Aiyoti

Aiyoti (alt. Aioti) is the largest surviving East Serkr language, it is the national & most spoken language in Aiyota/Aiota. The language is agglutinative/fusional. "Official Aiyoti" is highly standardized and often differs a lot from regional dialects. It is one of the most spoken and economically important languages in universalis, especially in Himalia, Issagga and the Serkr, as well as being widely taught in Aeridanish schools.

Romanized Alphabet:

aáāâbcdeéēêfghiíīîjklmnoóōôpqrsśtuúūûvwyzź āēīōū

Phonology

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• a = [a] or [ä]
• á = [æ]
• e = [ɛ]
• é = [e] (as in ayyyyyyyyy lmao)
• i = [i]
• í = [ɪ]
• o = [o̞]
• ó = [ɔ]
• ò = [ɒ]
• u = [u] or [ʉ]
• ú = [ʊ]

consonants are ipa except:

• y = [j]
• j = [dʒ
• c = [tʃ]
• h = [h] [x] [ʀ] [ʁ]
• ś = [ʃ]
• ź = [ʒ]
• th = [θ]

Aioti Grammar

-	Subject		Object		Indirect Object
	sg	pl	sg	pl	sg	pl
a	-a	-ā	-á	-aē	-ana	-anā
e	-e	-ē	-é	-eō	-ene	-enē
i	-i	-ī	-í	-iā	-ini	-inī
o	-o	-ō	-ó	-oū	-ono	-onō
u	-u	-ū	-ú	-uī	-unu	-unū

Aioti Verb

Add to end of verb for "I did" "You will" "They are" etc.

Person	Number	Past			Present			Future
		Masc.	Neut.	Fem.	Masc.	Neut.	Fut.	Masc.	Neut.	Fem.
1	sg	Cái	Céi	Cíi	Cao	Ceo	Cio	Cau	Ceu	Ciu
	pl-incl.	Cāi	Cēi	Cīi	Cāo	Cēo	Cīo	Cāu	Cēu	Cīu
	pl-excl.	Accāi	Eccēi	Iccīo	Accāo	Eccēo	Iccīo	Accāu	Eccēu	Accāu
2	sg	Tái	Téi	Tíi	Tao	Teo	Tio	Tau	Teu	Tiu
	pl	Tāi	Tēī	Tīi	Tāo	Tēo	Tīo	Tāu	Tēu	Tīu
3	sg	Vái	Véi	Víi	Vao	Veo	Vio	Vau	Veu	Viu
	pl	Vāi	Vēi	Vīi	Vāo	Vēo	Vīo	Vāu	Vēu	Vīu

Note that in some dialects the 1-pl-excl has it's initial vowel dropped (so the endings are eg. -ccēo) however the default form is eccē/ecceí

Moods, Aspects, Tenses and a Few other things

-(V+acute accent)i/é = past tense -éi = tense "it has been doing it since the beginning of time and will stop now" -théi = tense "it has been doing it since long ago and will stop soon" -o = present tense -ō = tense "it has been doing it since the beginning of time and won't stop. ever" -thō = tense "it has been doing it since long ago and will stop in the far future" -u = future tense -ū = tense "it will start soon and continue forever" -thū = tense "it started not long ago and will stop in the very far future"

idk these are dumb

Pronouns and Jazz

Holy shit you better damn prepare yourself because Aiyoti has billions of these.

-	Query	This	That	Some	No	Every
Adjective	Which	This	That	Some	No	Every
Person	Who	This	That	Someone	No one	Everyone
Thing	What	This	That	Something	Nothing	Everything
Place	Where	Here	There	Somewhere	Nowhere	Everywhere
Time	When	Now	Then	Sometime	Never	Always
Way	How		Thus	Somehow
Reason	Why

-	Query	This	This(2)	That	Some	No	Every
Adjective		Io	Terú	Lo	Sáq	Źi	Saq
Person	Avi	Veyo	Veterúo	Velo	Vesáq	Veźi	Vesaq
Thing	Laste	Io	Terú	Lo	Sósáq	Sóźi	Sósaq
Place	Laitri	Laiyo	Laitro	Lailo	Laisáq	Laiźi	Laisaq
Time	Makaiyo	Madio	Materúo	Madilo	Matsáq	Madźi	Matsaq
Way	Iatro	Latio	Laterú	Latulo	Latsáq	Ladźi	Latsaq
Reason	Ravekka

Also instead of this/that distinction Aiyoti has a threeway This (close), This (far) and That (very far) system

Dialects

Although Aiyoti is a highly standardized and nationalized language, dialects still remain very prevalent with some being just barely reminiscent of Standard Aiyoti (eg. Kyintan Yang Aiyoti). Throughout the nation, Standard Aiyoti is taught together with Standard Aeridanish and occasionally Yoka Tsi.

Aeridanish Influence

Due to a long history of trade with the north, Aiyoti has a huge Aeridanish influence, with as much as 26% of its modern everyday vocabulary coming from Aeridanish. In Arioki schools at least basic conversational Aiyoti/Aeridanish is taught, being odd for one of these languages not to be taught.

Basic Vocabulary

There are no borrowings in this list and any pairs that look similar are purely coincidental (e.g. Sakin, which means "the metal" and Saki "iron")

English	Aiyoti	Aeridanish
Hello	Koto	Hovzei
Goodbye	Álsir	Akaśja
Eye	Veréda	Viaje
Eat	ʔiyato	Aśite
Water	Telo	Tæsl
Iron	Sakin	Saki
One	Ka
Two	Sva
World	Daccetei
Horn	Heítuú
Egg	Qala
Island	Yoka
Sand	Kon
Glass	Konako-ne
Hour	Vákkon

Conversational Things

• Hello - Koto
• Hello (formal) - Kutami
• Hello (more formal) - Kutamitaéi

• Hello (reply) - Yuná
• Hello (formal reply) - Yutamá
• Hello (more formal reply) - Yutamitá

• How are you? - Iatro te'ò kaiyo?
• I am __, thanks. - ____ceo, kásite.

• Please - árizistei
• Thank you - Kásite
• You're welcome - Kutamiote

• Kaiyo - This indicates a question, e.g. Laste o só kaiyo? = What is it?
• o - Present tense of a verb
• ò - Subject something ending with "o"
• ó - Object of something ending with "o"
• o/'ò - Copula, free varition
• e - Beginning a sentence with this shows excitement, and increases modality. Starting a word with it shows it is a command.

You are a replacement - Ruśiteo velo

Talk, Speak etc.

'ayo, aiyo - talk agho - ask (-)śa - perfect, favourite. alsak/asak/azak - (ion)ism

1.You should ask them a question!

1.Ekaiyotekuo!

2.What should i ask?

2.Laste aghoceku kaiyo?

1.You should ask them what their favorite color is

1.Aghoteku vé laste adaśatel o.

2.What is your favorite color?

2.Laste adaśatel o kaiyo?

3.My favorite color is yellow.

3.Adaśacel o basuki.