Elivera Trade Language

The Elivera Trade Language is wildly used throughout the planet as the primary language between differing nations. It has great similarities to the common language of the Isanto and Eagrok Nation, though linguists speculate that the language used by those within the Eagrok Nation actually has its roots in Isanto. That the two are so similar, despite the gulf of geographical distance, that historians often trace humanity's first appearance on Elivera to Egoni, where humanity then spread from there to Vera.
Sunik Nation Isutobek Nation, Halik Nation, and Pagu_Nation all have languages that hold some similarity to the Elivera Trade Language, so seem to be of the same language group. Individual city-states allied with the federation often have wildly different languages that are not even remotely of the same language group; linguists speculate on their origins and wonder if isolation caused the differences or if they were part of humans who came to Elivera from before the Silence, thus retaining ancient Earth languages.

Writing System

Spelling & Phonology

Consonant inventory: b d f g j k l m n p q r s v z ɣ ɦ ɲ ɳ ʂ ʈ ʐ ʟ

↓Manner/Place→	Bilabial	Labiodental	Alveolar	Retroflex	Palatal	Velar	Uvular	Glottal
Nasal	m		n	ɳ	ɲ
Stop	p b		d	ʈ		k g	q
Fricative		f v	s z	ʂ ʐ		ɣ		ɦ
Approximant					j
Trill			r
Lateral approximant			l			ʟ

Vowel inventory: i o u œ ɑ ɒ ɔ ə ɛ ɤ ɨ ɯ ʉ ʌ

	Front	Central	Back
High	i	ɨ ʉ	ɯ u
High-mid			ɤ o
Mid		ə
Low-mid	ɛ œ		ʌ ɔ
Low			ɑ ɒ

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

Pronunciation	Spelling
b	b
d	d
f	f
g	g
ɣ	kj
ɦ	w
h	h
j	j
k	k
l	l
ʟ	r̆
m	m
n	n
ɲ	nj
ɳ	nr
p	p
q	q
r	r
s	s
ʂ	s̆
ʈ	tr
v	v
z	z
ʐ	z̆
ɑ	ä
ɒ	á
ə	ĕ
ɛ	e
œ	a
i	i
ɨ	ĭ
ʉ	u
u	ü
ɯ	ú
ɤ	o
o	ó
ʌ	ö
ɔ	é

Phonology

Allowed Constructions

• V + V + C + V
• V + C + V
• (V) + C + (iht)
• (V) + C + V + (V) + v, q, tj, k, n, r
• C (or tj, nj) + V + (qr, kr) + V + (v, q, tj, k, n, r, ht)central vowels tend to come after velar, uvular, Pharyngl, and glottal consonants in two or more syllable words; exception is consonant k.

Pitch rules:

1. start out all low.
2. If word starts with rounded vowel, first syllable low pitch.
3. If word starts out with unrounded vowel, first syllable high pitch.
4. hard consonants high pitch.
5. soft consonants low pitch.
6. End word with low pitch unless in interrogative form, which is high pitch.
7. Middle infixes high pitch.

Morphology

Derivational morphology

Adjective → adverb = If ends with vowel: Suffix -su Else: Suffix -ʉ
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = Suffix -ɨɳə
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = Prefix sɤ-
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = Suffix -ʉv
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = Suffix -ɨʂ
Noun to verb = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ir Else: Suffix -r
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = Suffix -ɔʟʉ
Tending to = If ends with vowel: Suffix -kə   Else: Suffix -ʉ
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -nʌ Else: Suffix -ɯ
Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = Suffix -ʌpi
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = Suffix -ibɛ
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = Suffix -iv
Diminutive = If ends with vowel: Suffix -vʉ Else: Suffix -ɛ
Augmentative = Suffix -ʉs

Syntax

Syntax

Statement
Verb + Subject + Object
Interrogative Verb (conjugated to include subject/object modifier)
Command Verb + subject/object

Verb conjugation rules

Root-verb + aspect + conjugation

Vocabulary

Nouns

Nominative	No affix z̆ópi /ˈʐopi/ cat (doing the verb)
Accusative	If ends with vowel: Suffix -nɤ Else: Suffix -ə z̆ópinó /ʐoˈpinɤ/ (verb done to) cat
Genitive	Suffix -or z̆ópiór /ʐoˈpior/ catʼs
Dative	Prefix ʐɛ- z̆ez̆ópi /ʐɛˈʐopi/ to (the/a) cat
Locative	If ends with vowel: Suffix -rɛ Else: Suffix -ʉ z̆ópire /ʐoˈpirɛ/ near/at/by (the/a) cat
Ablative	Prefix ʂə- s̆ĕz̆ópi /ʂəˈʐopi/ from (the/a) cat
Instrumental	Prefix nə- nĕz̆ópi /nəˈʐopi/ with/using (the/a) cat
Rational	Suffix -av z̆ópiav /ʐoˈpiav/ relating to cat
Nonrational	Suffix -ov z̆ópióv /ʐoˈpiov/ not relating to cat
Particulate	Suffix -di z̆ópidi /ʐoˈpidi/ part of cat

Mass Nouns

Singular	No affix z̆ópi /ˈʐopi/ cat
Plural	Prefix ʐɤ- z̆óz̆ópi /ʐɤˈʐopi/ cats
Paucal	Suffix -iv z̆ópiiv /ʐoˈpiiv/ few cats

Phonetics

Consonants

NOTE: Sunik dialect uses retroflex consonants. Paguk dialect uses trills.

Vowels

Tenses

Verbs

Conjugation:

Remote past	Suffix -is kadeiris /ˌkadeˈiris/ learned (long ago)
Past	Suffix -iz kadeiriz /ˌkadeˈiriz/ learned
Present	No affix kadeir /kaˈdeir/ learn
Future	Suffix -e kadeire /ˌkadeˈire/ will learn
Remote future	Suffix -ipi kadeiripi /kaˌdeiˈripi/ will learn (long way away)

Aspects

(always between the root and the conjugation-portion)

	Remote past	Past	Present	Future	Remote future
Perfective	Suffix -ɛk kadeirek /ˌkadeˈirɛk/	Suffix -ɤr kadeirór /ˌkadeˈirɤr/ learned	Suffix -za kadeirza /ˌkadeˈirza/ learn	Suffix -ɔɦi kadeiréwi /kaˌdeiˈrɔɦi/	Suffix -idɔ kadeiridé /kaˌdeiˈridɔ/
Habitual	Suffix -ʌk kadeirök /ˌkadeˈirʌk/	Suffix -ɔmi kadeirémi /kaˌdeiˈrɔmi/ used to learn	Suffix -oq kadeiróq /ˌkadeˈiroq/ learn (often)	Suffix -əɣo kadeirĕkjó /kaˌdeiˈrəɣo/ will learn (often)	Suffix -ig kadeirig /ˌkadeˈirig/
Continuous	Suffix -ʉz kadeirüz /ˌkadeˈirʉz/	Suffix -iʐ kadeiriz̆ /ˌkadeˈiriʐ/ was/were learning	Suffix -si kadeirsi /ˌkadeˈirsi/ is/are/am learning	Suffix -za kadeirza /ˌkadeˈirza/ will be learning	Suffix -iɲi kadeirinji /kaˌdeiˈriɲi/
Perfect	Suffix -ɛbi kadeirebi /kaˌdeiˈrɛbi/	Suffix -iht kadeiriht /ˌkadeˈiriht/ had learned	Suffix -ɒr kadeirár /ˌkadeˈirɒr/ have learned	Suffix -ge kadeirge /ˌkadeˈirge/ will have learned	Suffix -ok kadeirók /ˌkadeˈirok/

Sentence Structure

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

Example

English gloss: Opened | Mary | the door | with | a key.

Elivera Trade Language Gloss: Jeóriz | Mary | z̆éön | nĕdúór.

Dictionary

4989 Words.

Common Phrases

Kuasa tohua, Uzi tohue, Sovasi'laiht tohuipi

Defend love, defend peace, defend all

Kansi'daiht ekaqimu tjeliva vezian

The sounds of death sing dissonant to life

kuan'eliva asir

calm one's soul

Onyo

someone who is older than oneself

Sajensi sotrov

roughly friends continue together

kuasisotrov

loved one

eliva tokisir

the person shines (continuous aspect), meaning their soul shines bright

unieliva atoravir

we, the people, decide

sanosi'anetov

crack a branch, meaning good luck

Common Unisex Names

• Kuasa
• Tohu
• Zaikuan
• Ku
• Kinak
• Kara
• Kava
• Lovini
• Asirou
• Saniza
• Su
• Airin
• Malov
• Gea
• Faran
• Deavi
• Sonu
• Qimu