Idoih

Introduction

Spoken in Idoboih, Teihtoij, and Oobemud. Descended from the original Dow Os Omow language. Some parts changed although a lot is similar. It is really similar to Omo Kalaa that it is like Omo Kalaa relexified with Idoih words (Although grammar has been mostly revived now). Also, this is a continuation of using the Idoih language in Omo Kalaa.

Language Family

Related to Rahlin (Sesatid) and Bliat (Lhanaisan).
Also related to the Hiphiyo language family in the Im mountains. Biwa

	    Plipata
      		    Bliad-Rahlin
        			    Bliad
        
        			    Rahlin

	    Omow
      		    Dowos
        			    Idoih
        
        Pnəno

Phonology

p ph b (bh) m
/p pʰ b bʰ m/
t th d (dh) r s l n
/t tʰ d dʰ r s l n/
y c j (jh) sh
/j c ɟ ɟʰ ʃ/
k kh g (gh)
/k kʰ ɡ ɡʰ/
(q) (qh) (qg) (qgh)
/q qʰ ɢ ɢʰ/
h
/ħ/

i e a u o
/i e a u o/
ii ee (aa) uu oo
/iː eː aː uː oː/

Sounds in parenthesis exist only on loans although natively may occur in certain poistions originally as allophones.

CVC
Words cannot end in an aspirated consonant, p, s, sh, or qg.
Special consonant clusters allowed in the beginning are dg and r + voiced consonant excluding rg, rj, rs, rl, rr.

Stress on first syllable.

Grammar

OSV

All nouns use classifiers.

Words can be grouped as human, countable object (Animals, food, technology), or uncountable abstract object (Plants, water, machinery). Affixes attach to classifiers.

[ Singular ]
-o human
-u countable
-e absract

Can use different classifiers for the same word. muulo bhiba "man" (muulo = animal classifier + -o), jhuno bhiba "woman" (jhuno = plant classifier + -o).

Plurals use different suffixes.

(Humans, Countable)
-i r,l
-iri ii,ee
-uri uu,oo
-ari other

(Abstract)
-a m,n
-ina ii,ee
-una uu,oo
-ana other

bhib is the human classifier. bhibari is for some people, bhibana is for societies or people general. (bhibo) bhiba "person", bhibari bhiba "people (all you here)", bhibana bhiba "people (every)"

Other Affixes

-t- in
-c- to
-y- for
-s- from
-g the

For adjectives use ghob with -g.

ghob bee kubeg dhoo
the new city
kubeg dhoo
the city

Possession

hi- my
nu- your
bi- their

These attach to classifiers.

From Omo Kalaa

li- nominalizer

ᶺꞔˉᴜ ᴠᵒʌ̇ᴡᵒ nˉnᵒ ʌᶺᴜᵔᴠ̄ˉ i-bhay dorno gago liyesa ᴡˉʌᵔn nˉnᵒ ᴜᵔᴠ̄ˉ ꞔˉᴜꞔˉᴜ ᴠᵒʌ̇ᴡᵒ naleg gago yesa bhay-bhay dorno