Ehlimese [EHLM]
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Ehlimese
Ehlimese (qeYehlimê usatukê, [qejeɬimɛ usatukɛ]) was a classical language with ancient literary tradition. It served as the common language in the area of Ehlim until the arrival of the peoples of Ledankis.
It has many new features I did not tried before.
It has three grammatical genders; masculine, feminine and neuter. Five different strategies to mark plural nouns. Quite free word order. Polypersonal agreement Head-marking Zero copula Nonverbial person agreement (everything can behave as a verb) 5+ patterns of prefixing nouns
10 noun cases
It has many new features I did not tried before.
Sample of Ehlimese[view] Eixilimt ehhako nimma'ê xurrêzin. Eiapo yitim cinan cepo ehhako, eihhoña
I’ve been like a mother to that girl. I’ve locked her in her room, told her she was fat, and once I even left her in a store![view all texts]
I’ve been like a mother to that girl. I’ve locked her in her room, told her she was fat, and once I even left her in a store![view all texts]
Language family relationships
Language treeEhlimese
⤷ Proto-Ehlimese
⤷ Mainland
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⤷ Proto-Ehlimese
⤷ Mainland
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Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | Other | |||||||||
Nasal | m mʷ | n nʷ | ɲ ɲʷ | ŋ ŋʷ | ||||||||||||||
Plosive | p pʼ pʷ | t tʼ tʷ | k kʼ kʷ | q qʼ qʷ | ʔ | |||||||||||||
Fricative | ɸ ɸʷ | s sʷ | ʃ ʃʷ | ç | x xʷ | h hʷ | ||||||||||||
Affricate | t͡s t͡sʼ t͡sʷ | t͡ʃ t͡ʃʼ t͡ʃʷ | t͡ɬ t͡ɬʼ t͡ɬʷ | |||||||||||||||
Lateral approximant | l lʷ | ʎ ʎʷ | ||||||||||||||||
Lateral fricative | ɬ | |||||||||||||||||
Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||||||
Trill | r | ʀ | ||||||||||||||||
Flap | ɾ |
Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
Close | i | ɨ | [ɯ]1 | u | ||
Close-mid | e | o | ||||
Open-mid | ɛ | |||||
Near-open | [ɐ]2 | |||||
Open | [a]3 | ɑ |
- allophone of /ɨ/
- allophone of /ɑ/
- allophone of /ɑ/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Ehlimese. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
EhlimeseOrthography [edit] | |||||||||
'/ʔ/ | Aa/ɑ/ | Cc/t͡ʃ/ | C' c'/t͡ʃʼ/ | CW cw/t͡ʃʷ/ | Êê/ɛ/ | Ee/e/ | Ff/ɸ/ | FW fw/ɸʷ/ | Gg/ŋ/ |
GW gw/ŋʷ/ | Hh/h/ | HH hh/x/ | HHW hhw/xʷ/ | HL hl/ɬ/ | HR hr/ʀ/ | HW hw/hʷ/ | Ii/i/ | Jj/ç/ | Kk/k/ |
K' k'/kʼ/ | KW kw/kʷ/ | Ll/l/ | LL ll/ʎ/ | LLW llw/ʎʷ/ | LW lw/lʷ/ | Mm/m/ | MW mw/mʷ/ | Ññ/ɲ/ | Nn/n/ |
NW nw/nʷ/ | ÑW ñw/ɲʷ/ | Oo/o/ | Pp/p/ | P' p'/pʼ/ | PW pw/pʷ/ | Qq/q/ | Q' q'/qʼ/ | QW qw/qʷ/ | Rr/ɾ/ |
RR rr/r/ | Ss/s/ | SW sw/sʷ/ | Tt/t/ | T' t'/tʼ/ | TL tl/t͡ɬ/ | TL' tl'/t͡ɬʼ/ | TLW tlw/t͡ɬʷ/ | TW tw/tʷ/ | Üü/ɨ/ |
Uu/u/ | Ww/w/ | Xx/ʃ/ | XW xw/ʃʷ/ | Yy/j/ | Zz/t͡s/ | Z' z'/t͡sʼ/ | ZW zw/t͡sʷ/ | ||
✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] |
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