Tsevhu

Tsevhu (pronunciation: /tsεβu/) is an artlang created in mid-2020 by koallary, and has since been continuously expanded. It features two writing systems, Koiwrit and Shorthand, the former being a non-linear script which is written super-imposed on koi fish, with shorthand being a linear version suitable for quick writing. It is spoken on the fictional planet of Onope (/onopε/) by the Tsavhe (/tsɑβε/) in the country of Vhuteya (/βutεjɑ/) across a very large area. As a result, it has many dialects with significant variation between them: one has developed tones! The standard dialect is the Vhuteya Dialect, and it is the one documented on this page.

Allophony

 * w → ʍ~φ / {C, #}_C
 * j → ə / [-vowel]_[-vowel]
 * j → ʲ / C_V
 * w → ʷ / C_V
 * ɪ → i / _ɾ
 * i → ɪ / Cʲ_
 * CC → CəC
 * /n/ → /ŋ/ / _[+velar]
 * {q, k, kʰ} → ɡ / _ɡ
 * ç → s / _s
 * œV → œɥV (written  when applicable)
 * V[+front]V → VjV
 * VV → VwV
 * β → v / _v; v_
 * C{l, b}C → {l, b}CC
 * ʒdʒ → ʒd
 * tsts → tts

Grammar
Tsevhu has a relatively complex grammar, but it accomplishes it without very heavy use of affixes, instead preferring particles.

Number
Nouns decline for 3 number types: dual, plural, and collective. All of these suffixes cause final-vowel loss on multisyllabic words—EX xuji "cat" → xujyu "cats."

Case

 * 1) Use only if needed or for clarity
 * 2) Don't use in conjunction with a stative article, instead don't mark
 * 3) Use for postpositional phrases that act as adjectives, in copula/non-case marked personal pronouns, and gnomic participles and verbal locatives (phrasal type verbs)
 * 4) Placed after the noun—EX zisi xuji phoi "the cat's daughter"
 * 5) Means comprised of, made of, or filled with
 * 6) Placed on the posessee and puts emphasis on it. Means part of or belonging to, it is often used with groups and especially when the posessee has no direct relationship to the possessor.