Ilya

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  • á é í ó ú ñ š

sounds

  • q - /ʔ/
  • sh - /ʃ/
  • y - /j/

verbs

  • gan - to see, seem, visual
gan-a - I see
gan-i - you see
gan-esh-a - I saw
gan-ar-a - I may see
gan-ak-a - I do not see
gan-em-i - Are you seeing?
gan-esh-ak-u n-u - /kagaʔaˈneʃe/ - see-PST-NEG-3SG ACC-3SG - She did not see it.

verb modifiers

  • negative mood - -ak-
  • future tense - Ø
  • past tense - -esh
  • interrogative mood - -em
  • intensifier; augmentative - -uly-

nouns

  • miben - tooth; fang
  • mibenek - teeth; fangs


  • miben - the tooth [nominative / subject] NOM
  • mibenya - the tooth [oblique / dative / accusative] OBL
  • mibenin - of the tooth [genitive] GEN
  • mibenwa - with the tooth, and the tooth [instrumental / comitative] COM
  • mibenai - O the tooth [vocative] VOC
  • mibenta - on/in/at the tooth [locative] LOC

noun classes

  • wa-; ki- - people; places
  • ye-; sha- - trees; weather; natural phenomena
  • ke-; bu- - groups of objects; collective
  • ta-; qi- - tools; artifacts
  • mi-; sa- - body parts and functions
  • ne-; wi- - animals; noises
  • qa-; gi- - abstract; null

pronouns

  • nominative
    • first person [-yV-]
    • second person [-hV-]
    • third person [-CCa(q)-]
  • oblique
    • first person [-(y)i]
    • second person [-(h)a]
    • third person [-(q)e]
plural -k
dual -r(a)

locative affixes

  • a- - static location
  • ti- - inside of an object
  • pu- - under water
  • eya- - into water
  • qe- - on top of
  • te- - under
  • iwa- - through
  • li- - out of
  • she- - above or over
  • imwa- - in the air
  • de- - across


  • hi- - on / at / away from
  • yi- - along / back to
  • ki- - over there
  • pa- - to / towards