Zeuhi

Zeuhi (Zeuhi dażbo /zøɦi daʐbo/; Zeuhi is from Classical Ilithian jľoudh + the Semitic nisba suffix -i) or Modern Ilithian is the main modern descendant of Classical Ilithian. It has many loans from Indic and Dravidian.

Lexicon

śuT = good (< jsúrt)

Śiżen = a name (< Jsužen)

źesi = diligent (< jvesu)

żauTi = meat (< žouštu)

dażbo = tongue, language (< dažvá)

bak = wolf (< vrk)

Phonology

Consonants

→ PoA ↓ Manner		Labial	Dental/Alveolar	Postalveolar	Palatal	Velar	Labiovelar	Glottal
Nasal		m /m/	n /n/		ń /ɲ/	ng /ŋ/
Plosive	tenuis	p /p/	t /t/, c /ts/	cz /tʂ/	ć /tɕ/	k /k/	q /kʷ/
	voiced	b /b/	d /d/, dz /dz/	dż /dʐ/	dź /dʑ/	g /g/	g° /gʷ/
	breathy	bh /bʰ/	dh /dʰ/, dzh /dzʰ/	dżh /dʐʰ/	dźh /dʑʰ/
Fricative	unvoiced	[f]	s /s/	sz /ʂ/	ś /ɕ/	x /x/
	voiced	v /v/	z /z/	ż, rz /ʐ/	ź /ʑ/		w /w/	h /ɦ/
Liquid			l /l/, r /r/

Vowels

	Front		Back
	unrounded	rounded
Close	i /i/	u /y/	ů /u/
Mid	e /e/	au /ø/	o /o/
Open	ä /æ/		a /ɑ/

Morphology

Nouns

Plural -ol is from the Ilithian collective -ál

	bak = wolf
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bak	bakol
Genitive	bakach	bakolach
Dative/Allative	bakpi	bakolpi
Accusative	bakej	bakolej
Instrumental	bakni	bakonni
Locative	bakmi	bakolmi

Pronouns

• o, och = 1sg
• tu = 2sg
• be, bech = 1pl
• i, ich = 2pl