Ilya

Introduction

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phonology

consonants

• Plosives: < p b t d k g > p b t d k g
• Nasals: < m n ɲ > m n ny
• Fricatives: < s ʃ h~x > s sh h
• Approximants: < j w l r > y w l r

vowels

• a - /a~ə/
• e - /e~ɛ/
• i - /i~ɪ/
• o - /o~ɔ/
• u - /u~ʊ/
• ai - /aɪ/

phonotactics

Full syllables in Ilya have the canonical form CV(C).

verbs

Each Ilya verb root also has an attributive form. Attributive verbs behave similar to English adjectives and adverbs, modifying the meaning of another element of the sentence.

verb template

• pronoun - verb - mood - aspect - tense

pronouns

• first person singular nominative - ma-
• second person singular nominative - sa-
• third person singular nominative - a-

• first person dual nominative - ra-
• second person dual nominative - shra-
• third person dual nominative - ya-

	NOM	ACC	POSS
1SG	ma-	-me-	mo-
2SG	sa-	-se-	so-
3SG	a-	-he-	o-
1DU	ra-	-re-	ro-
2DU	shra-	-shre-	shro-
3DU	ya-	-ye-	yo-
1PL	aka-	-ke-	ako-
2PL	ga-	-gre-	go-
3PL	ka-	-ke-	ko-

nouns

Ilya nouns are inflected for possession, and for diminutive.A possessed noun is prefixed with a morpheme agreeing in person with the possessor. If the possessor is plural or dual, the noun can (but not necessarily) be also marked with a suffix agreeing with the possessor's number. Below is given the inflectional paradigm for the word /ɛ'tak/ "house".

• matak - 1SG-house - my house
• ratakra - 1DU-house.DU - our (me and another's) house
• gatak - 1PL-house - our house