Ahoreni

'''      The creator of Hwayi, Olive11224, asks of thee not to alter this page in any way. ''' The language of Hwayi is being somewhat significantly altered all the time. Many details may be inconsistent. Comments, criticism, and concerns are welcome.

General Information
Hwayi (Haqi: 魂语，Hagu: 화이 IPA: /xwa.i/) is an agglutinative language which was once found from Manchuria to Shandong. It is now spoken only in areas around the Changbai mountains. It is a recognized regional language by the Constitutional Monarchy of Qing China.

Hwayi is one of the only survivng languages in the Qi language family. The only other known surviving language is the Zhugwe language, which is spoken around the mouth of the Huang River.

Diphthongs and Other Vowel Clusters

 * /i/ in /in/ is better analyzed as [ɪ~i], as it is realised as a vowel in between ɪ and i.
 * [r] may shorten [ɾ], as long as [r] is not the initial consonant.
 * The retroflex series shifts to Palatal before the vowels [i, ɯ].
 * [o] may vary to any vowel, up to [ɔ].

Phonotactics

 * The language's main syllable structure is (C)N(F)
 * C = Consonant
 * N = Nucleus
 * F = Alveolar Nasal

Writing System
This language usually uses a modified variation of the Korean alphabet in conjunction with a Chinese- based logography.

Grammar
The language is SOV.

Nouns phrases
Nouns in Hwayi lack grammatical gender, articles and number. In order to show number and definiteness, the noun must be bound to a classifier.

Example 1: 애태왜猫 Etewemani, literally one [classifier- small animate] cat.

Example 2: 사 왜 猫  Sawemani, literally this [classifier- small animate] cat.

There are many suffixes used to further elaborate on the locative case.

Classifiers
Classifiers, or counter words, work similarly to Chinese, and must be bound to a noun if one were to describe number or definiteness. Here is a list of the classifiers which are commonly used.

Quantity
Many classifiers may be used to demonstrate quantity. They mostly descend from the morphemes for much, xyo, and the morpheme for less, gata.

Pronouns
The pronouns in Hwayi act similarly to Japanese pronouns; they aren't true pronouns. They act more similarly to regular nouns, and are derived from nouns. Also like Japanese, they are an open word class.

Reflexives
The only reflexive in Hwayi is ki, a suffix. It is a loanword from middle chinese. To use it, it is added as a suffix to a pronoun or a noun.

Example: ''Me iki tawabauka-ú twe meki-e. Lit: I(NOM) one [classifier]cup[ACC] give(Present) I[reflexive][DAT].''

Adjectives
Adjectives must occur before a noun. The copula ti may be used to put emphasis on the adjective, rather than the noun.

Verbs
The verb system of Hwayi is somewhat complex.

Mood

 * 1) Indicative - States a fact witnessed by the speaker, in some direct form. -"I feel/hear/see/etc. him running"
 * 2) Conditional - Indicates that an action depends on another event -"If the motion of his legs is propelling him forward, he is running"
 * 3) Jussive - Indicates a desire -"I want to run"
 * 4) Imperative - Indicates a command -"You must run"
 * 5) Inferrential - Indicates a fact not witnessed directly by the speaker. -"John Doe told me he was running"
 * 6) Subjunctive - Indicates a thought -"I am thinking that he is running"

Aspect

 * The simple, progressive, and perspective aspects are regular. However, the inchoative aspect is a "secondary" aspect, and may be used along side another aspect.