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
-cze is topic marker
| 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