Zeuhi

Zeuhi (Zeuhi dożho /zøɦi doʐɦo/; 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

śuṭ = good (< jsúrt)

Śiżen = a name (< Jsužen)

śèsi = diligent (< jvesu)

szàuṭi = meat (< žouštu)

thòszò = tongue, language (< dažvá)

phàk = wolf (< vrk)

phlòn = tooth (< vdant-)

Phonology

Consonants

→ PoA ↓ Manner		Labial	Dental/Alveolar	Postalveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		m /m/	n /n/		ń /ɲ/	ng /ŋ/
Plosive	tenuis	p /p/	t /t/, c /ts/	cz /tʂ/	ć /tɕ/	k /k/
	aspirated	ph /pʰ/	th /tʰ/, ch /tsʰ/	czh /tʂʰ/	ćh /tɕʰ/
Fricative	unvoiced	[f]	s /s/	sz /ʂ/	ś /ɕ/	x /x/
	voiced	v /v/	z /z/	ż, rz /ʐ/	ź /ʑ/		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

-cze is topic marker

	bak = wolf
	Singular	Plural
Topic	bakče	bakolče
Nominative	bakta	bakolta
Genitive	bakach	bakolach
Dative/Allative	bakpi	bakolpi
Accusative	bakej	bakolej
Instrumental	bakni	bakonni
Locative	bakmi	bakolmi

Pronouns

Intimate/informal pronouns:

• ňàča (top), ňàta (nom), ňèj (acc), ňìpi (dat), ňượk (poss), ňèni (ins/equ), ňìm (loc) '1sg'
• phìča (top), phìta (nom), phèj (acc), phìpi (dat), phượk (poss), phèni (ins/equ), phìm (loc) '2sg'