Ilya

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

introduction

Ilya is an artlang designed for aesthetic reasons. It borrows heavily (if not exclusively) from Arabic, Basque, Japanese, Quechua, Spanish, and Turkish.

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

The genitive for possessors (the horse's hay), composition (a meal of hay), and partiality (the horse ate some hay).

• -ai / -ya

munwa betai - the door 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

• 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