Eyu [SNI]
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Language type
A priori
Place & SpeakersEyu is spoken by a population of around 73,000,000 in Ewique/Éouique.
Species
Human/humanoid
About Eyu
Ikiw is a priori language designed to be simple to pronounce, but at the same time, having a extensive, rich, predictable, exceptionless, and regular grammar.
The vocabulary is mainly of English source, but you’ll see some Portuguese and Chinese words and a bit of other languages.
It’s phonemes can have a wide range of variations/realizations depending on the preferences or based in the native language(s) of the speaker.
Orthography: preferentialy uses the Latin alphabet, but any other alphabet can be used. Capitalization and pontuation are used for discerning morphemes and parts of speech.
Grammar:
-highly agglutinative/polysynthetic
-lots of derivational suffixes
-five persons
-SVO word order
-no gender
-verbal prefixes convey tense, aspect, mood, evidentiality and valency (all optional)
-reduplication makes the nouns plural and intensifies adjectives, adverbs and verbs
-stress is in last syllable, except when the word has a suffix; when this happens, the stress falls on the last syllable before the suffix
-Ikiw means ‘’orphan kid that longs to be adopted’’
The vocabulary is mainly of English source, but you’ll see some Portuguese and Chinese words and a bit of other languages.
It’s phonemes can have a wide range of variations/realizations depending on the preferences or based in the native language(s) of the speaker.
Orthography: preferentialy uses the Latin alphabet, but any other alphabet can be used. Capitalization and pontuation are used for discerning morphemes and parts of speech.
Grammar:
-highly agglutinative/polysynthetic
-lots of derivational suffixes
-five persons
-SVO word order
-no gender
-verbal prefixes convey tense, aspect, mood, evidentiality and valency (all optional)
-reduplication makes the nouns plural and intensifies adjectives, adverbs and verbs
-stress is in last syllable, except when the word has a suffix; when this happens, the stress falls on the last syllable before the suffix
-Ikiw means ‘’orphan kid that longs to be adopted’’
Sample of Eyu[view] w
I cautiously give the dangerous man my father's money at the predetermined square in front of the church.[view all texts]
I cautiously give the dangerous man my father's money at the predetermined square in front of the church.[view all texts]
Language family relationships
Language treeEwanian
⤷ Proto-Ewanian
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Proto-Eyunic
⤷ Western or Eyunic
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Eyu
⤷ Proto-Ewanian
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Proto-Eyunic⤷ Western or Eyunic
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EyuPhonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Glottal | ||||||
| Nasal | m | n [nʲ]1 | [ŋ]2 | |||||||||
| Plosive | p | t [tʲ]3 | k | ʔ | ||||||||
| Fricative | s [sʲ]4 | h | ||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||
| Blends | mä | niŋ | pi | je̞ | we̞ | miŋ | kä | siŋ | kuŋ | ku |
| we̞ŋ | ʔe̞ŋ | nu | tiŋ | tä | to̞ŋ | säŋ | ʔuŋ | jo̞ | tuŋ | |
| si | hu | wo̞ | ʔiŋ | hä | ne̞ŋ | me̞ŋ | pä | se̞ | he̞ŋ | |
| li | ʔäŋ | to̞ | wäŋ | ke̞ | liŋ | muŋ | huŋ | puŋ | le̞ | |
| ʔo̞ŋ | su | suŋ | piŋ | kiŋ | pe̞ŋ | nä | mu | mo̞ | te̞ŋ | |
| lo̞ | ke̞ŋ | hi | ho̞ | ti | je̞ŋ | he̞ | juŋ | luŋ | jä | |
| tu | mo̞ŋ | wä | ko̞ŋ | se̞ŋ | wi | ki | pu | no̞ | le̞ŋ | |
| näŋ | päŋ | no̞ŋ | käŋ | lu | jäŋ | nuŋ | so̞ | po̞ŋ | ni | |
| wo̞ŋ | ne̞ | te̞ | häŋ | hiŋ | po̞ | mäŋ | mi | lä | wiŋ | |
| jo̞ŋ | lo̞ŋ | ju | ko̞ | pe̞ | sä | me̞ | so̞ŋ | läŋ | ho̞ŋ | |
| täŋ |
- allophone of /n/ before /i/ and of /ŋ/ before /j/ or a palatalised consonant
- allophone of coda /m/ or /n/
- allophone of /t/ before /i/
- allophone of /s/ before /i/
| Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
| Close | i1 | u | ||||
| Mid | e̞ | o̞ | ||||
| Open | ä | |||||
- vowels become nasalised [i͂ u͂ e̞͂ o̞͂ ä͂] before coda /n/ [m n ŋ]
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Eyu. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| EyuOrthography [edit] | |||||||||
| ሀ/hä/ | ሁ/hu/ | ሂ/hi/ | ሃ/hu/ | ሄ/he̞/ | ህ/h/ | ሆ/ho̞/ | ለ/läŋ/ | ሉ/luŋ/ | ሊ/liŋ/ |
| ላ/luŋ/ | ሌ/le̞ŋ/ | ል/l/ | ሎ/lo̞ŋ/ | ሐ/wäŋ/ | ሑ/muŋ/ | ሒ/wiŋ/ | ሔ/we̞ŋ/ | ሕ/w/ | ሖ/wo̞ŋ/ |
| መ/mä/ | ሙ/mu/ | ሚ/mi/ | ማ/mu/ | ሜ/me̞/ | ም/m/ | ሞ/mo̞/ | ሠ/sä/ | ሡ/su/ | ሢ/si/ |
| ሣ/su/ | ሤ/se̞/ | ሥ/s/ | ሦ/so̞/ | ረ/lä/ | ሩ/lu/ | ሪ/li/ | ራ/lu/ | ሬ/le̞/ | ር/l/ |
| ሮ/lo̞/ | ሰ/häŋ/ | ሱ/huŋ/ | ሲ/hiŋ/ | ሴ/he̞ŋ/ | ሶ/ho̞ŋ/ | ቀ/käŋ/ | ቁ/kuŋ/ | ቂ/kiŋ/ | ቃ/kuŋ/ |
| ቄ/ke̞ŋ/ | ቅ/k/ | ቆ/ko̞ŋ/ | በ/pä/ | ቡ/pu/ | ቢ/pi/ | ቤ/pe̞/ | ብ/p/ | ቦ/po̞/ | ተ/täŋ/ |
| ቱ/tuŋ/ | ቲ/tiŋ/ | ታ/tuŋ/ | ቴ/te̞ŋ/ | ት/t/ | ቶ/to̞ŋ/ | ኀ/näŋ/ | ኁ/nuŋ/ | ኂ/niŋ/ | ኃ/n/ |
| ኄ/ne̞ŋ/ | ኆ/no̞ŋ/ | ነ/nä/ | ኑ/nu/ | ኒ/ni/ | ና/nu/ | ኔ/ne̞/ | ን/n/ | ኖ/no̞/ | አ/ʔ/ |
| ኡ/ʔuŋ/ | ኢ/ʔiŋ/ | ኤ/ʔe̞ŋ/ | ከ/ʔäŋ/ | ክ/ʔuŋ/ | ኮ/ʔo̞ŋ/ | ወ/mäŋ/ | ዉ/muŋ/ | ዊ/miŋ/ | ዋ/muŋ/ |
| ዌ/me̞ŋ/ | ው/m/ | ዎ/mo̞ŋ/ | ዐ/ä/ | ዑ/u/ | ዒ/i/ | ዓ/ʔ/ | ዔ/e̞/ | ዕ/u/ | ዖ/o̞/ |
| ዘ/jäŋ/ | ዙ/juŋ/ | ዚ/siŋ/ | ዜ/je̞ŋ/ | ዝ/j/ | ዞ/jo̞ŋ/ | የ/jä/ | ዩ/ju/ | ያ/ju/ | ዬ/je̞/ |
| ይ/j/ | ደ/jo̞/ | ዲ/si/ | ገ/kä/ | ጉ/ku/ | ጊ/ki/ | ጋ/ku/ | ጌ/ke̞/ | ግ/k/ | ጎ/ko̞/ |
| ጠ/tä/ | ጡ/tu/ | ጢ/ti/ | ጤ/te̞/ | ጥ/t/ | ጦ/to̞/ | ጸ/wä/ | ጹ/mu/ | ጺ/wi/ | ጼ/we̞/ |
| ጽ/w/ | ጾ/wo̞/ | ፀ/säŋ/ | ፁ/suŋ/ | ፂ/siŋ/ | ፃ/suŋ/ | ፄ/se̞ŋ/ | ፅ/s/ | ፆ/so̞ŋ/ | ፊ/h/ |
| ፋ/huŋ/ | ፐ/päŋ/ | ፑ/puŋ/ | ፒ/piŋ/ | ፓ/puŋ/ | ፔ/pe̞ŋ/ | ፕ/p/ | ፖ/po̞ŋ/ | Aa/ä/ | Ee/e̞/ |
| Hh/h/ | Ii/i/1 | Jj/j/ | Kk/k/ | Ll/l/ | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ | Oo/o̞/ | Pp/p/ | Qq[ŋ]2 |
| Ss/s/ | Tt/t/ | Uu/u/ | Vv/w/ | Yy/u/ | |||||
| ✔ Shown in correct order [change] | |||||||||
- vowels become nasalised [i͂ u͂ e̞͂ o̞͂ ä͂] before coda /n/ [m n ŋ]
- allophone of coda /m/ or /n/
