Ailja {Language}

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Official language of both Vondren and Jaumun.

Fun fact: Ailja litteraly means 'do a voice' or 'speak'

There are three major dialects of Ailja; Informal, Zoendol Formal, and Cuhcil Formal. They can be used interchangeably and are often mixed together in normal speech. Though Cuhcil Traditionalists and Zoendol will only use Formal.

Informal

Informal shortens or cuts out a lot of things one can get from implication alone. It relies heavily on gesture, body language, and tone of voice. Its what the majority of people use.
Ex. AILuLEN (my name is Len)

Zoendol Formal vs Cuhcil Formal

Both use the full versions of words with nothing left out. The main difference is that Zoendol Formal squishes it all into one long word that is said fluidly and quickly when talking, where Cuhcil breaks things up into their component parts for precision over fluidity.
Zoendol Ex. VIEaruAILuLEN (my name is Len)
Cuhcil Ex. VIEaru AILu LEN (my name is Len)

Writing System

/ɹ/	/l/	/d/	/z/	/ʒ/	/v/	/ç/	/b/	/n/
R	L	D (T K)	Z (S X)	J (G)	V (F)	C (Q S)	B (P)	N
/ɱ/	/ʔ/	/a/	/h/	/ɑ/	/i/	/ə/	/u/	/ɛ/
M	-	W	H	A	I (Y)	U	O	E

Phonology

Consonant inventory: /b d h l n v z ç ɱ ɹ ʒ ʔ/

↓Manner/Place→	Bilabial	Labiodental	Alveolar	Palato-alveolar	Palatal	Glottal
Nasal		ɱ	n
Stop	b		d			ʔ
Fricative		v	z	ʒ	ç	h
Approximant			ɹ
Lateral approximant			l

Vowel inventory: /a i u ɑ ə ɛ/

↓Manner/Place→	Front	Central	Back
High	i		u
Mid		ə
Low-mid	ɛ
Low	a		ɑ

Morphology

ja (do)

Adding ja to the end of a word typically turns it into a verb.

Ex. RHIOja = RHIO(good) + ja(do) = To repair or fix (can also mean getting better from sickness)

- (more)

Adding - inside a word typically makes it plural (Usually it means unspecified number, but here it means more)

Ex. RHIO- = RHIO(good) + -(more) = Very good, excellent, wonderful

Note: You can also put a different number inside the circle instead to indicate the number of them, or how many times to do something again. (verbally it's just said after the word)

wa (question)

Adding wa to the end of a word typically turns it into a question.

Ex. RHIOwa = RHIO(good) + wa(question) = Is this good?

ar (from)

Adding ar to the end of a word typically turns it into something you do for someone

Ex. RHIOar = RHIO(good) + ar(from) = Help

al (with)

Adding al to the end of a word typically turns it into something you need multiple people to do or have.

Ex. RHIOal = RHIO(good) + al(with) = Partnership, unity, teamwork, agree

ah (to)

Adding ah to the end of a word typically turns it into a to something someone else does.

Ex. RHIOah = RHIO(good) + ah(to) = Seek, continue, go

ia (exist)

Adding ia to the end of a word typically turns it into something that is that word.

Ex. RHIOia = RHIO(good) + ia(exist) = Healthy, whole

u (of)

Adding u to the end of a word typically turns it into something that is a resulting of the word. This one is a bit trickier to pin down at times.

Ex. RHIOu = RHIO(good) + u(of) = Accomplish; victory

More Examples

WEH(bad)

WEHja(break, destroy) WEH-(horrible) WEHja-(devastate) WEHwa(is this bad?) WEHar(hinder) WEHal(argue, discord) WEHah(avoid, refrain, stop) WEHia(sick, unwell) WEHu(failure, disappointment)

ZOA(false)

ZOAja(don't understand) ZOA-(never) ZOAja-(fantasy, fantasize) ZOAwa(why not?) ZOAr(trick) ZOAl(don't know) ZOAh(can't, unable) ZOAia(confused) ZOAu(delusion)

LOA(truth)

LOAja(understand) LOA-(always) LOAja-(learn) LOAwa(why) LOAr(guarantee) LOAl(know) LOAh(can, able) LOAia(clear, coherent) LOAu(expect)

Dictionary

294 Words.

Successor Languages

• Djiurd

Spoken by

• Cuhcil Traditionalist
• Cyber
• Maveric
• Traditionalist
• Vondren Imperialist
• Zoendol

Useful Phrases

How to apologize

Zoendol

VIEaruZOAja VIEaruRHIOia
(the mistake is mine, the repair is mine)

Cuhcil

VIEaru ZOAja VIEaru RHIOia
(the mistake is mine, the repair is mine)

Informal

aruRHIOia (the repair is mine)
ZOAjaRHIOia (mistakerepair)
ZOARHIO (nogood)

Introductions

Zoendol

VIEaruAILuLEN (Len is my voice)
VIEiauAILuRON (Ron is their voice)

Cuhcil

VIEaru AILu LEN (Len is my voice)
VIEiau AILu RON (Ron is their voice)

Informal

AILuLEN (Len's Voice)
AILuRON (Ron's Voice)

[For informal the owner of the name is implied with gesturing]