Bergisk

Diphthongs
ai, au, ei, iu, oi and ou

Alphabet
1) The vowel /a/ only appears in stressed syllables, the vowel /ɐ/ only appears in unstressed syllables.

2) The vowel /ɛ/ only appears in stressed syllables, the vowel /ə/ only appears in unstressed syllables.

Vowel length
All vowels can appear in two different lengths.


 * Oral vowels can be short (single vowel) or long (doubled vowel).


 * Nasal vowels can be long (single vowel) or overlong (doubled vowel).

Final devoicing
In Bergisk, "soft" vowels in the end of a syllable are devoiced  to their "hard" counterpart if the next syllable spoken starts with a consonant. The exact opposite can also happen: "Hard" consonants are devoiced to their "soft" counterparts if the next syllabole spoken starts with a vowel.

Nouns
In Bergisk, nouns are declined for ...
 * 1) their gender - masculine, feminine or neuter
 * 2) their number - singular or plural
 * 3) their case - nominative, genitive, dative, accusative or instrumental

A-Declension
Most nouns in this class are male (ending in -as), only a few nouns are neuter (ending in -a).

I-Declension
Most nouns in this class are feminine or male (ending in -is), only a few nouns are neuter (ending in -i).

O-Declension
Almost all nouns in this class are feminine.