Ilya

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• See also: Ilya phrases

sounds

consonants

	Bilabial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Labiovelar	Glottal
Plosives	p   b	t   d		k   g		ʔ (q)
Nasals	m	n
Fricatives		s	ʃ (sh)
Approximants		l	j (y)		w	h
Trill		r

vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i		u
Mid	e		o
Open		a

nouns

number

Nouns are commonly preceded by determiners. Plural nouns are formed by appending -im. Dual nouns are formed by appending -ik. Trial nouns are formed by appending -ur. This does not alter the stress:

case

nominative

The basic form of each noun, and the one cited in dictionaries, is the nominative singular. All the other forms can be derived from it.

oblique

• -o / -wa || beto || the house, to the house, etc.

genitive

• -ai / -ya || betai || of the house

locative

• -(u)sh / -da || betush || in, at, on the house

instrumental

• -ak / -ha || betak || using; with the house

pronouns

	nominative	oblique	genitive
1s	-an	ayan	nai
2s	-ti / -e	eti / aye	tiya
3s	-u / -a	aya	ai
1p	-uk	ayuk	kai
2p	-ut	ayut	tai
3p	-um	ayum	mai