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==Introduction== | ==Introduction== | ||
Evie /ivi/ (Евйе сал Атегге, '' | Evie /ivi/ (Евйе сал Атегге, ''Ewye sal Ategge'' [ˈeʋʲe saɫ ˈatʰekːe], “the Evie language”) is a language spoken in Western Siberia. While a descendant of the Ivugi language, which originated in Siberia circa 1000 CE, it is not considered mutually intelligible with the other Ivugean languages. | ||
The speaker pool of Evie is estimated at around 250,000 speakers, mostly living throughout the Russian federal district Tyumen Oblast, and a small pool of speakers living within the city of Tyumen itself. Pockets of speakers are scattered throughout much of Europe, of which are mostly immigrant families. | The speaker pool of Evie is estimated at around 250,000 speakers, mostly living throughout the Russian federal district Tyumen Oblast, and a small pool of speakers living within the city of Tyumen itself. Pockets of speakers are scattered throughout much of Europe, of which are mostly immigrant families. | ||
Evie is a nominative-accusative, analytic language with SOV (subject-object-verb) word order and no grammatical gender, grammatical case, or verbal conjugation. Despite its low pool of speakers, Evie has significant dialectal variation. Although | Evie is a nominative-accusative, analytic language with SOV (subject-object-verb) word order and no grammatical gender, grammatical case, or verbal conjugation. Despite its low pool of speakers, Evie has significant dialectal variation. Although this is mostly seen regarding pronunciation and such variations shall be noted in this article. | ||
==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
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===Vowels=== | ===Vowels=== | ||
<table> | |||
<tr> | |||
<td> | |||
<p><strong>Vowels</strong></p> | |||
</td> | |||
<td> | |||
<p>Front</p> | |||
</td> | |||
<td colspan="2"> | |||
<p>Back</p> | |||
</td> | |||
</tr> | |||
<tr> | |||
<td> | |||
<p>Close</p> | |||
</td> | |||
<td> | |||
<p>'''и''' /i/</p> | |||
</td> | |||
<td colspan="2"> | |||
<p>'''у''' /u/</p> | |||
</td> | |||
</tr> | |||
<tr> | |||
<td> | |||
<p>Close-mid</p> | |||
</td> | |||
<td> | |||
<p>'''э''' /e/</p> | |||
</td> | |||
<td colspan="2"> </td> | |||
</tr> | |||
<tr> | |||
<td> | |||
<p>Open-mid</p> | |||
</td> | |||
<td> | |||
<p>'''Ѧ''' /ɛ̃/</p> | |||
</td> | |||
<td colspan="2"> | |||
<p>'''о''' /o/</p> | |||
</td> | |||
</tr> | |||
<tr> | |||
<td> | |||
<p>Open</p> | |||
</td> | |||
<td> | |||
<p>'''а''' /a/</p> | |||
</td> | |||
<td> | |||
<p>'''Ѫ''' /ɑ̃/</p> | |||
</td> | |||
<td> | |||
<p>'''Ѫ''' /ɒ̃/</p> | |||
</td> | |||
</tr> | |||
</table> | |||
* Some speakers merge /ɒ̃/ and /ɑ̃/, pronouncing both as [ɑ̃]. Others have raised /ɛ̃/ to [ẽ]. | |||
* Other speakers realize the nasal vowels as [ɛw̃], [ɔw̃], and [ɑw̃], similar to Polish. | |||
* There exists broad free variation concerning the back vowels, /u/ can be realized as [ʊ~ʉ~y], /ɔ/ as [o~ɒ~ø], and /ɒ/ as [a~ɔ~ɑ]. | |||
===Prosody=== | ===Prosody=== | ||
====Stress==== | ====Stress==== | ||