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)
dożbo = tongue, language (< dažvá)
bak = wolf (< vrk)
blon = 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'