Eo'iona [EOO]
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Registered by
PythonshellDebug on 26 December 2020
Language type
A priori
Place & SpeakersEo'iona is spoken by a population of around 632,000 in Oea'i.
Species
Human/humanoid
About Eo'iona
Aé'îê!
/welcome/
Welcome!
Eo'iona is a tonal language spoken mainly in the Oea'i Islands (Óeâ'i).
It uses SOV word order, and VOS for questions. Transitive verbs use SO1VO2; for example, "I give you food" becomes "I you give food".
Features:
Adjectives and adverbs come before the words they modify.
Aé'îê!
/welcome/
Welcome!
Eo'iona is a tonal language spoken mainly in the Oea'i Islands (Óeâ'i).
It uses SOV word order, and VOS for questions. Transitive verbs use SO1VO2; for example, "I give you food" becomes "I you give food".
Features:
- Tonal
Adjectives and adverbs come before the words they modify.
Sample of Eo'iona[view] A'e e'éiônèí iá ìêán! Iá ènoè oàn ôâ óé'aí!
A large shark is following meǃ I swim quickly to the shoreǃ[view all texts]
A large shark is following meǃ I swim quickly to the shoreǃ[view all texts]
Language family relationships
[view] About EonicEonic is a family of tonal languages spoken in the Oea'i Islands, most notably EOO .
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Dental | Alveolar | Glottal | ||||
| Nasal | n | |||||||
| Plosive | (p) | ʔ | ||||||
| Fricative | (ɸ) | (θ) | ||||||
| Vowels | Front | Back | ||
| Close | i î í ì | |||
| Close-mid | e ê é è | o ô ó ò | ||
| Open | a â á à | |||
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Eo'iona. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 Eo'ionaOrthography | ||||||||||
| Nn/n/ | '/ʔ/ | Aa/a/ | Àà/à/ | Áá/á/ | Ââ/â/ | Ee/e/ | Éé/é/ | Èè/è/ | Êê/ê/ | Ii/i/ |
| Íí/í/ | Ìì/ì/ | Îî/î/ | Oo/o/ | Óó/ó/ | Òò/ò/ | Ôô/ô/ | Ff/ɸ/1 | Pp/p/2 | Tt/θ/3 | |
| ✔ Shown in correct order | ||||||||||
- loan words only
- loan words only
- loan words only
Latest 8 related articles listed below.
CoWriMo 2021
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28-Feb-21 14:09Basic grammar
The basic grammar of Eo'iona
29-Jan-21 17:20Eo' creation myth
The creation myth of the Eo' culture
27-Jan-21 16:35
