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'''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).
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|name = Ernish
|nativename = Auzinim
|pronunciation=auʐinim
|setting = [[Verse:Mwail]]
|region =
|speakers=1.5 billion
|date=2025
|familycolor=austronesian
|fam1=[[Verse:Mwail/Irenesian languages|Irenesian]]
|fam2=[[Verse:Mwail/Erno-Kawenic languages|Erno-Kawenic]]
|fam3=[[Verse:Mwail/Ernic languages|Ernic]]
|fam4=Old Ernish
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|official=Ernland, the Alliance
|notice=IPA
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'''Ernish''' (native name ''Auzinim'' /auʐinim/) is an Irenesian language spoken in Eastern Siberia and northern North America along with its closest relatives (the Ernic branch of Irenesian, including Whyastian).


== Diachronics ==
Ernish played an important role in Angai North American scholarship during the Angaian Enlightenment. It is one of the six official languages of the Angaian United Nations.
The first schwa in a word is deleted if not word-initial, after applying the rule Və -> V: -> V


Get ''g'' from PEK *r
== From Proto-Ernic to Ernish ==
# word-final ə deleted
# ə -> a after q, -> o after mw pw, i otherwise
# β -> w; y -> ʐ; ć ś -> tɕ~ɕ; r -> ɢ; ʈ -> ʈʂ; q -> k; χ, x -> h; þ -> t before C, l before V
# Dissimilatory delabialization: first (C)wVw -> CVw
# ei ou -> ai au


== The Ernish ==
== The Ernish ==
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i e a o u /ɪ e{{lowered}} ɐ o{{lowered}} ʉ/
i e a o u /ɪ e{{lowered}} ɐ o{{lowered}} ʉ/


/o/ is [{{eo}}] after /w mʷ pʷ/
/o/ is [ʌ] after /w mʷ pʷ/


the voiced uvular stop is phonologically a voiced velar fricative
the voiced uvular stop is phonologically a voiced velar fricative
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some accents could merge l into edh
some accents could merge l into edh


(edh initially sounds like a labialized Danish soft d)
Intonation: Similar to Czech


== Grammar ==
== Grammar ==
VSO; similar to Indonesian or Classical Arabic grammar
VSO; similar to Polynesian grammar
 
Polynesian articles but they're Aramaic-style suffixes (with number marking)