Idzítsilzexaíian Language

Within central Egoni, this is the main language and is considered the primary language of the continent. Subset languages exist such as Ûvør̀øian Language.
The language is a tonal language, where its vowels are high, mid, or low depending on the following rules:

1. Assign high to all syllables.
2. If first letter is a vowel change to mid, but if it is a consonant of any class keep as high.
3. If middle syllable holds any consonant in the L or N class, change vowel to a mid.
4. If middle syllable holds any consonant in the C class, change vowel to a low.
5. If final syllable holds L or N class, change vowel to a mid.
6. If final syllable holds any consonant in the C class, change vowel to low.

Natively known as: Idzítsilzexaí /iˈʣɪʦiˌɮeχaɪ/

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Grammar

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


There are 14 noun classes, and multiple classifiers.

• Nominative: subject
• Accusative: object
• Orientative: toward-away
• Casual: because-of
• Absessive: lack-of
• Temporal: of-a-time
• Genitive: belonging-to
• Ablative: from-outside
• Elative: from-inside
• Translative: turned-into
• Inessive: in-of
• Comitative: along-with
• Instructive: by-means-of
• Comparative: compare-with

	Highanimate	Mediumanimate	Mediumlowanimate	Lowanimate	Inanimate
Nominative	If ends with vowel: Suffix -b Else: Suffix -ɤ z̆iozağib /ˈʑɤzaɣib/	Suffix -ɯʣ z̆iozağiüdz /ʑɤˈzaɣiˌɯʣ/	Suffix -ɘɯg z̆iozağiéüg /ˈʑɤzaˌɣiɘɯg/	Suffix -ɯx z̆iozağiüx /ˈʑɤzaˌɣiɯx/	Suffix -ɘn z̆iozağién /ʑɤˈzaɣiˌɘn/
Accusative	If ends with vowel: Suffix -t Else: Suffix -i z̆iozağit /ˈʑɤzaɣit/	Suffix -iz z̆iozağiiz /ˈʑɤzaˌɣiiz/	Suffix -ɪm z̆iozağiím /ˈʑɤzaˌɣiɪm/	Suffix -ɘʌk z̆iozağiéök /ˈʑɤzaˌɣiɘʌk/	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ʦ Else: Suffix -a z̆iozağits /ˈʑɤzaɣiʦ/
Orientative	Suffix -ɤg z̆iozağiiog /ˈʑɤzaˌɣiɤg/	Suffix -ɤŋ z̆iozağiion /ˈʑɤzaˌɣiɤŋ/	Suffix -äʥ z̆iozağiäd̆ /ˈʑɤzaˌɣiäʥ/	Suffix -ɛʣ z̆iozağiɛdz /ˈʑɤzaˌɣiɛʣ/	Suffix -ʌʦ z̆iozağiöts /ˈʑɤzaˌɣiʌʦ/
Casual	Suffix -ɯv z̆iozağiüv /ʑɤˈzaɣiˌɯv/	Suffix -ɤv z̆iozağiiov /ˈʑɤzaˌɣiɤv/	Suffix -et z̆iozağiet /ˈʑɤzaˌɣiet/	Suffix -ɪb z̆iozağiíb /ˈʑɤzaˌɣiɪb/	Suffix -iat z̆iozağiiat /ˈʑɤzaˌɣiiat/
Absessive	If ends with vowel: Suffix -k Else: Suffix -i z̆iozağik /ˈʑɤzaɣik/	Suffix -ɘɴ z̆iozağién̆ /ˈʑɤzaˌɣiɘɴ/	Suffix -ɜk z̆iozağiɜk /ˈʑɤzaˌɣiɜk/	Suffix -aʁ z̆iozağiaq̆ /ˈʑɤzaˌɣiaʁ/	Suffix -ɪɴ z̆iozağiín̆ /ˈʑɤzaˌɣiɪɴ/
Temporal	If ends with vowel: Suffix -d Else: Suffix -a z̆iozağid /ˈʑɤzaɣid/	Suffix -ɑg z̆iozağiág /ˈʑɤzaˌɣiɑg/	Suffix -aʌv z̆iozağiaöv /ˈʑɤzaˌɣiaʌv/	Suffix -ɛʌv z̆iozağiɛöv /ˈʑɤzaˌɣiɛʌv/	Suffix -ʌl z̆iozağiöl /ˈʑɤzaˌɣiʌl/
Genitive	Suffix -eg z̆iozağiej /ʑɤˈzaɣiˌej/	Suffix -ɘʁ z̆iozağiéq̆ /ʑɤˈzaɣiˌɘʁ/	Suffix -ies z̆iozağiies /ˈʑɤzaˌɣiies/	If ends with vowel: Suffix -k Else: Suffix -a z̆iozağik /ˈʑɤzaɣik/	Suffix -iʣ z̆iozağiidz /ʑɤˈzaɣiˌiʣ/
Ablative	Suffix -ɪɯg z̆iozağiíüg /ˈʑɤzaˌɣiɪɯg/	Suffix -ʌg z̆iozağiög /ˈʑɤzaˌɣiʌg/	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ʁ Else: Suffix -ɑ z̆iozağiq̆ /ʑɤˈzaɣiʁ/	Suffix -ak z̆iozağiak /ˈʑɤzaˌɣiak/	Suffix -ɪen z̆iozağiíen /ˈʑɤzaˌɣiɪen/
Elative	Suffix -ieʦ z̆iozağiiets /ˈʑɤzaˌɣiieʦ/	Suffix -ɯg z̆iozağiüg /ˈʑɤzaˌɣiɯg/	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ŋ Else: Suffix -i z̆iozağin /ˈʑɤzaɣiŋ/	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ŋ Else: Suffix -ɪ z̆iozağin /ˈʑɤzaɣiŋ/	Suffix -ian z̆iozağiian /ʑɤˈzaɣiˌian/
Translative	Suffix -ɪk z̆iozağiík /ˈʑɤzaˌɣiɪk/	Suffix -es z̆iozağies /ˈʑɤzaˌɣies/	Suffix -eʁ z̆iozağieq̆ /ʑɤˈzaɣiˌeʁ/	Suffix -as z̆iozağias /ˈʑɤzaˌɣias/	Suffix -ɤt z̆iozağiiot /ˈʑɤzaˌɣiɤt/
Inessive	Suffix -ʌk z̆iozağiök /ˈʑɤzaˌɣiʌk/	Suffix -iv z̆iozağiiv /ˈʑɤzaˌɣiiv/	Suffix -ik z̆iozağiik /ˈʑɤzaˌɣiik/	Suffix -ɪx z̆iozağiíx /ˈʑɤzaˌɣiɪx/	Suffix -iev z̆iozağiiev /ʑɤˈzaɣiˌiev/
Comitative	Suffix -ɤʦ z̆iozağiiots /ʑɤˈzaɣiˌɤʦ/	If ends with vowel: Suffix -s Else: Suffix -i z̆iozağis /ˈʑɤzaɣis/	Suffix -ɪʁ z̆iozağiíq̆ /ˈʑɤzaˌɣiɪʁ/	Suffix -it z̆iozağiit /ʑɤˈzaɣiˌit/	Suffix -ɪs z̆iozağiís /ˈʑɤzaˌɣiɪs/
Instructive	Suffix -ɤk z̆iozağiiok /ˈʑɤzaˌɣiɤk/	Suffix -ɑʦ z̆iozağiáts /ˈʑɤzaˌɣiɑʦ/	Suffix -ɪev z̆iozağiíev /ˈʑɤzaˌɣiɪev/	Suffix -ʌt z̆iozağiöt /ʑɤˈzaɣiˌʌt/	Suffix -ʌs z̆iozağiös /ˈʑɤzaˌɣiʌs/
Comparative	Suffix -ɪɯg z̆iozağiíüg /ʑɤˈzaɣiˌɪɯg/	Suffix -äχ z̆iozağiäx /ʑɤˈzaɣiˌäχ/	If ends with vowel: Suffix -t Else: Suffix -ʌ z̆iozağit /ʑɤˈzaɣit/	Suffix -iag z̆iozağiiaj /ˈʑɤzaˌɣiiaj/	Suffix -ieχ z̆iozağiiex /ˈʑɤzaˌɣiieχ/

The plurality of the verb is added AFTER the noun class inflection.

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	Suffix -ʌk z̆iozağiök /ˈʑɤzaˌɣiʌk/	Suffix -ek z̆iozağiek /ˈʑɤzaˌɣiek/	Suffix -ʌs z̆iozağiös /ˈʑɤzaˌɣiʌs/
Accusative	Suffix -ax z̆iozağiax /ʑɤˈzaɣiˌax/	Suffix -iʁ z̆iozağiiq̆ /ˈʑɤzaˌɣiiʁ/	Suffix -aʣ z̆iozağiadz /ˈʑɤzaˌɣiaʣ/
Orientative	Suffix -ɑq z̆iozağiáq /ˈʑɤzaˌɣiɑq/	Suffix -ɤv z̆iozağiiov /ˈʑɤzaˌɣiɤv/	Suffix -ɜv z̆iozağiɜv /ʑɤˈzaɣiˌɜv/
Casual	If ends with vowel: Suffix -χ Else: Suffix -e z̆iozağix /ʑɤˈzaɣiχ/	Suffix -ien z̆iozağiien /ˈʑɤzaˌɣiien/	Suffix -ak z̆iozağiak /ˈʑɤzaˌɣiak/
Absessive	Suffix -ɘv z̆iozağiév /ˈʑɤzaˌɣiɘv/	Suffix -ep z̆iozağiep /ˈʑɤzaˌɣiep/	Suffix -iv z̆iozağiiv /ˈʑɤzaˌɣiiv/
Temporal	Suffix -ɘt z̆iozağiét /ʑɤˈzaɣiˌɘt/	Suffix -ɯt z̆iozağiüt /ˈʑɤzaˌɣiɯt/	Suffix -iʦ z̆iozağiits /ˈʑɤzaˌɣiiʦ/
Genitive	Suffix -ɪt z̆iozağiít /ʑɤˈzaɣiˌɪt/	Suffix -ev z̆iozağiev /ˈʑɤzaˌɣiev/	Suffix -ɤb z̆iozağiiob /ˈʑɤzaˌɣiɤb/
Ablative	Suffix -ɪm z̆iozağiím /ˈʑɤzaˌɣiɪm/	If ends with vowel: Suffix -z Else: Suffix -e z̆iozağiz /ʑɤˈzaɣiz/	Suffix -is z̆iozağiis /ˈʑɤzaˌɣiis/
Elative	Suffix -ɪk z̆iozağiík /ˈʑɤzaˌɣiɪk/	Suffix -ɪn z̆iozağiín /ˈʑɤzaˌɣiɪn/	Suffix -ɘs z̆iozağiés /ˈʑɤzaˌɣiɘs/
Translative	If ends with vowel: Suffix -z Else: Suffix -ɘ z̆iozağiz /ʑɤˈzaɣiz/	Suffix -ʌʥ z̆iozağiöd̆ /ˈʑɤzaˌɣiʌʥ/	Suffix -ɯʦ z̆iozağiüts /ˈʑɤzaˌɣiɯʦ/
Inessive	Suffix -ɑn z̆iozağián /ˈʑɤzaˌɣiɑn/	Suffix -eʨ z̆iozağieʨ /ˈʑɤzaˌɣieʨ/	Suffix -ɤt z̆iozağiiot /ˈʑɤzaˌɣiɤt/
Comitative	Suffix -am z̆iozağiam /ˈʑɤzaˌɣiam/	If ends with vowel: Suffix -z Else: Suffix -i z̆iozağiz /ˈʑɤzaɣiz/	If ends with vowel: Suffix -k Else: Suffix -ɤ z̆iozağik /ˈʑɤzaɣik/
Instructive	Suffix -at z̆iozağiat /ʑɤˈzaɣiˌat/	Suffix -ɤk z̆iozağiiok /ʑɤˈzaɣiˌɤk/	Suffix -ɑʁ z̆iozağiáq̆ /ˈʑɤzaˌɣiɑʁ/
Comparative	Suffix -ɛv z̆iozağiɛv /ˈʑɤzaˌɣiɛv/	Suffix -ɤʦ z̆iozağiiots /ˈʑɤzaˌɣiɤʦ/	Suffix -ɘn z̆iozağién /ˈʑɤzaˌɣiɘn/

Pronouns rely on the animacy aspect. There is no actual male, female, or neuter pronouns. Human beings are in the HighAnimate category and all have the same pronouns. Non-human sentient life are either in the HighAnimate or MediumAnimate category. Non-sentient animals are MediumAnimate and sometimes MediumLow Animate. Plants and insects are generally LowAnimate. All non-living objects are inanimate.

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Highanimate	If ends with vowel: Suffix -k Else: Suffix -i	If ends with vowel: Suffix -t Else: Suffix -ɪ	Prefix tɑ-
Mediumanimate	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ʦ Else: Suffix -a	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ɢ Else: Suffix -ɤ	Prefix qɪ-
Mediumlowanimate	Prefix tɪ-	Prefix vɪ-	Prefix kɪ-
Lowanimate	Prefix ma-	Prefix ɢɯ-	Prefix ŋɯ-
Inanimate	If ends with vowel: Suffix -χ Else: Suffix -ɪ	Prefix χä-	If ends with vowel: Suffix -g Else: Suffix -ɪ

Writing System

Spelling rules:

Pronunciation	Spelling
a	a
ɑ	á
b	b
d	d
p	p
ʣ	dz
ʥ	d̆
e	e
ɘ	é
v	v
t	t
s	s
ʑ	z̆
ʦ	ts
ɤ	io
ɴ	n̆
i	i
ɪ	í
g	g
ɢ	k̆
ɣ	ğ
k	k
ɬ	l
ɮ	lz
ŋ	n
q	q
r	r
ʁ	q̆
o	o
u	u
ɯ	ü
ʌ	ö
χ	x
z	z

Phonology

Spelling & Phonology

Consonant inventory: b d g k p q s t v z ŋ ɢ ɣ ɬ ɮ ɴ ʁ ʑ ʣ ʥ ʦ χ

↓Manner/Place→	Bilabial	Labiodental	Alveolar	Alveolo-palatal	Velar	Uvular
Nasal					ŋ	ɴ
Stop	p b		t d		k g	q ɢ
Affricate			ʦ ʣ	ʥ
Fricative		v	s z	ʑ	ɣ	χ ʁ
Lateral fricative			ɬ ɮ

Vowel inventory: a e i ɑ ɘ ɤ ɪ ɯ ʌ
Tones: ⁴ ³ ²

	Front	Central	Back
High	i		ɯ
Near-high	ɪ
High-mid	e	ɘ	ɤ
Low-mid			ʌ
Low	a		ɑ

Sound changes (in order of application):

• g → j / [+front]_
• v → p / _s
• [+labial] → b / ŋ_
• t → ʦ / _V

Morphology

Derivational morphology

• Adjective → adverb = Suffix -ɤq
  
• Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = Prefix ʦɯ-
  
• Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -q
  Else: Suffix -i
  
• Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = Prefix tɑ-
  
• Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = Suffix -ɪg
  
• Noun to verb = If ends with vowel: Suffix -z
  Else: Suffix -ɪ
  
• Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = Prefix dɤ-
  
• Tending to = Suffix -at
  
• Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = Prefix ʣɘ-
  
• Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -k
  Else: Suffix -ɯ
  
• One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ʦ
  Else: Suffix -ɤ
  
• Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = Prefix kɯ-
  
• Diminutive = If ends with vowel: Suffix -t
  Else: Suffix -ɑ
  
• Augmentative = Suffix -ɯt
  
• Noun → verb (to create [noun]) = Suffix -ɯb
  
• Verb → adjective (likely to do [verb]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -z
  Else: Suffix -e

Syntax

Main word order: Subject Verb Object (Prepositional phrase).
Example:
The cat climbed the small tree.
Sentence: Žiozağiüdzök | íǩöekákiein | tsekekňüove |
Pronunciation: / ˈʑɤzaɣiˌɯʣ,ʌk / | /ˈɪɢʌˌekɑki,eiŋ/| /ˈʦekekɴɯ,ɤv,e/|

žiozaği = cat
-üdz- = nominative medium animate noun class
-ök = singular medium animate class

íǩöekáki = Climb
-ein = past conjugation affix for medium animate class

tsekekňü = small tree
-ov- = medium animate casual noun class
-e = singular medium animate

Vocabulary

Numbers

Idzítsilzexaíian has a base-10 number system:
1 - z̆itsioğéka
2 - d̆ákléxídqaq
3 - q̆evd̆e
4 - öbbatsik
5 - éblzep
6 - üdzéğisqéiolio
7 - iq̆éetlzi
8 - azvík̆íkğíq
9 - sağasği
10 - alan̆ösüq̆á
Hundred - vüxpíülzá
Thousand - daödzio

Phonetics

Phonemes

• C = k p s t b g ŋ d z v ʦ
• L = ɣ ʣ q ɬ ʁ ɮ ɢ ʑ ʥ ɴ
• N = t k v q z s χ ʁ
• V = i a e ɪ ɯ ɑ ʌ ɤ ɘ
Phoneme combinations in sets of S and T:
• S = CV VC VLV CVN VCV LVC
• T = LVN NVL VN VLV VNV LVN NV LV

From the above phonemes, the language creates words from the following word patterns:

• ST
• TT
• SS
• SST
• STT
• TST
• TTTT
• STST
• SSST
• STTT
• SSTT
• pronoun = VV, SS, or TT
• determiner = V or S

Affixes are applied with the following rules (there are exceptions to these rules however):

• -VC
• CV-
• -VN
• NV-
• IF V# THEN -N ELSE -VIF V# THEN -C ELSE -V

Illegal combinations:

• ʦʣ
• ʨʥ
• ʣʨ
• ʥts
• kg
• gk
• kq
• kd
• kp
• kb
• bq
• bp
• bd
• pb
• pb
• pq

Tenses

Verbs inflection relies on the animacy aspect. Conjugation for this aspect is as follows (the suffix added on to the end of the verb AFTER all other affixes are added).

	Past	Present	Prefect	Imperfect	Future	Farfuture
Highanimate	If ends with vowel: Suffix -d Else: Suffix -i vén̆itviğğatsi /ˈvɘɴitˌviɣɣaʦi/	Suffix -ɪz vén̆itviğğatsíz /vɘˈɴitviɣˌɣaʦɪz/	Suffix -eɪʨ vén̆itviğğatseíʨ /vɘˈɴitviɣˌɣaʦeɪʨ/	If ends with vowel: Suffix -b Else: Suffix -e vén̆itviğğatse /vɘˈɴitviɣˌɣaʦe/	Suffix -ik vén̆itviğğatsik /ˈvɘɴitˌviɣɣaʦik/	If ends with vowel: Suffix -z Else: Suffix -ʌ vén̆itviğğatsö /vɘˈɴitviɣˌɣaʦʌ/
Mediumanimate	Suffix -eiŋ vén̆itviğğatsein /ˈvɘɴitˌviɣɣaʦeiŋ/	Suffix -ɑŋ vén̆itviğğatsán /vɘˈɴitviɣˌɣaʦɑŋ/	Suffix -ʌŋ vén̆itviğğatsön /ˈvɘɴitˌviɣɣaʦʌŋ/	Suffix -eiʑ vén̆itviğğatseiz̆ /ˈvɘɴitˌviɣɣaʦeiʑ/	Suffix -ɑʨ vén̆itviğğatsáʨ /ˈvɘɴitˌviɣɣaʦɑʨ/	Suffix -ɤʨ vén̆itviğğatsioʨ /ˈvɘɴitˌviɣɣaʦɤʨ/
Mediumlowanimate	Suffix -ɑz vén̆itviğğatsáz /ˈvɘɴitˌviɣɣaʦɑz/	Suffix -ɘʑ vén̆itviğğatséz̆ /ˈvɘɴitˌviɣɣaʦɘʑ/	Suffix -ɪez vén̆itviğğatsíez /ˈvɘɴitˌviɣɣaʦɪez/	Suffix -eiŋ vén̆itviğğatsein /vɘˈɴitviɣˌɣaʦeiŋ/	Suffix -ɯʑ vén̆itviğğatsüz̆ /vɘˈɴitviɣˌɣaʦɯʑ/	Suffix -ɘʌŋ vén̆itviğğatséön /ˈvɘɴitˌviɣɣaʦɘʌŋ/
Lowanimate	Suffix -ɘɢ vén̆itviğğatsék̆ /ˈvɘɴitˌviɣɣaʦɘɢ/	Suffix -ɪɢ vén̆itviğğatsík̆ /vɘˈɴitviɣˌɣaʦɪɢ/	If ends with vowel: Suffix -s Else: Suffix -i vén̆itviğğatsi /vɘˈɴitviɣˌɣaʦi/	Suffix -aiɢ vén̆itviğğatsaik̆ /ˈvɘɴitˌviɣɣaʦaiɢ/	Suffix -ʌq vén̆itviğğatsöq /vɘˈɴitviɣˌɣaʦʌq/	Suffix -ɤq vén̆itviğğatsioq /vɘˈɴitviɣˌɣaʦɤq/
Inanimate	Suffix -ɪq vén̆itviğğatsíq /vɘˈɴitviɣˌɣaʦɪq/	Suffix -äq vén̆itviğğatsäq /vɘˈɴitviɣˌɣaʦäq/	If ends with vowel: Suffix -q Else: Suffix -ɑ vén̆itviğğatsá /vɘˈɴitviɣˌɣaʦɑ/	Suffix -ieq vén̆itviğğatsieq /vɘˈɴitviɣˌɣaʦieq/	If ends with vowel: Suffix -s Else: Suffix -e vén̆itviğğatse /ˈvɘɴitˌviɣɣaʦe/	If ends with vowel: Suffix -b Else: Suffix -ɯ vén̆itviğğatsü /ˈvɘɴitˌviɣɣaʦɯ/

Dictionary

4304 Words.

Common Unisex Names

• Itsatsevio // meaning 'possible void'
• Qavgíx /ˈqavgɪχ/
• Gezídz /ˈgezɪʣ/
• Ídábatseq /ˈɪdɑˌbaʦeq/
• Ğistsötsioqá /ɣisˈʦʌʦɤˌqɑ/
• Ékaödio /ˈɘkaˌʌdɤ/
• Üviq̆ik /ˈɯviʁik/
• Aüqği
• Küďü/ / short-hand for Küďüipöğíbö /kɯʥ ˈɯi ˈɯpʌˌɣɪbʌ/, meaning 'child who sees'
• Tsékzálüd̆ /ˈʦɘkzɑɬ'ɯʥ/ / meaning 'water child'
• Itlzéslitsküd̆ /itˈɮɘsɬiʦˈkɯʥ/ / meaning 'catastrophe child'
• Ziovílio / / meaning 'story of music'
• Siqkí / / meaning 'universe'
• Atq̆ioik / / meaning one who hears