Verse:Mwtqwlqwj/Aíkaì

Aíkaì /āíkāì/ is an agglutinative, strictly head-final, highly tonal language of Angai China. Classical Aíkaì is the liturgical language of the monotheistic religion Āínkiīaánịạkàì (āín-kiīa-ánịạ-kàì unique-HON-follow-NMLZ).

Todo

• āín (determiner) 'unique, the only'
• -kiīa: Korean -nim, Japanese -sama

Phonology

k i a n /k i a ŋ(syllabic)/

5 tone levels: ā á a à ạ (highest to lowest)

n̄ ń n ǹ ṇ

The only syllables (ignoring tone) are n, i, a, ki, and ka.

Grammar

Nouns

Case markers

• =ǹń: topic
• =kaa: (focused) nominative
• =íí: (focused) honorific nominative
• =ai: genitive
• =ki: accusative
• =áì: locative
• =kaí: dative
• =àá: ablative
• =ạkí: terminative
• =ań: 'as', instrumental

The difference between the topic and nominative markers is much like the difference between wa and ga in Japanese:

Āín-kiīa=ǹń ānkạì=ki kiàń-kìká.

unique-HON=TOP world=ACC create-PST

'God created the world. (more neutral)'

Āín-kiīa=íí ānkạì=ki kiàń-kìká.

unique-HON=NOM.HON world=ACC create-PST

'It's God who created the world.'

Pronouns

A hierarchical pronoun system like Korean/Japanese/Vietnamese