptile - bruds /ɾɯ/ btru /ɾ/
Related to technology - mkub /g/ mküc /gɯ/
Feeling - war /wa/ wra /wa/
Body part - sik /si/ skis /ih/
Natural element - tokh /t̪ɔh/ tosk /t̪ɔ/
Abstract - a /silent/ ä /silent/
Note:
-all the silent m/n's used to be nasal markers which are merged with oral vowels, nasal stops disappeared in endings
-s disappeared in consonant clusters
-s turns into h in the end of a syllable
-kh historically marked /x/ instead of /kʰ/, which merged with /h/
-schwa is never found in class endings
-g, aspirated k and plain k are written the same
-vowel pronunciations change depending on which character follows the vowel, usually the vowel gets rounded
Classical pronunciations:
/wa/ /wɔ/
/fa/ /wæx/
/sɾɔj/ /sɾæ/
/gexr/ /gmah/
/wɪxr/ /wmɪh/
/moxg/ /mij/
/wɔ̃sʰ/ /wɔx/
/wɤsd/ /wɤtks/
/dʱəx/ /dʱɯsx/
/grɔxm/ /kʰɤtk/
/pʰəxɤd/ /pɤsɯd/
/pʰi/ /pʰɯd/
/xã/ /xæd/
/dʱow/ /dʱux/
/wajg/ /wajcn̥/
/smrog/ /rehd/
/spig/ /sprɤ/
/skʰɪd/ /srɪgd/
/brɯts/ /ptrə/
/ⁿgəb/ /ⁿgɯt͡s/
/war/ /wra/
/sʰig/ /skisʰ/
/tɔx/ /tɔsk/
/a/ /æ/
Note: the spelling was created before the classical pronunciation.
High Itrun pronunciation:
/w/ /w/
/s/ /wex/
/sɾo/ /sɾe/
/ge/ /a/
/we/ /ɪ/
/mo/ /mi/
/wɔ̃s/ /wɔx/
/wɔd/ /wɔd/
/dx/ /dɯx/
/gɾɔ/ /kɔd/
/pʲoxud/ /pʲosud/
/pʲi/ /pʲud/
/xã/ /xæd/
/tʲow/ /tʲux/
/wag/ /wag/
/rog/ /red/
/spi/ /po/
/skid/ /id/
/brud/ /ro/
/gob/ /gut͡s/
/war/ /wra/
/sig/ /skis/
/tɔx/ /tɔk/
/silent/ /silent/
In New Romanisation:
w; w
sa; h
röy; rä
gè; ga
wo; w
o; iy
oh;oh
wö;wö
h;düh
go;kö
pö;psü
p;pü
ha;he
dow;doh
way;way
ro;ri
bi;bö
ki;ri
rü;r
g;gü
war;wra
si;ih
toh;to
-;-
New Romanisation for Classical Pronunciation:
w; w
fa; wäkh
sroy; srä
gekhr kmah
wikhr wmih
mohg miy
wons wokh
wosd wodks
dë düskh
grokhm ködk
pëkhöd pösüd
pi püd
khan khäd
dow dukh
wayg waykn
smrog rehd
spig sbrö
skid srikd
brüds btrë
mkëb mgüc
war wra
sig skis
tokh tosk
a ä
New Romanisation for High Itrun
w w
s wekh
sroy sre
ge a
we /wi
mo miy
wons wokh
wod wod
dkh dükh
gro kod
poxud posud
pi pud
khan khäd
tow tukh
rog red
spi po
skid rid
brud ro
gob guc
war wra
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