Elashi

Elashi is the common language spoken by shyxaure and other citizens of the Shyxaure-Ziirpu Alliance. It is based on a laryngeal vocal structure, however, which can make speaking Elashi difficult for those with different vocal structures.

Structure

Morphology

Elashi uses a set of suffixes and prefixes to signify certain additive aspects of nouns and verbs, such as plurality and tense.

• -u denotes plurality
• pal- denotes past tense
• fal- denotes future tense
• -yx transforms verb to noun
• ehs’- denotes possession when applied to the object

Syntax

Elashi's word order is not as rigid as other languages, deriving a majority of its meaning from context, but in the case of certain verb tenses and adjectives a specific word order is important to determine meaning. The language uses a loose SVO structure.

Composition

Pronouns

Elashi does not have separate pronouns for the singular and plural forms of self and direct other; rather, it simply treats them as other nouns with plural suffixes.

• Çy = self
• Qy = you
• Tlen = personal pronoun
• Xen = impersonal pronoun

Essential Vocabulary

These are the most basic, vital words of Elashi that are able to convey universal meanings; things like affirmative/negative, greeting, query, and frustration.

• Çiyaan = hello
• Juun = goodbye
• Vih = yes
• Tor = no
• Bahtl? = general query (what/who/why/how/which)
• Qihm = damn

Verbs

Some common verbs of Elashi:

• ehça = to be
• veqa = to go
• lexa = to feel (an emotion)
• pedra = to walk
• aura = to fly
• aunha = to see
• oula = to hear
• qanoma = to speak
• xera = to write
• tlexona = to fight
• imana = to like, to enjoy casually
• imora = to love, to enjoy intimately
• kexora = to despise

Nouns

Some common nouns of Elashi:

• shyx = person
• wyish = creature
• aure(y) = sky
• haaç = air
• tlero = water
• sham = fire
• faon = earth
• aiyxe = light*, day
• nyxe = dark*, night
• sanyxe = space
• nimme = technology; machine
• nimmeqas = ship; vessel; craft

*These can also be used as adjectives.

Speakers

Shyxaure (origin)
Humans
Rimor

Writing system

Elashi Xerano

Phonetic Alphabet

The Elashi Xerano is composed of 34 symbols, each representing a phoneme. The phonemes and their corresponding letters are:

SHOW PHONEMES

1. Ee - "long" E
2. Ae - "long" A
3. Ai - "long" I
4. Oe - "long" O
5. Oo - "long" U
6. Ih - "short" I
7. Eh - "short" E
8. Ah - "short" A
9. Ogh - "short" O
10. Uh - "short" U
11. Mae - M
12. Neh - N
13. Them - Th
14. Shem - Sh
15. Çai - guttural S
16. Vaal - V
17. Zaal - Z
18. Dunn - D
19. Liyr - L
20. Rahm - R
21. Siem - S
22. Haala - H
23. Fen - F/Ph
24. Johl - Djy
25. Kahl - K
26. Xahl - Ks
27. Quhl - glottal click
28. Pahn - P
29. Bahm - B
30. Tlar - Tl
31. Ten - T
32. Eeyeh - Y (consonant)
33. Wayeh - W
34. Ogh’eh - glottal stop