Iyachke

General
Iyachke (/ɪjátʃki/, natively Klito Laasojo Yihaajki, literally Standard Language in Iyach) is a language spoken on the Isle of Iyach on the planet Aetho.

Consonants

 * Voiceless consonants are voiced intervocallically.
 * /n/, /ŋ/, /t/, /k/, /s/, and /ɺ/ may be geminated in all dialects. /tʃ/ may be geminated in the standard dialect.
 * Geminate /ɺ/ is typically not flapped, though the actual pronunciation varies dialectally. In the standard, it is /ɭː/.
 * /h/ can be dropped in colloquial speech.

Vowels

 * Allowable diphthongs are /aɪ/, /ɑːɪ/, /aɯ/, and /ɑːɯ/. The offglides are lowered somewhat in the standard (ex. [aɛ̯]), and the main vowel shifts back and up before phonetically voiceless consonants (ex. aij [ʌɛ̯tʃ], but aijo [aɛ̯dʒɜ]).

Phonotactics
CV(N, S)
 * /N/ is a homorganic nasal. On the end of words it can be /n/ or /ŋ/, according to the dialect.
 * /S/ is a fricative which differs depending on the dialect. In the standard, it is pronounced [tʃ].
 * Long consonants cannot begin words.

Native Script
The native script for Iyachke is a syllabary.

Verbs
Preverb-Root-Voice/Mood-Subject-Object

Moods: indicative, optative, conditional, inferential, desiderative, imperative, interrogative

Voices: active, passive, reflexive, causative, passive causative

Subjects: 1, 2, 3

Objects: 1s, 2s, 3s.an, 3s.inan, 1p, 2p, 3p

Preverbs not in certain moods Subject not marked for number Object marked for number/animacy Tense only marked on very few verbs