Auoúaía (Auwain) is a language that is estimated to have emerged in central Africa about 1500 years ago after its parent language, Kha!õvi split into two daughter languages. The other language is Kjnklvrg, which is spoken in an adjacent nation to Aewa.
| Auwain Auoúaía | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Isolative | ||||||||||||
| Alignment | Ergative | ||||||||||||
| Head direction | Back | ||||||||||||
| Tonal | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Declensions | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Conjugations | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Genders | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Nouns decline according to... | |||||||||||||
| Case | Number | ||||||||||||
| Definiteness | Gender | ||||||||||||
| Verbs conjugate according to... | |||||||||||||
| Voice | Mood | ||||||||||||
| Person | Number | ||||||||||||
| Tense | Aspect | ||||||||||||
| Meta-information | |||||||||||||
| Progress | 62% | ||||||||||||
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| Creator | Enoch Wiley | ||||||||||||
Classification and Dialects[]
There is one main dialect of Auoúaía that is recognized in Aewa.
Phonology[]
Auoúaía is unique in the fact that it is completely lacking in spoken consonants. As a result, it has evolved to include every vowel known about. It has, however, retained a few consonant letters that modify the pronunciation of the vowel..
Consonants[]
| Bilabial | Labio-dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post-alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Pharyngeal | Epiglottal | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | ||||||||||||
| Plosive | ||||||||||||
| Fricative | ||||||||||||
| Affricate | ||||||||||||
| Approximant | ||||||||||||
| Trill | ||||||||||||
| Flap or tap | ||||||||||||
| Lateral fric. | ||||||||||||
| Lateral app. | ||||||||||||
| Lateral flap |
Vowels[]
| Front | Near-front | Central | Near-back | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | i y | ɨ ʉ | ɯ u | ||
| Near-high | i y | ï ʊ̈ | ɯ ʊ | ||
| High-mid | e ø | e ɵ | y o | ||
| Mid | e ø | ǝ ɵ | y o | ||
| Low-mid | E œ | e B | ʌ ɔ | ||
| Near-low | æ | a B | |||
| Low | a œ | ä ä | a a |
Phonotactics[]
Auoúaía has three tones: High, Neutral and Low.
Writing System[]
| Letter | A | Ä | Ã | E | Ë | Ẽ | I | Í | Ï | Ĩ | O | Ö |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | a | ä | ã | e | ǝ | E | ɨ | i/j | i: | ĩ | ɔ | œ |
| Letter | Õ | U | Ú | Ü | Ū | N | X | P | Nx | Px | ||
| Sound | ɔ̃ | ʉ | w | ʊ̈ | ʌ | vowel shortener | vowel lengthener | vowel down-shift | vowel up-shift | glottal stop | ||
| Letter | ||||||||||||
| Sound |
Grammar[]
Nouns[]
Auwain has 5 cases: Nominative, Genitive, Dative, Accusative and Instrumental
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | -oí | -ãi | -eníu |
| Genitive | -õn | -ãopxúa | -ëíi |
| Dative | -öpxúan | -ãnúa | -ęúa |
| Accusative | -öpxíĩn | -äúeí | -ëpxax |
| Instrumental | -íõnúa | -äpxíão | -ępxãon |
Auwain also declines its nouns according to definitiveness. The chart for which looks like this
| Intangible | Inanimate | Animate | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Masculine | -öx | -upxúö | -öíu |
| Feminine | -pxã | -(px)íão | -eío |
| Neuter | -(px)ęx | -ípxíë | -ëíö |
The endings are added onto the end of the case ending.