Okiva Erumi

Note
This is a work in progress.

General
Okiva Erumi means Mouth Sound.

The point of this language is to be simple. First of all, there are no gender distinctions for anything. Also, by looking at any word, you can immediately know what part of speech the word is. There are NEVER any exceptions to rules.

Backstory
This language was spoken originally on the island of Kueji but then throughout its empire and captured lands. Kueji originally spoke many languages including Kuekuji, but eventually decided to unite all of its people by making a new, easy to learn language that made sence and used the same sounds as Kuekuji.

Alphabet
adkgejmnilrzoxpvu

Vowels
There are five vowels: aeiou

These are all pure vowels, no diphthongs exist in this language.

The vowels are pronounced a bit differently throughout the empire, but generally:

a: Tall ah, tounge down, closest to palm, ɑ

e: eh sound, tounge on back of bottom teeth, closest to gem, ɛ

i: ee sound, e but with back of tongue on roof of mouth, closest to sea, i

o: Very round lips and forward tone, Tongue touching back of bottom teeth, closest to goat, o

u: Really round lips with almost no space for air to pass through, closest to boot, u

Consonants
There are 12 consonants: dkgjmnlrzxpv

All but two of these consonants are pronounced the same as in english. Those two are x and j. x is pronounced like an sh in English or ʃ. The j is a clearing of the throat, or χ in IPA.

Word Constructions
The structure of a word tells you the part of speech of the word:

Infinitive verbs: CVCV

Conjugated Verbs: CVCVCV

Singular Nouns: VCVCV

Plural Nouns: VCVVCV

Pronouns: CVV

Conjunctions: CV

Helper Words (auxilaries): VC

Names: CVCCV

Places: CVVCV

Adjectives: CVCVV

Adverbs: VCVVC

Base Numbers: VCV

Interjections: VCCV

Question Words: CVVC

Word Order
This is a VSO language. The Verb always comes first, followed by the subject and then the object. Also, the descripted always comes before the descriptor. This means that a noun comes before its adjective and a verb comes before the adverb.

Noun Pluarization
SIngular Nouns are in the form VCVCV, while plural nouns are in the form VCVVCV. The added vowel, the new fourth letter of the noun, depends on the original middle vowel.

a==>ai

e==>ei

i==>iu

o==>oi

u==>ui

Middle Syllable
The verb is conjugated by adding a syllable in the form CV to the MIDDLE of the verb infinitive. For exmple, goju, meaning to eat, bacomes godeju when it is conjugated as I eat.

Conjugation Construction
The conjugation is formed by a consonant and a vowel.

Consonant

The consonant depends on three variables: Person, Number, and Type. Vowel

The Vowel is determined by the tense. a indicates passed tense, e indincates present tense, i indicates future tense, o indicates Passive, and u indicates command.

Type
The type is either internal or external. An internal verb involves an action that is done to the object. This includes feeling, state of being, thought, etc. An external verb is done to an object, such as hitting, eating, seeing, etc.

Passive Form
Passive form requires a helper word before it. This word could mean any of the following:

Had, used to, should, would, could, might have, have been, etc.

The passive form is signified by the letter o.

Command Form
The command form is usually translated as (Pronoun) must (verb). for example, the sentence "You (s) must eat one (piece of) bread" would be "goruju dua onilo".