Ehigi

General Information
Ehigi (/ˈɛhiːdʒiː/, native Edhṙ Èçigi) [ɛ̀dʰɚ́ ʔɛ̂çìɟī] is a language spoken by the Tùçigi ethnicity in the Ràçigi constituency of the United Federation of Usheira (Rauçeyṙat).

Consonants

 * 1) The alveolars are laminal except for /s/, /z/, /ɾ/, and /ɾʰ/.
 * 2) /d/ and /dʰ/ are frequently pronounced with frication (i. e. as [dz] and [dzʰ]).
 * 3) /q/ is voiced intervocalically.
 * 4) A glottal stop is epenthetically inserted between adjacent vowels.
 * 5) The voiced aspirated consonants are typically pronounced with a breathy voice.
 * 6) /l/ is devoiced before a voiceless consonant or when phrase-final.
 * 7) The radical fricatives /χ/ and /ʁ/ are typically pronounced as epiglottal trills [ʜ] and [ʢ] by younger speakers.

Pitch Accent
Less than half of roots have a drop in pitch before one of their consonants. After the drop the words tone rises back to the middle.

On words without the drop, the word’s pitch rises straight up to the final syllable.

Native Script
Ehigi is written with the same abugida as the rest of the languages of Usheira.

Native Collation
consonants: t, d, th, dh, n, k, g, kh, gh, ṅ, q, qh, s, z, r, rh, ç, j, l, x, ċ, 0, h, y, ṙ

vowels: o, ṙ, i̇, u, e, a

Transliteration

 * A grave accent is applied to vowels with a falling tone.

Nouns

 * For any example referring to a living thing, the translation is not accurate. As Aetho is a different planet, the translations merely suggest a similar niche filled.