Zeuhi

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Zeuhi (Zeuhi dożho /zøɦi doʐɦo/; 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)

dożho = 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'