Hikiyo

Overview

Hikiyo is a language spoken by about 300 million people in the region of Naekki, or Himeto-jisho. It is a Japanese creole, but the grammar is distinctively related to austronesian languages.

=Setting=

Hikiyo is a VSO language, unlike its origin. There are no dialects today because the former dialects merged about 300 years ago. Today, those other dialects are lost.

=Basic Grammar=

ARTICLES AND PRONOUNS

Hikiyo articles and pronouns are based mostly on Austronesian formats with Japanese influence here and there. Many times, articles are removed from the sentence, reflecting Japanese origin.

ARTICLES

Absolutive	Ergative	Oblique Common singular	da	No	Ni Common plural	dakara	nokara	Nikara Personal singular	ka	de	Nie Personal plural	kakara	gakara	Kanie

Absolutive	Ergative	Oblique 1st person singular	wata	Ku	Niwa 2nd person singular	Omai, kimyo	Ta, kya	Nimo, nikya 3rd person singular	Kari, Ashima, Hesa Ri, sa	Nika, nisa 1st person plural inclusive	bokka	Ka	Nibo 1st person plural exclusive	boyo	Yo	Niyo 2nd person plural	anka	Kan	Nian 3rd person plural	karyo	Ryo	Niryo

VERBS

Hikiyo has three basic tenses: Future, Progressive, and Complete. The language conjugates for aspect. There are eight foci: Two agent foci, Patient, Instrumental, Reason, Collective, Locative, and Benefactive.

Future		Progressive	Completed Actor Focus1	-o		CV-	-tta, tte Actor Focus2	-a		iCV-	-da, de Collective	-an		CV--an	-anta, ante Object Focus1	-wo		CV--wa	-wonta, -won, -nta Locative Focus	-kae		CV--kae	-kaeta, kaete Benefactive Focus	i—ko		CV--ko	-kota, kote Instrument Focus	Na-		CV--ra	-nata, nate Reason Focus	Shiki-		shiCV-	-shita, shite

ADJECTIVES

Adjectives are very subtle in that they are used as they are, straight from the dictionary. However the word for 'that', 'go', is added to show adjectival quality. Also, a ligature, 'n' is used a lot. It can be placed either at the end of the modified noun, or at the end of the adjective itself. Like so:

Boshijon aka - Only Son

or

Akan Boshijo

((((wait for the rest))))

=Dictionary= ...

=Example text=

This is a poem about America:

TODO NI BIGOGO

Sunde nikara entebisa, Inzo kein sasama, sochubbin, dadanke, Kura se rameku nisa, Bigogo, igogon kahashicha, Punshi no karaku, Inshiri kabare no nyunoku, Yate dachiga no basho, Sate bibinantsuwakaikusa, Go niwa, Ayaitsukusa, Ayaitsukusa kafume yo donjiosa, Sate ndaku manyo ni bassoku, Bigogo, bigogo, wakai eigan basso.