Ilithian

A conlang by Schhngellstein; Czech + Sanskrit hybrid gib

Gibberish

Bhamahá tršvý nouchántišétou sné prlášámaštíchéh padhrtiný

Phonology

→ PoA ↓ Manner		Labial	Dental/Alveolar	Postalveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		m /m/	n /n/		ň, ni /ɲ/	[ŋ]
Plosive	tenuis	p /p/	t /t/	č /tʃ/	ť, ti /c/	k /k/
	voiced	b /b/	d /d/	dž /dʒ/	ď, di /ɟ/	g /g/
	breathy	bh /bʱ/	dh /dʱ/	džh /dʒʱ/	ďh, dhi /ɟʱ/
Fricative	unvoiced	[f]	s /s/	š /ʃ/	[ç]	ch /x/
	voiced	v /v/		ž /ʒ/	j /j~ʝ/		h /ɦ/
Liquid			l /l/, r /r/	ř /(Czech ř)/	ľ, li /ʎ/

Consonants: identical to Czech (add ľ bh dh džh ďh, but h < gh), but j = [ʝ~ç]. No Auslautverhärtung.

d dh t n l + i í pronounced as if written ď ďh ť ň ľ + i í; ý is non-palatalizing í

Vowels: a e i u á é í/ý ú ů ej ou áj áu, acute = long vowel (u, ú, ů, ou, áu = ɯ, ɯː, uː, ɔw, aːw), l ĺ r ŕ = syllabic liquids

Grammar

Ilithian is a highly inflected language like Czech and Sanskrit, and also has inflectional and derivational ablaut like Sanskrit. It has tripartite alignment and its verbs inflect for honorific/politness level distinctions as well as tense.

Nouns

ďháp = stone

• Absolutive: ďháp, ďhápe, ďhápach
• Ergative: ďhápý, ďhápahá, ďhápách
• Accusative: ďhápech, ďhápáu, ďhápou
• Dative: ďhápou, ďhápaná, ďhapám
• Allative: ďhápr, ďhápat, ďhápák
• Locative: ďhápej, ďhápí, ďhápé
• Ablative: ďhápaný, ďhápni, ďhápla
• Instrumental: ďhápl, ďhápni, ďhápla
• Comitative: ďhápaš, ďhapašá, ďhapetou
• Vocative: ďhápa, ďhápe, ďhápach