Ixhiehan Language

Ixhiehan is a language spoken in regions of the Hynate Empire and in the Danmtheiian Empire. It serves as a lingua franca for the entire eastern coast of the central spine, including Sychadia and some areas of Unkia.

Vowels
The diphthongs of Danmtheiian are /æi/ (spelled "ai"), /ei/ (spelled "ei"), /ɑu/ (spelled "au") and /ou/ (spelled "ou"). All monophthongs and diphthongs can be one of two phonemic lengths, the spellings of which are shown in the chart bellow.

Phonotactics
In Ixhiehan, primary stress always falls on the penultimate syllable of a word, and secondary stress on the first syllable. The syllable structure is C(L)V(C), where C is any consonant, V is any vowel or diphthong and L is an approximant or trill. When a word begins with /h/, the "h" is often not written.
 * /sɑl.'kin.xʷæif/
 * /ˌmin.gre.fol.'hu.nɑu/
 * /'hix.hi:/ (Danmtheiian animate singular)
 * ixhie

Nouns and Pronouns
All Ixhiehan  nouns and pronouns decline according to case. There are four genders (masculine, feminine, animate and inanimate). All masculine, feminine and animate nouns have a plural form but inanimate nouns do not. There are ten cases - nominative, vocative, objective, genitive, locative, instrumental and comitative, ablative, allative and benefactive. Only the second person pronouns have a vocative. Feminine and animate nouns do not have a seperate accusative case.

The third person pronouns also serve as definite articles. All nouns must be preceeded by an article. If a third person pronoun is preceded by an indefinite article, its meaning changes to "someone" or "something".

To change the gender of a noun add the following endings: