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Consonants

• /þ/ and /ð/ are the voiced and voiceless dental fricatives.
• /c/ and /j/ are the voiced and voiceless palatal fricatives.
• /x/ and /g/ are the voiced and voiceless velar fricatives.
• /ƿ/ and /w/ are separate phonemes. the former is a pure bilabial approximate while the latter is a pure velar approximate.

Vowels

• /ï/ is the closed back unrounded vowel.
• /ü/ is the closed front rounded vowel.
• /ë/ is the mid back unrounded vowel.
• /ö/ is the mid front rounded vowel.
• /ə/ is the schwa or neutral vowel.

Stress

Stress falls on the final vowel in a word.

Phonotactics

Syllables are at least #(C)(C)/(C)(C)V(C)(C)/(C)(C)# without morphology.

1. Cs are the consonants.
2. Vs are the vowels.
3. do not expect all slots to be filled.

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The nuances of the morphology will be explored in the Syntax section. until then, this section can serve as a quick reference to come back to when needed.

Consonant Root

all nouns and verbs are composed of four consonant roots. to make things easier, the author elected to use this system:

P0 C1 P12 C2 P23 C3 P34 C4 P5

Cs one through four are the consonants. Ps 0 through 5 are the places between the consonants. So, instead of saying "place the singular vowel between the first and second consonant of the root." I can instead, more succinctly say "place a in P12".

Number Vowels

Aegir distinguishes seven numbers. each number has a corresponding vowel that is inserted in the root template:

The nuances will be explained more in the Syntax section. Here are some generalizations to get the reader started:

• most numbers in Aegir are not only concerned with number but also composition of the pronouns and persons in question.
• in the dual, homogenous and heterogeneous are when a pair is considered equal and/or the same or neither respectively.
• in the plural, even and odd are when the composition of the group is considered equally distributed or not respectively.
• singular, paucal, and collective are the only ones not concerned about the composition of the individual nor the group.

Verbs

Person marking

The subject and object are marked on the verb by inserting the number vowels in their appropriate slots.

Subject

Object

Subject-Object

Some mnemonics:

• for the subject persons, the number vowel goes in P0, P12, and after C2 respectively.
• for the object persons, the number vowel goes before C3 and in P34 and P5.

Tense-Aspect-Place

Verbs mark for the time (tense), manner (aspect), and location (place) of the action happening. the following are conjugated for the third-person subject/first person object with the singular vowel.

Aquatic

• Inchoative is formed by inserting /ƿ/ after C1.
• Completive is formed by inserting /ƿ/ after C3.
• non-present is formed by inserting /l/ at P23.
• further non-present is formed by inserting /r/ at P23.
• number vowels always come after the two consonants in the second-person position for either subject or object.
• number vowels come before the P23 consonants in the third person-subject and/or after in the first-person object positions.

Terrestrial

• Inchoative is formed by inserting /w/ after C1.
• Completive is formed by inserting /w/ after C3.
• non-present is formed by inserting /ll/ at P23 in the progressive, /l/ for the other aspects.
• further non-present is formed by inserting /rr/ at P23 in the progressive, /r/ for the other aspects.
• number vowels always come after the two consonants in the second-person position for either subject or object.
• number vowels come before the P23 consonants in the third-person subject and/or after in the first-person object positions.

Pronouns

personal Pronouns

Pronouns can be interpreted as a two consonant root X-X with the number vowel being inserted in the appropriate first, second, or third person regardless of case.

Demonstratives

Demonstratives can be interpreted as a single consonant root L for things and R for persons with the number vowel inserted before the root to indicate a proximate or after to indicate a distant.

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Shuffling

Liquid: ClClClC.

            skadð ‘it is killing’ > slkladlð ‘venom’

            ssarþ ‘it is burning’ > slslarlþ ‘magma’

Solid: CjCjCjC.

            skadð > sjkjadjð ‘Originium’

            ssarþ > sjsjarjþ ‘ember’

Gas: CsCsCsC.

            skadð > ssksadsð ‘toxic gas’

            ssarþ > ssssarsþ ‘fire’

Suffixes

Agent: add -el at the end of the root, -rel if after a vowel.

            skadð > skadðel ‘killer’

            ssarþ > ssarþel ‘arsonist’

Recipient: add the suffix -ër to the end of the root, -nër if after a vowel.

            skadð > skadðër ‘corpse’

            ssarþ > ssarþër ‘burn victim’

Tool: add the suffix -il to the end of the word, -til if after a vowel.

            skadð > skadðil ‘weapon’

            ssarþ > ssarþil ‘torch’