Haeki (/ˈhae̯ki/)

Haeki is one of the languages of Cury.

Natively known as: haeki /ˈhae̯ki/

...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind...
wau maiwā ʻa aimū pē ōnu wau mō pē kikā lēwāi ma ʻunā
Pronunciation: /ʋau̯ ˈmai̯ʋaː ʔa ˈai̯muː peː ˈoːnu ʋau̯ moː peː ˈkikaː ˈleːʋaːi̯ ma ˈʔunaː/
Haeki word order: and stood he holding hat his and turned his face wet to the wind

Spelling & Phonology

Consonant inventory: h k l m n p ʋ ʔ

↓Manner/Place→	Bilabial	Labiodental	Alveolar	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	m		n
Stop	p			k	ʔ
Fricative					h
Approximant		ʋ
Lateral approximant			l

Vowel inventory: a ae̯ ai̯ ao̯ au̯ aː aːi̯ aːu̯ e eː i iː o oi̯ ou̯ oː u uː
Diphthongs: ae̯ ai̯ ao̯ au̯ aːi̯ aːu̯ oi̯ ou̯ ?

	Front	Back
High	i iː	u uː
High-mid	e eː	o oː
Low	a aː

Syllable structure: Custom defined ?
Stress pattern: Penultimate — stress is on the second last syllable ?
Spelling rules:

Pronunciation	Spelling
ʋ	w
ʔ	ʻ
aː	ā
eː	ē
iː	ī
oː	ō
uː	ū
̯

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Grammar

Main word order: Verb Subject Object (Prepositional phrase). “Mary opened the door with a key” turns into Opened Mary the door with a key.
Adjective order: Adjectives are positioned after the noun.
Adposition: prepositions ?

Nouns

Nouns have five cases:

• Ergative is the doer of a verb, when the verb is done to something: dog bites man.
• Absolutive is used in two scenarios: the doer of a verb when not done to something (dog bites), and the done-to of a verb (man bites dog).
• Genitive is the possessor of something: dog’s tail hits man.
• Dative is the recipient of something: man gives ball to dog.
• Locative is the location of something: man is in town.

Ergative	Prefix ku- kukāwo /kuˈkaːʋo/ dog (doing the verb to something)
Absolutive	No affix kāwo /ˈkaːʋo/ dog (doing the verb, but not to something)
Genitive	Prefix hu- hukāwo /huˈkaːʋo/ dogʼs
Dative	Prefix he- hekāwo /heˈkaːʋo/ to (the/a) dog
Locative	Prefix hae̯- haekāwo /hae̯ˈkaːʋo/ near/at/by (the/a) dog

Singular	No affix kāwo /ˈkaːʋo/ dog
Plural	Prefix kau̯- kaukāwo /kau̯ˈkaːʋo/ dogs

Articles

Definite	ni /ni/ the
Indefinite	mi /mi/ a, some

Uses of definite article that differ from English:

• Definite article can be omitted: ‘I am going to supermarket’
• Used to talk about countable nouns in general: English’s ‘I like cats’ would translate to ‘I like the cats’
• Not used for mass (uncountable) nouns: ‘Walking in the mud’ would always translate to ‘Walking in mud’.
• Used for languages: ‘The English’
• Used with place names: ‘The London’

Uses of indefinite article that differ from English:

• Not used for non-specific mass (uncountable) nouns: non-specific means ‘Would you like some (any) tea?’ whereas specific means ‘Some tea (a specific amount) fell off the truck’

Pronouns

	Ergative	Absolutive	Genitive	Dative	Locative
1st singular	nū /nuː/ I	he /he/ me, I	wou /ʋou̯/ mine	ā /aː/ to me	ou /ou̯/ at me
2nd singular	a /a/ you	ke /ke/ you	ma /ma/ yours	mū /muː/ to you	lae /lae̯/ at you
3rd singular	ʻa /ʔa/ he, she, it	kā /kaː/ him, her, it, he, she	pae /pae̯/ his, hers, its	ʻē /ʔeː/ to him, her, it	ʻoi /ʔoi̯/ at him, her, it
1st plural inclusive	wa /ʋa/ we (including you)	mē /meː/ us, we (including you)	kū /kuː/ ours (including you)	kao /kao̯/ to us (including you)	lī /liː/ at us (including you)
1st plural exclusive	ō /oː/ we (excluding you)	ae /ae̯/ us, we (excluding you)	kāu /kaːu̯/ ours (excluding you)	ʻau /ʔau̯/ to us (excluding you)	ka /ka/ at us (excluding you)
2nd plural	me /me/ you all	hē /heː/ you all	māu /maːu̯/ yours (pl)	kī /kiː/ to you all	hu /hu/ at you all
3rd plural	wo /ʋo/ they	ko /ko/ them, they	māi /maːi̯/ theirs	koi /koi̯/ to them	ʻou /ʔou̯/ at them

Possessive determiners

1st singular	la /la/ my
2nd singular	pāi /paːi̯/ your
3rd singular	pē /peː/ his, her, its
1st plural inclusive	hā /haː/ our (including you)
1st plural exclusive	mau /mau̯/ our (excluding you)
2nd plural	wi /ʋi/ your (pl)
3rd plural	ma /ma/ their

Verbs

Present	No affix hūnō /ˈhuːnoː/ learn
Past	Prefix kaː- kāhūnō /kaːˈhuːnoː/ learned
Future	Prefix ʋoː- wōhūnō /ʋoːˈhuːnoː/ will learn

Perfect aspect

The perfect aspect in English is exemplified in ‘I have read this book’, which expresses an event that took place before the time spoken but which has an effect on or is in some way still relevant to the present.
Haeki uses an affix for the perfect aspect:

Perfect

Prefix lao̯- laohūnō /lao̯ˈhuːnoː/ have learned

Numbers

Haeki has a base-10 number system:
1 - ka
2 - wou
3 - me
4 - koi
5 - kā
6 - le
7 - ʻou
8 - wai
9 - hai
10 - o
Hundred - nī
Thousand - hako

Derivational morphology

Adjective → adverb = Prefix ʔai̯-
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = Prefix lou̯-
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = Prefix la-
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = Prefix ma-
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = Prefix koː-
Noun to verb = Prefix nae̯-
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = Prefix ke-
Tending to = Prefix ha-
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = Prefix ho-
Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = Prefix maːi̯-
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = Prefix ka-
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = Prefix poː-
Diminutive = Prefix ʔaːi̯-
Augmentative = Prefix heː-
Maker = Prefix = ʔi-

Haeki writer

A writer composing documents in the Haeki language.

Dictionary

3178 Words.

Haeki writings display

A display of Haeki writings.