Ilya

• See also: Ilya dictionary
• See also: Ilya phrases

sounds

consonants

	Bilabial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Labiovelar	Glottal
Plosives	p   b	t   d		k   g		ʔ (q)
Nasals	m	n
Fricatives		s	ʃ (sh)
Approximants		l	j (y)		w	h
Trill		r

vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i		u
Mid	e		o
Open		a

nouns

number

Nouns are commonly preceded by determiners. Plural nouns are formed by appending -im. Dual nouns are formed by appending -ik. Trial nouns are formed by appending -ur. This does not alter the stress:

case

nominative

The basic form of each noun, and the one cited in dictionaries, is the nominative singular. All the other forms can be derived from it.

oblique

• -o / -wa || beto || the house, to the house, etc.

genitive

• -ai / -ya || betai || of the house

locative

• -(u)sh / -da || betush || in, at, on the house

instrumental

• -ak / -ha || betak || using; with the house

pronouns

	nominative	oblique	genitive
1s	-an	ayan	nai
2s	-ti / -e	eti / aye	tiya
3s	-u / -a	aya	ai
1p	-uk	ayuk	kai
2p	-ut	ayut	tai
3p	-um	ayum	mai

syntax

Ilya	part of speech	gloss	notes
amek	v	love; adore
-an	pro	I, me [1SG]	see pronoun section
anab	n	ear	from the root nap (related to hearing, audio, etc)
arya plural aryim	n	eye	from the root ray (related to seeing, vision, etc)

• shun - because; reason
• bu - this [PROX]
• shu - that [MED]
• da / ush - Locative [LOC]
• ha / ak - Instrumental [INSTR]
• la - no; not [NEG]
• esh - past tense [PST]
• ed - causative [CAUS]
• em - interrogative [Q]
• ey - accusative [ACC]
• ib - dative [DAT]
• im / m - plural [PL]
• u - that [DIST]
• ur - remote tense [REM]
• wa / o - Oblique [OBL]
• ya / ai - Genitive [GEN]
• bet - house; dwelling
• kih-a - liquor, ale, beer, wine
• lesh - milk
• anab - ear
• arya - eye
• eyem - food; sustenance
• iyib - heart
• sha - six; 6
• da - ten; 10
• ha - four; 4
• hesha - thousand; 1000
• kish - five; 5
• nen - nine; 9
• ni - two; 2
• nul - zero; 0
• oka - eight; 8
• ush - three; 3
• sada - hundred; 100
• seb - seven; 7
• wa - one; 1
• ne - no; not [NEG]
• an - I; me
• uk - we; us
• um - they; them
• u / a / il - he; she; it
• ut - you [pl]
• ti / e - you
• bet-ra - live [in]; dwell
• shab-ra - know; understand
• da-ra - give; donate; transfer
• hab-ra - like; enjoy
• kan-ek - read; study; look over
• kay-ek - exist; be
• ker-ra - be red
• kih-ek - fermnet; brew
• nap-ra - listen; hear
• nesh-ra - need; require
• pan-ek - stagger; stumble; totter
• ash-ek - want; desire
• am-ek - love; adore
• ed-ek - do; make; cause
• em-ek - ask; request
• ish-ek - drink; take in
• ray-ek - see; look; watch
• sob-ra - collect; gather
• suh-ek - hang; suspend
• yem-ek - eat; consume
• yib-ra - pump

examples

• ray-an-ti

see-1s-2s

I see you

• ne shab-an

NEG know-1s

I don't know

• ma ed-e

what do-2s

What are you doing?

• ish-esh-em-il-u

drink-PST-Q-3s-3s

Did she drink it?

• bet-im-wa kai ker-um

houe-PL-OBL 1p.poss red-3p

Our houses are red