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Ajami, /ˈæd͡ʒəmɪ/ or Zia /ˈzɪə/, is a Jivan language, a constructed a priori language related to Kiwi. It draws inspiration from mainly the Indo-Iranian and Semitic languages.
The language is a Ja language, belonging to a certain branch of the Jivan languages, making it less related to Ris and Kiwi than Niki. Ajami has a normal-sized inventory of consonants and a fair amount of allophony. It is a fusional language and is morphosyntactically active-stative and with a fluid subject. The morphology is evenly split between nominal and verbal inflections.
Phonology
Consonants
This is the Ajami inventory of consonants.
Gemination is phonemic. The letter /h/ represents aspiration when following consonants. Aspirated voiced consonants are also pharyngealised.
| Bilabial | Dental | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| aspirated | unaspirated | aspirated | unaspirated | aspirated | unaspirated | ||||
| Nasal | m /m/ | n /n̪/ | [ɲ] | [ŋ] | |||||
| Plosives | voiced | bh /bˤʱ/ | b /b/ | dh /d̪ˤʱ/ | d /d̪/ | [ɟ] | gh /gˤʱ/ | g /g/ | |
| voiceless | th /t̪ʰ/ | t /t̪/ | [c] | kh /kʰ/ | k /k/ | ʻ /ʔ/ | |||
| Affricates | voiced | jh /d͡ʒˤʱ/ | j /d͡ʒ/ | ||||||
| Fricatives | voiced | [β] | |||||||
| voiceless | s /s̪/ | sh /ʃ/ | h /x ~ h/ | ||||||
| Trills | r /r/ | ||||||||
| Approximant | w /w/ | y /j/ | |||||||
| Lat. Approximant | l /ɫ/ | ||||||||
Examples
- Jamāʻa as-sunnām wah ad-dinī.
/d͡ʒæˈmæːʔə æsːunˈnæːm wæɦ ædˤːɪˈnɪː/
jamāʻa as-sunnāh wah ad-dinī
to_welcome/IMP.2SG.LOW the.DEF.III.SG-people.III.ACC.SG to there
Welcome the people there.
- « Jā jihāʻuma ar-rasāyyah rījan i rūnan, abhir inajihāʻumān duni. Assadām. »
- "You have let most of the women and men out, but you have not yet let the dogs out. You should."