Üxa language
| Üxasi | |
|---|---|
| Duwafa Üxasi | |
| Native to | Üxasi |
Native speakers | unknown (2019) |
Üxasi
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| Latin Script, Saruzh Script (archaic) | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
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Üxasi
The Üxa Language is the spoken language of Üxasi.
Classification
Üxasi is a language isolate.
Dialects
Orthography
Phonology
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unrounded | Rounded | Unrounded | Rounded | ||
| Close | i | y | u | ||
| Mid | œ | ||||
| Open | a | ||||
Consonants
| Labial | Alveolar /Dental |
Post- alveolar |
Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| plain | pal. | plain | pal. | plain | pal. | plain | pal. | |||
| Nasal | m | n | ||||||||
| Stop | b | t d |
g |
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| 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.
|ek 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| ek 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
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 |
|---|---|
| ek 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 |
Geography:
| Üxasi | IPA | Translation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| röga üxasi | /ɻœga yxazi/ | Üxasi | |
| röga sarućasi | /ɻœga zaɻutɕazi/ | Saruzhan | |
| örövidil | /œɻœwidil/ | Outland, Abroad,Aclus | Saruzh Loanwoard |
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 |
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 |