Red Ñiy [NIY]
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Language type
Other
Place & SpeakersSpoken in: AwarahlRegional
Species
Human/humanoid
About Red Ñiy
A descendant of Mañi . Spoken in northern Red Island (Ááña Yaahaa), the large southeastern C-shaped island of Awarahl. The main substrate for Awarahl Creole, a Terminian creole that forms the lingua franca of the country.
Collective nouns can be treated as either singular or plural depending on whether their verb is pluractional or not. Pluractionality is a big thing and is accomplished through semi-irregular reduplication of the verb stem.
Verbs can agree with up to four participants, as in:
Ehénííniřá·ie·úha éani oruhe.
/ehénɨ́niɾʲɐ́ʔieʔúhɐ éɐni oɾuhe/
Ehé-níí-ni-řá·-ie-·úha éa-ni oru-he
CAUSCausative (valency/mood)
cause an action to occur, force another argument to act.1SFirst person singular (person)
speaker, signer, etc.; I-2SSecond person singular (person)
addressee (you)-G3Gender 3 (gender/class)-give-PSTPast (tense)
action occurred before moment of speech-DATDative (case)
indirect object; recipient, beneficiary, location.3PThird person plural (person)
neither speaker nor addressee, they/them boat-G3Gender 3 (gender/class) person-PLPlural (number)
more than one/few
'I made you give the boat to the people.'
Collective nouns can be treated as either singular or plural depending on whether their verb is pluractional or not. Pluractionality is a big thing and is accomplished through semi-irregular reduplication of the verb stem.
Verbs can agree with up to four participants, as in:
Ehénííniřá·ie·úha éani oruhe.
/ehénɨ́niɾʲɐ́ʔieʔúhɐ éɐni oɾuhe/
Ehé-níí-ni-řá·-ie-·úha éa-ni oru-he
CAUSCausative (valency/mood)
cause an action to occur, force another argument to act.1SFirst person singular (person)
speaker, signer, etc.; I-2SSecond person singular (person)
addressee (you)-G3Gender 3 (gender/class)-give-PSTPast (tense)
action occurred before moment of speech-DATDative (case)
indirect object; recipient, beneficiary, location.3PThird person plural (person)
neither speaker nor addressee, they/them boat-G3Gender 3 (gender/class) person-PLPlural (number)
more than one/few
'I made you give the boat to the people.'
Sample of Red Ñiy[view] Líhihe nááhahexe yé čáána u yáha?
Where do birds go when it rains?[view all texts]
Where do birds go when it rains?[view all texts]
Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Glottal | |||||||
Nasal | m | n | ɲ | |||||||||||
Plosive | t | k | ʔ | |||||||||||
Fricative | s | ʃ | h | |||||||||||
Affricate | t͡ʃ | |||||||||||||
Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||
Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||
Flap | ɾ ɾʲ |
Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
Close | i í | ɨ ɨ́ | u ú | |||
Close-mid | e é | o ó | ||||
Near-open | ɐ ɐ́ | |||||
Open | ɑ ɑ́ |
Polyphthongs | iu iú | ui uí | oɐ oɐ́ | eɐ eɐ́ | uə̯ uə̯́ | iə̯ iə̯́ |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Red Ñiy. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
Red ÑiyOrthography [edit] | |||||||||
Áá/ɐ́/ | Aa/ɐ/ | ÁÁ áá/ɑ́/ | AA aa/ɑ/ | Čč/t͡ʃ/ | Éé/é/ | Ee/e/ | ÉA éa/eɐ́/ | Hh/h/ | Ii/i/ |
Íí/í/ | IA ia/iə̯/ | ÍA ía/iə̯́/ | II ii/ɨ/ | ÍÍ íí/ɨ́/ | ÍU íu/iú/ | Kk/k/ | Ll/l/ | Mm/m/ | Ññ/ɲ/ |
Nn/n/ | Oo/o/ | Óó/ó/ | ÓA óa/oɐ́/ | Rr/ɾ/ | Řř/ɾʲ/ | Ss/s/ | Tt/t/ | Uu/u/ | Úú/ú/ |
UA ua/uə̯/ | ÚA úa/uə̯́/ | ÚI úi/uí/ | Ww/w/ | Xx/ʃ/ | Yy/j/ | ·/ʔ/ | |||
✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] |
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