Ălyis
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Ălyis /ˈaʎis/ is the language of the ĭdharash, former inhabitants of the Mĕzelis Valley, located in the southwest of the continent of Năshelas, and dwellers of the Ĭdharos island. The word ălyis itself means simply “speak” and, when referred to as a proper name, it means “the speak”.
Phonology and orthography
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labiodental | Dental | Alveolar | Postalv. | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||||||||
| Nasals | m | n | ɲ | |||||||||||||
| Plosives | p | b | t | d | k | ɡ | ||||||||||
| Fricatives | f | v | θ | ð | s | z | ʃ | ʒ | x | ɣ | h¹ | ɦ | ||||
| Flaps & Taps | ɾ | |||||||||||||||
| Lateral Approximants | l | ʎ | ||||||||||||||
¹ The sound /h/ is considered a “foreign” sound and usually appears only in loanwords and foreign names, although it can appear as an allophone of /ɦ/.
| Vowels | Front | Central | Back |
| Close | i | u | |
| Close-mid | e | o | |
| Open-mid | ɛ | ɔ | |
| Near-open | ɐ | ||
| Open | a |
Orthography
The above phonemes are rendered in writing as follows:
| B b | P p | D d | T t | Z z | S s | G g | K k | L l | R r | M m | N n |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| /b/ | /p/ | /d/ | /t/ | /z/ | /s/ | /ɡ/ | /k/ | /l/ | /ɾ/ | /m/ | /n/ |
| V v | F f | DH dh, Ð ð | TH th, Þ þ | ZH zh, J j | SH sh, Ʃ ʃ | GH gh, Ɣ ɣ | KH kh, C c | LY ly, Ł ł | H | Ħ | NY ny, Ŋ ŋ |
| /v/ | /f/ | /ð/ | /θ/ | /ʒ/ | /ʃ/ | /ɣ/ | /x/ | /ʎ/ | /ɦ/ | /h/ | /ɲ/ |
The variants in italics are used when one desires to be as faithful as possible to the native orthography when transliterating.
| A a | Æ æ | E e | I i | O o | U u |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| /a/, /ɐ/ | /e/ | /ɛ/, /e/ | /i/ | /ɔ/, /o/ | /u/ |
Grammar
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Nouns
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Verbs
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Sample texts
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Lexicon
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