====== Ǣdyihòzhn ======
===== Phonology =====
  * ⟨a⟩ - /ɑ/
  * ⟨Ā⟩ or ⟨ā⟩ - /ɑː/
  * ⟨Ay⟩ or ⟨ay⟩ - /ɑi/
  * ⟨Æ⟩ or ⟨æ⟩ - /æ/
  * ⟨Ǣ⟩ or ⟨ǣ⟩ - /æː/
  * ⟨Dy⟩ or ⟨dy⟩ - /d<sup>j</sup>/
  * ⟨e⟩ - /e/
  * ⟨Ē⟩ or ⟨ē⟩ - /eː/
  * ⟨Ey⟩ or ⟨ey⟩ - /ei/
  * ⟨È⟩ or ⟨è⟩ - /ɛ/
  * ⟨Ḕ⟩ or ⟨ḕ⟩ - /ɛː/
  * ⟨f⟩ - /f/
  * ⟨Gh⟩ or ⟨gh⟩ - /ɣ/
  * ⟨Ghy⟩ or ⟨ghy⟩ - /ɣ<sup>j</sup>/
  * ⟨h⟩ - /h/
  * ⟨Hy⟩ or ⟨hy⟩ - /h<sup>j</sup>/
  * ⟨i⟩ - /i/
  * ⟨Ī⟩ or ⟨ī⟩ - /iː/
  * ⟨l⟩ - /ɮ/
  * ⟨k⟩ - /k/
  * ⟨Kh⟩ or ⟨kh⟩ - /x/
  * ⟨Khy⟩ or ⟨khy⟩ - /x<sup>j</sup>/
  * ⟨m⟩ - /m/
  * ⟨n⟩ - /n/
  * ⟨Ny⟩ or ⟨ny⟩ - /nj/
  * ⟨o⟩ - /o/
  * ⟨Ō⟩ or ⟨ō⟩ - /oː/
  * ⟨Ò⟩ or ⟨ò⟩ - /ɔ/
  * ⟨Ṑ⟩ or ⟨ṑ⟩ - /ɔː/
  * ⟨r⟩ - /ɾ/
  * ⟨s⟩ - /s/
  * ⟨t⟩ - /t/
  * ⟨Sh⟩ or ⟨sh⟩ - /ʃ/
  * ⟨U⟩ or ⟨u⟩ - /u/
  * ⟨Ū⟩ or ⟨ū⟩ - /uː/
  * ⟨v⟩ - /v/
  * ⟨Zh⟩ or ⟨zh⟩ - /ʒ/

===== Morphology =====
Nouns in Ǣdyihòzhn come in five classes: inanimate, valuable, animate, masculine, feminine. A noun's class is determined mainly by semantics rather than by the form of the word, which is to say that there is no way of predicting a noun's class merely by hearing or seeing it. Each noun class, however, interacts differently with other elements of a sentence.

While there are a number of exceptions, each class can be broadly defined as follows:

  * //inanimate//: objects, particularly natural ones, that appear to either not move or to only move in predetermined patterns; includes rocks, the sky and stars, many plants
  * //valuable//: objects that might otherwise be considered inanimate but have special significance of usefulness; food crops, certain valuable materials, [[universe:mikurmiya:|Nyōshun]] and [[universe:mikurmiya:kastun|Ghælṑr]], and particularly tools and weapons
  * //animate//: any animal individual or [[species:]], any [[species:#enenkalar|enenkal]] species, water, wind, certain fast-growing plants, most emotions, most typically mixed-gender groupings of people
  * //masculine//: people identified as male, certain emotions and physical standards associated with masculinity
  * //feminine//: people identified as female, certain emotions and physical standards associated with femininity

Ǣdyihòzhn has an inalienably-possessive case ending //-èn// for words ending in a consonant, //-n// for those ending in a vowel. Adjectives originally formed from nouns in this case tend to use //-n// in both environments.

Ǣdyihòzhn nouns are not marked for number; by themselves they can indicate either singular or plural. Should some indication of number need to be specified, nouns take [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classifier_(linguistics)|classifiers]], somewhat as in the English examples "five head of cattle", "three sheets of paper", "eight drops of water". Unlike English, however, this applies to all nouns and is in most cases mandatory; omitting a classifier is ungrammatical.

===== Vocabulary =====
  * //ǣdyin// (val.) 'pit used to hold things, well"
  * //daghnā// (an.) 'takma'
  * //èdun// (an.) 'short spear'
  * //ḕdyirā// (an.) 'a type of vermin, similar to rats'
  * //ghal// (masc.) 'son'
  * //hīye// (fem.) 'daughter'
  * //hòzh// (an.) no longer a separate word, but a common element in city names (related to [[language:Imperial:]] //kar// 'a colony, a settlement founded by official action, as opposed to one that simply appeared')
  * //hyīnash// (masc.) 'court, selamlik'
  * //rugay// (masc.) 'male band, fellowship'
  * //sura// (an.) 'mind'
  * //tayrin// (an.) 'progeny, descendants'
  * //vṑrem// (val.) 'ship'
  * //xètā// (an.) '[[xtauh:]]'

===== Names =====
//See [[ethnicity:abethine:ǣdyihozhis#naming_traditions|Ǣdyihòzhis naming traditions]]

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