Verse:Mwail/Ernish

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Mwail/Ernish

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Ernish
Auzinim
Pronunciation	[ɐʉʐɪnɪm]
Setting	Verse:Angai
Native speakers	300 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).

Ernish played an important role in Angaian scholarship during the Angaian Enlightenment. In 2025 it was the sixth most spoken language. It is one of the six official languages of the Angaian United Nations.

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