Northern Ivili Language
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| Ivili | |
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| Şotī Ekuşemīn | |
| Pronunciation | /aɪdʒaɪlaɪ/  |
| Native to | |
| Region | Şotīko Archipelago in Olivacia |
| Ethnicity | Stonish |
Native speakers | L1: 3,200,000+ (2018) L2: 4,335,000+ FL: 25,000+ |
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| Official status | |
Official language in | |
Recognised minority language in | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ivl |
| Linguasphere | TBA |
| File:TBA | |
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History
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Geographic distribution
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Classification
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Regional variants
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Comparison to sister languages
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Phonology
Overview
Standard Ivili has traditionally operated under a Verb–subject–object word order (VSO), and this has been true for the entirety of the languages existence. Posession t
Alphabet
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Phonetics
| Labial | Coronal | Dorsal | Laryngeal | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Bilabial | Labiodental | Linguolabial | Dental | Alveolar | Postal-veolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Pharyngeal | Glottal | |||||||||||||
| Nasal | m (m) |
n (n) |
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| Plosive | p (p) |
b (b) |
t (t) |
d (d) |
k (k) |
g (g) |
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| Sibilant affricate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sibilant fricative | s (s) |
ʃ (ш) |
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| Approximant | j (j) |
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| Latelar approximant | l (l) |
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| Tongue position | Front | Near-front | Central | Near-back | Back | |||||
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| Close | u (u) | |||||||||
| Near-close | ||||||||||
| Close-mid | e (є) |
o (o) | ||||||||
| Mid | ||||||||||
| Open-mid | ||||||||||
| Near-open | ||||||||||
| Open | ||||||||||
| Diphthong | e͡i (ei) ~ a͡i (ai) | |||||||||
Grammar
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