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Ceige at 13:16, 23 August 2017

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	==Grammar==		=Grammar=
	===Nouns===		==Nouns==
	====Gender====		===Gender===
	There are 3 genders:		There are 3 genders, which are applied with semantic intent:
	* Male:		* Male:
	:: ~~Any noun that refers to a male~~ gendered ~~animal~~, ~~or anything the speaker wishes to emphasis as~~ masculine.		:: Male-gendered animals, things being emphasised in a masculine way*, and technically the -er suffix.
	~~:: The default gender for participles, adjectives~~, ~~etc.~~		::: <em>e.g. ram, soldier</em>
	~~:: And~~ the ~~following suffixes (tentative!):~~
	::* -er
	:~~:* -dum~~
	::*
	* Female		* Female
	:: ~~Any female~~ gendered animal, ~~anything the speaker wants to add female gender emphasis to~~, most suffixes ~~(?)~~. ~~Concepts? See neuter?~~		:: Female-gendered animal, things being emphasised in a feminine way*, romanticised concepts and abstractions, most derivational suffixes
			::: <em>e.g. ewe, valkyrie</em>
	* Neuter		* Neuter
	:: Animals (in a collective or non-individualistic sense), vehicles (but personified vehicles are typically female), machines (see prev., female gender can act as a respectful familiar diminutive), diminutives suffixes, etc.		:: Animals (in a collective or non-individualistic sense), vehicles (but personified vehicles are typically female), machines (see prev., female gender can act as a respectful familiar diminutive), diminutives suffixes, etc.
	====Number====		::: <em>e.g. sheep, land</em>


			<nowiki>*</nowiki><em>The use of emphasis is determined by the speaker's intent and background.</em>


			===Number===
	Nouns form the plural with:		Nouns form the plural with:
	* -er if they end in a consonant, are unaffixed, and are male,		* -er if they end in a consonant, are unaffixed, and are male,
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	* and -s if they end in a (phonemic) vowel.		* and -s if they end in a (phonemic) vowel.

	Neuter nouns do not need to mark for plurality.		These affixes also have secondary and tertiary partitive and derivational meanings.

			Neuter nouns do not need to mark for plurality, but often employ umlauting, sometimes with a final dummy vowel (-e).

			<!--Or umlaut e.g. fisch but schäf/schäp.
			Maybe schäfe? Vs schap/schàf egc.-->

			==Pronouns==
			<!--
			I(s)ch, mi(s)ch, mein
			Dau, di(s)ch, dein

			Wei, uns, unser
			Jau, Er, Erer
			-->

			===Personal===

			===Determiners===

	~~Or umlaut e.g. fisch but schäf/schäp.~~		==Verbs==
	~~Maybe schäfe? Vs schap/schàf egc.~~

	==Phrasing==		==Phrasing==
			<!--
	* Do you have a hammer?		* Do you have a hammer?
	:: S'da n hammer bei di(s)ch?		:: S'da n hammer bei di(s)ch?
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	The -ch here simply stands for a voiceless lenition-prone final velar rather than always /x ç/.		The -ch here simply stands for a voiceless lenition-prone final velar rather than always /x ç/.
			-->

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	Neuter nouns do not need to mark for plurality.		Neuter nouns do not need to mark for plurality.

			Or umlaut e.g. fisch but schäf/schäp.
			Maybe schäfe? Vs schap/schàf egc.

	==Phrasing==		==Phrasing==

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==Grammar==
===Nouns===
====Gender====
There are 3 genders:
* Male:
:: Any noun that refers to a male gendered animal, or anything the speaker wishes to emphasis as masculine.
:: The default gender for participles, adjectives, etc.
:: And the following suffixes (tentative!):
::* -er
::* -dum
::*
* Female
:: Any female gendered animal, anything the speaker wants to add female gender emphasis to, most suffixes (?). Concepts? See neuter?
* Neuter
:: Animals (in a collective or non-individualistic sense), vehicles (but personified vehicles are typically female), machines (see prev., female gender can act as a respectful familiar diminutive), diminutives suffixes, etc.
====Number====
Nouns form the plural with:
* -er if they end in a consonant, are unaffixed, and are male,
* -en if they end in a consonant or suffix, and are female,
* and -s if they end in a (phonemic) vowel.

Neuter nouns do not need to mark for plurality.

==Phrasing==
* Do you have a hammer?
:: S'da n hammer bei di(s)ch?
::: S'da n hammer av dein('s)?
:: Bei mi(s)ch('s/'es/_is) n buch.

The -ch here simply stands for a voiceless lenition-prone final velar rather than always /x ç/.