Ëlüs

Classification and Dialects


Ëlüs is a Middle Eastern Language with Russian Influences in the areas of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan and pockets in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Turkmenistan.

It has a long history with Ïl'áça (اِیلعاَشا / اِیلعَشا / Ӥлӏа́ша ) being united under the same flag for millenia but seperated 300 years ago.

It can be learnt here.

Special Status (Doy'adva - Дойӏадва)
Some Special consonants or vowels that are special status, Doy'adva (Дойӏадва) or Symbolic Loans.

Consonants (Advusna - Адвусна)
There are 18 main consonants (not counting Doy'adva) and there are 7 special ligatures that optional to do and can be substituted by the individual phonetic letters.

Vowels (Ionazalem - Ионазалем)
There are two types of vowels, Ionized and Not-Ionized, meaning that they have (Ionized) a /j/ sound preceding them. Some vowel sounds only appear ionized. Doy'adva do not count as main vowels.

The i vowel is special, it is not considered Ionized but it can have a /j/ preceding it.

Phonotactics
Phonetic sounds are used instead of the Letters themselves, therefore you can have at maximum (C)(C)(C)(/j/)(V)(V)(C)(C)(C) so çtçeçtç (щещ) would be a valid single syllable in terms of phonetic /ʃtʃjeʃtʃ/.(Though it would be hard to say it alone)

Nouns (Imus - Имус)
Nouns only decline in case and number, definitiveness is drawn from context and gender too. (... represent the word with no suffix) Other cases are expressed with an article for conjunction of articles.

Causal And and Normal And
There are diferences with "e" and "hìe". "e" is only used with connecting nouns, "hìe" is only for connecting sentences.

Example:
 * Europa is between the Atlantic and the Urals.
 * Еуропа севя рял Атлантик е рял Урьал.
 * She/He is from Europe and I wanted to go there.
 * Даръӏла севя пя Еуропа ґъе Яшӏла ґямяшдярь серьа.

Verbs
Verbs always end in "rý" or "l", you take off these to conjugate.

Syntax
Sentences are normally SVO but can take any form if marked.

Example:


 * Europa sevá(to be present) rál(between start) atlantik e rál(between end) urìal.
 * Europa is between the Atlantic and the Urals.
 * Еуропа севя рял Атлантик e рял Урьал.
 * Darì'la sevá(to be present) pá(from) europa and áç'la hámáçdárý(to go volitive past simple) serýa(there).
 * She/He is from Europe and  I wanted to go there.
 * Даръӏла севя пя Еуропа ґъе  Яшӏла ґямяшдярь серьа.