Ilya

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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:

Number

	Singular	Plural	Dual	Trial
bet- house	bet	betim	betik	betur
kop(a) dog	kopa	kopim	kopik	kopur
nesk(a) girl	neska	neskim	neskik	neskur

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