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 [dz̤]).
 * 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) /l/ is devoiced before a voiceless consonant or when phrase-final.
 * 7) 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.

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

Noun classes

 * 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.

Class I
Class I's prefix is a- or none. It is used for people and some place names.

Class II
Class II's prefix is e-. It is used for tools and language.

Class III
Class III's prefix is ṙ-. It is used for animals and fire.

Class IV
Class IV's prefix is ra-. It is used for plant-life and natural landscapes.

Class V
Class V's prefix is zi-. It is used for groups of smaller units.

Class VI
Class VI's prefix is lo-. It is used for long, slender things.

Class VII
Class VIII's prefix is qhe-. It is used for abstract ideas and qualities.

Class VIII
Class VIII's prefix is o-. It is used for actions.

Class IX
Class IX's prefix is nu-. It is an inquorate class with 15 members.

Class X
Class X's prefix is dace-. It is an inquorate class with 6 members.

Number
There are three plural prefixes which replace the singular class prefixes: u-, tu-, and ça-. The number prefix must be learned separately from the class.

Verbs
stem-voice-tense-person

Verbs rely on suffixes with some vowel changes.

Infinitive
-li, some vowel changes including e>a.

Passive
Passive voice is represented by the suffix -qa- (-qo in present tense) which appears immediately following the stem.

Tense

 * Present: no suffix or vowel changes including a, e>o
 * Past: suffix -ṅ
 * Future: suffix -s

Negation
Negative verb dhali.

Syntax
VSO