Ehigi

General Information
Ehigi (/ˈɛhiːdʒiː/, native Edhṙ Èçigi) [ɛ̀dʰɚ́ ʔɛ̂çìgʲī] 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) The dorsal stops are palatalized before an /i/ or before any vowel after an /i/.
 * 4) /q/ is voiced intervocalically.
 * 5) A glottal stop is epenthetically inserted between adjacent vowels.
 * 6) The voiced aspirated consonants are typically pronounced with a breathy voice.
 * 7) /l/ is devoiced before a voiceless consonant or when phrase-final.
 * 8) The radical fricatives /χ/ and /ʁ/ are typically pronounced as epiglottal trills [ʜ] and [ʢ] by younger speakers.

Pitch Accent
Words can have two pitch contours: rising and falling.

Rising contour words have a low tone on the first syllable and a high tone on the last syllable, with mid tones in between. Monosyllabic rising words are rising tone. ex. Rauçeyṙat [ɾà.ɯ̄.çɛ̄.jɚ̄.át.]

Falling contour words have a falling tone indicated by a grave accent somewhere in them. The syllable before the fall is high and the syllable after the fall is low. Before and after the adjacent syllables are mid tone. ex. Ràçigi [ɾâ.çì.gʲī.]

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

Native Collation
consonants: o, u, i, e, a, g, kh, k, gh, ng, d, th, t, dh, n, ġ, qh, q, ġh, z, s, r, rh, c, x, l, h, j, ç, y, ṙ

Transliteration

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

Pronouns
ex. Kheqo neda "Edìlao Nuċayo". "My name is "John Doe"."

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.

Verbs
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