Verse:Mwail/Ernish

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Mwail/Ernish

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Ernish
Auzinim
Pronunciation	[ɐʉʐɪnɪm]
Setting	Verse:Angai
Native speakers	320 million (2025)
Language family	Irenesian Erno-Kawenic Ernic Old Ernish Ernish
Official status
Official language in	Ernland, the Alliance

Ernish (native name Auzinim /ɐʉʐɪnɪm/) is an Irenesian language spoken in Eastern Siberia and northern North America along with its closest relatives (the Ernic branch of Irenesian, including Whyastian).

From Proto-Ernic to Ernish

1. word-final ə deleted
2. ə -> a after q, -> o after mw pw, i otherwise
3. β -> w; y -> ʐ; ć ś -> tɕ~ɕ; r -> ɢ; ʈ -> ʈʂ; q -> k; χ, x -> h; þ -> t before C, l before V
4. Dissimilatory delabialization: first (C)wVw -> CVw
5. ei ou -> ai au

The Ernish

Religion

Originally Ernic speakers were followers of Āínkiīaánịạkàì; however, most today are irreligious. A minority follow syncretisms of Āínkiīaánịạkàì and Sfipsurtop.

Phonology

p pw t ch tr k /p pʷ t tɕ~ɕ ʈʂ k/

d z g h /ð ʐ ɢ h/

w l /w l/

m mw n nh nr ng /m mʷ n ɲ ɳ ŋ/

i e a o u /ɪ e̞ ɐ o̞ ʉ/

/o/ is [ʌ] after /w mʷ pʷ/

the voiced uvular stop is phonologically a voiced velar fricative

some accents could merge l into edh

Grammar

VSO; similar to Indonesian or Classical Arabic grammar