Ehryen

Classification and Dialects
Ehryen (this specific version known as Middle Ehryen) is a member of the Kyrentyen language family, and has several dialect, including, but not limited to Lylyen, Jhosefanayen, Berifeldyen, Arnozen, and Karkatilyen.

Vowels
ə̯ is a "skip" vowel, can is often omitted. The pronounciatuon can also shift around.

Phonotactics
Syllable structure is (C1)(C2)V(C1)(C2)

No plosive can follow another. No geminated (long) sounds can follow another. There can not be consonant clusters of two consonants from the same place of articulation, excluding /n/ and the affricates mentioned in the chart. /m/, /ɲ/, /ŋk/, /pː/, /tː/, /kː/, /sː/, /θ/, /ʒ/, /ç/, /h/, /pɸ/, /ts/, /tʃ/, /kx/, /xɬ/, and /j/ cannot appear in consonant clusters. /p/ and /v/ can appear only as C1. /f/ and /s/ can appear only as C2. /pɸ/, /ts/, and /kx/ can only appear at the very beginning of a word. /ɹ̥ʰ/ can be in limited consonant clusters, but only at the end. /xɬ/ can only be the first consonant, and /ɹ̥ʰ/ has a strong tendency for this, but doesn’t always adhere to it.

Romanization
"jh" can be pronounced as either /j/ or /ç/.

Grammar
Middle Ehryen, like many other Kyrentyen languages, is VSO. It has prepositions, with demonstratives and numbers coming before the noun, but possessives coming after the noun (but possession is essentially a special preposition). Adjectives occur before the noun, and relative clauses occur after the noun. Also, the ordering of adjectives goes: Dem, Num, Adj, Noun.

Originally, Ehryen had a case system, but, as people began to speak more quickly, people chose to omit declining nouns, and would use only the "Abstract" form. In some places, however, other forms have been preserved, such as the Nominative case in anasu (-su), or the dative case in aeñ (-ñ).

Certainty
To express certainty, place a "certainty marker" in front of the sentence, even before the time expression. These are not necessary.

A common "It is true!" in response to skepticism is "Ze mera!"

Plural
Ehyren lost its plural cases, but, if you know the number, you can say the number followed by the noun. If you know the general number, or just have a guess, you can say "#-es" then the noun.

Passive Voice
Passive voice is created by replacing the subject with the pronoun defe. Note this is only used when the subject is unknown.

Negation
To say something is not something else, the word ja is placed at the very end of the sentence. E.g., "Mera rasen yky ja" (Eels are not fish). If ja was placed at the beginning of the sentence, it would create a yes/no question.

Key Grammar Words
Some important words are: (italicized)

Numbers
Ehryen uses base 8, and numbers follow the shown pattern.

Numbers are always written before the noun, like Mera ar ehry (There is one Ehry).

Time and Tense
The Ehry have 4 daytime hours and 3 nighttime hours. The daytime hours, starting from dawn, are Reñ, Xa, Kyr, and Tre. Reñ comes from the word for "to grow", renye, which itself comes from the word for flower, rejhen. Xa is the word for mountain, which also indicates rising. Kyr is the word for high, and in this hour, the sun is highest in the sky. Tre is a shortening of the word for red, treth, because the sky reddens as dusk approaches. The 3 nighttime hours are Mul, Aeñ, and Nyos. Mul means hole and the downwards direction in general, as this is the time when the sun is just below the horizon. Aeñ is the word for black , as it is the darkest part of night, and Nyos means silver or gray, as the black sky brightens, looking, well, silver.

When an Ehry wants to say something to happen at a time, they say Ak and then say the event or time, or they can say Akreñ, Akka, Akkyr, Att're, Ak'mul, Akaeñ, or Akneos, in respect to the times of day and night. If they are saying something will happen in the future, they begin the sentence with Akfora, and say Aknera for the past. In some cases, the demonstrative can be used for a similar purpose when combined with Ak. Akkon can mean the present, Akyn can mean the future, Akkan for the past, and Aken for the present. There are other words, too; Areñ means the next day, Aren means finally or in the end. Whenever they talk about the future, they add the futre word to the beginning of the sentences or story, and this means the story is future throughout; if they would like to use the future, speak for a bit, then change to present, they say something like, "Akfora... Akkon...".

Time words are placed before the verb (aka the beginning of the sentence) unless there is a certainty marker, in which case it is second.

Example text
Aknera mera yna e kaera. Yka ynes ekoreñ ve kaera. Rd’ze lero yky ys nasa yky. Mera senasa, ys an mera pen b’reyky. Kyen nasa ynes yky. Areñ yka ynes, ys yka ys yka, yka lero yky ja. Mule tam, ys alyan lero aren ys yka lero rasen. Thazan rasen, 'Dena yo yka ys yka, ys yka yo yky ja. Mera yky ja, mera eo ren! Yr veren, an nasa yo eo!' Hina ynes rasen ja, ys alyan lero rasen ve kaera, ys enan ak ynaha. Ehe ehreñ yka, ys yka aher Mul, ys yka seko. Ehe thazan rasen, ys ehe alyan rasen ve kaera. Ehe ek ehe mera, ys enas ynes reta. Nureñ, alyan ynes rasen e kaera, ys kodo lero kassus yu rasen. Ehreñ mera kaera b’reyky, ys mase ynes ek yna.