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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.
=== From PEK to Proto-Ernic ===
# The first schwa in a word is deleted if not word-initial, after applying the rule Və -> V: -> V
# word-final schwa is deleted
# mˁ tˁ -> mw pw
# ç -> ś before t; þ otherwise
# q χ -> kw xw before e i (via a non-native accent)


=== From PE to Ernish ===
== From Proto-Ernic to Ernish ==
# word-final ə deleted
# ə -> a after q, -> o after mw pw, i otherwise
# ə -> a after q, -> o after mw pw, i otherwise
# Dissimilatory delabialization: (C)wVw -> CVw
# 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)