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Overview

Yerevi (ᡩᡠᢊ᠋ᠠᠯ ᡕᡠᡰᡝ᠌ dɯnħəl jɯɾɛ˦ ), romanized as Dẹnḥal Yẹre̒ (Yeré), is a Kadmaric language spoken in and around Leresso. dɨɳəl jɨɾɛ˧˦

Nouns

Yerevi uses a noun class system.

Tones

Yerevi is a tonal language. Tones are only applied on the last syllable’s vowel. They are not written unless the final syllable ends in a vowel. Each vowel has an implied tone at the end of a word, so it’s easy to figure out what words have which tone. If a word does not end in [m n l w j], the implied tone is neutral (Ø˧). If a word ends in [m l w j], the implied tone depends on the letter. If the vowel is [a ạ], the implied tone is still neutral. If the vowel is [e i], the implied tone is high [˧˦]. If the vowel is [o u ẹ], the implied tone is low [˨˩]. The distinctions are clearer in spoken speech than in written Yerevi, since the writing system is extremely old. IF the word ends in [n], which many do, the [n] sound changes depending on the vowel and implied tone. If the preceding vowel is [o u a ạ], the tone is either neutral or low and the [n] is pronounced [ɳ] and written ᢊ. If the preceding vowel is [e i ẹ], the tone is high and the [n] is pronounced [n] and written ᠊ᠨ᠌.

Writing System

Written Yerevi uses a highly complex alphabetic writing system, with distinct initial, medial, and final forms for each letter.

VOWELS		Aa /ɑ/	Ạạ /ə/	Ee /ɛ/	Ẹẹ /ɯ/	Ii /i/	Oo /o/	Uu /u/
Isolated		ᠠ	ᠠᡃ	ᡝ	ᡠ	ᢈ	ᠣ	ᡇ
Initial		ᠠ᠊	ᠠᡃ᠊	ᠡᡝ᠊	ᡠ᠊	ᠡᢈ᠋᠊	ᠣ᠊	ᡇ᠊
Medial		᠊ᠠ᠊	᠊ᡃᠠ᠊	᠊ᡝ᠊	᠊ᡠ᠊	᠊ᢈ᠋᠊	᠊ᠣ᠊	᠊ᡇ᠊
Final	High Tone [˧˦]	᠊ᠠ	᠊ᡃᠠ	᠊ᡝᢈ᠋	᠊ᡠᢈ᠋	᠊ᢈ᠋ᢈ᠋	᠊ᠣᢈ᠋	᠊ᡇᢈ᠋
	Neutral [˧]			᠊ᡝ	᠊ᡠ᠌		᠊ᠣ᠋	᠊ᡇ
	Low Tone [˧˨]			᠊ᡝ᠌	᠊ᡠ	᠊ᢈ	᠊ᠣ

Examples

Ingerish Name	Written Yerevi	Transcription [IPA]
Aludres	ᠠᠯᡇᡨ᠌ᡰᡝᡄ
Maqanta	ᠮᠠᡎ᠋ᡃᠠᠨᡨ᠌ᠠ
Layrityan	ᠯᠠᢈ᠋ᡰᢈ᠋ᡨ᠌ᢈ᠋ᠠᢊ	Layridyān [lɑɪ̯ɾidjɑ̄ɳ]
Etatono	ᠡᡝᡨ᠌ᠠᡨ᠌ᠣᢊ	Etatòn [ɛt̬ɑt̬òɳ]
Latina	ᠯᡃᠠᡨ᠌ᢈ᠋ᠨᠠ	Lạtinā [lət̬ɪnɑ̄]
Iola	ᡕᠣᠯᡃᠠ	Yolạ́ [jolə́]
Trevers	ᠲᡰᡝᠶᡝ᠌	Trevè [tɾɛʋɛ̀]

Diaspora

Outside of Leresso, Yerevi is rarely learned by those not a part of the Yerevi Diaspora community. In fact, the language is so concentrated within the country that dialects rarely vary from the standard language more than sound shifts.