Üxa language

Üxasi
Duwafa Üxasi
Native to	Üxasi
Native speakers	unknown (2019)
Language family	Üxasi Üxasi
Writing system	Latin Script, Saruzh Script (archaic)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–

Üxasi

The Üxa Language is the spoken language of Üxasi.

Classification

Üxasi is a language isolate.

Phonology

Vowels

	Front		Central	Back
	Unrounded	Rounded		Unrounded	Rounded
Close	i	y			u
Mid		œ
Open			a

Consonants

Consonant phonemes

	Labial		Alveolar /Dental		Post- alveolar		Palatal	Velar		Glottal
	plain	pal.	plain	pal.	plain	pal.		plain	pal.
Nasal	m		n
Stop	b		t d					g
Affricate						tɕ
Fricative	f		z					x		h
Approximant			l		ɻ		j	w
Trill

Grammar

Pronouns

Personal Pronouns

	Singular	Plural
1.Person	üt (m) üti (f)	xö
2.Person	nim (m) nimi (f)	buna
3.Person	zet (m) zeti (f)	füwa

Word Order

Normal Word Order

The normal Word Order is SVO.

 |ik gwüt | dötrü| tazaxa .   
 |Subject | Verb | Object
 The Man kills the Animal .

Questions

In Question Sentences the Word Order is inverted to OVS.This feature is inherited from saruzh and does not appear in proto-Üxasi and some dialects, where different intonation is used instead.

 | tazaxa | dötrü| ik gwüt ?   
 | Object | Verb | Subject
 The Animal kills the Man ?

Adjectives

Adjectives always follow the Nouns they describe.The ending vocal of an adjectives matches the ending of the Noun, if the adjective ends with a consonant, an a is interjected. Nouns can be used as Adjectives.

röga bitafa
the blue kingdom

gwüt djülat
the animalistic(savage) man

Possession

Possession follows the Possessee-Possessor Order:

Duwafa Üxasi
Language (of the) Üxa

Morphology

Plurals

Plurals are divided into definite and indefinite plurals. The indefinite Plural refers to a multitude of uncertain size, while the definite plural refers to a ,multitude of certain size. The Indefinite plural is constructed by adding the plural marker na in front of the word.

na gwüt
a multitude of men, a lot of men

The na takes precedenced over any other particles placed in front of the word (such as the article ik).

ik na gwüt
the multitude of men

For the definite Plural the word indicating the defined amount (e.g. a number) is placed before the word.

ćim gwüt
3 men

üdrö gwüt
5 men (lit: a hand of men)

Vocabulary

The biggest foreign influence on Saruzh historically came from the saruzh language, though loanwords from aydnirian and other languages also exist.

Sample Text

Üxasi	Translation
ik gwüt dötrü tazaxa	The man kills the animal

List of Üxasi Words

General List:

Üxasi	IPA	Translation	Notes
duwafa	/duwafa/	Language
röga	/ɻœga/	Kingdom
gwüt	/gwyt/	Man
yadli	/jadli/	Woman
ufa	/ufa/	Child
ćawüg	/tɕawyg /	Person, Human
djül	/djyl/	Animal
zaxa	/zaxa/	Thing
tönra	/tœnɻa /	Sky
hi	/hi/	Light
tönranahi	/tœnranahi/	Morning, Sunrise
üdrö	/ydrœ/	Hand	If used together with a noun denotes 5 pieces/units of sth.

Geography:

Üxasi	IPA	Translation	Notes
röga üxasi	/ɻœga yxazi/	Üxasi
röga sarućasi	/ɻœga zaɻutɕazi/	Saruzhan
örövidil	/œɻœwidil/	Outland, Abroad,Aclus	Saruzh Loanwoard

Numbers:

Üxasi	IPA	Translation	Notes
iti	/iti/	0
dag	/dag/	1
fru	/fɻu/	2
ćim	/tɕim/	3

Verbs:

Üxasi	IPA	Translation	Notes
urönu	/uɻœnu/	to eat	u/nu indicates infinitve, stem is urö
bazu	/bazu/	to sit
finu	/finu/	to give
dötu	/dœtu/	to kill

Adjectives:

Üxasi	IPA	Translation	Notes
bitaf	/bitaf/	blue, royal	blue -> royal, due to Üxa Monarchs traditionally wearing blue garb

Prepositions:

Üxasi	IPA	Translation	Notes
bö	/bœ/	on, onto

Grammar:

Words used for grammatical constucts.

Üxasi	IPA	Translation	Notes
üt(i)	/yt/	I	Pronoun
nim(i)	/nim/	you (singular)	Pronoun
zut(i)	/zut/	he/she	Pronoun
xö	/xœ/	we	Pronoun
banu	/banu/	you (plural)	Pronoun
füwa	/fywa/	they	Pronoun
na	/na/	indefinite plural marker