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Eiyic is a conlang I've been developing since I was in the 8th grade (I'm in my 20's now), and for the most part I develop it in my head. It is a mostly unique language, though I do occasionally derive words from other languages, and I tend to alter them in some way rather than preserving all the sounds of the original word. An example would be when I borrow words that end with either "t" or "d", which in Eiyic generally end up ending with a "k". The Eiyic word for "Eiyic" is "Êyek", and it's name derives from a word I made up back in high school for beings in a (low-quality) short story I wrote (in a notebook) back then; That word is "êya" (originally written "eiya"). My reasoning was that I might try and further develop and refine the characteristics of those beings (which, in my story, were just humans with supernatural powers), and assign my conlang to them. As for the original story, it's actually completely lost, so I can't refer to it to any extent, and I don't remember much of anything from it.



PRONUNCIATION:

A=AH (AS IN CAR)
E=EH (AS IN MET)
Ê=AY (AS IN DAY)
I=EE (AS IN MEET) or I (AS IN BIT)
O=AW (AS IN BOX)
Ô=OH (AS IN BOAT)
U=OOH (AS IN BOOT) [OCCASIONALLY, AS IN WOOD)
AI="eye"
AU and AW= OW (AS IN HOW)
Y=i as in "bit"


Most of the consonants are pronounced the same as in English.
Some unique spellings/pronunciatons are:


G= is always hard as in "good"
R=is rolled (like the spanish "r")
TS=always pronounced as T+S regardless or position (as in Japanese "tsuki")
C=ch (as in check)
Ś=sh
CH=kh or ch (as in German "Nacht")



A FEW WORDS AND PHRASES:

Hello: Hen
How are you?: cai śa lu?
good: gan
person: zin, zi
man: zino, ozi
woman: zina, azi
child: lin
dog: pan
cat: fan
bird: awi
hawk: kya
owl: kwil
friend: zada, yazi
family: zuka
mother: asi
father: osi
brother: ori
sister: ari
house: zak
sun: taśi
moon: kusi
star: śi
light: kas
I: ca
I like: ca nuna...
my name is: cara tyl śa...
speak: spas
language: spes



HERE IS A POEM WITH A TRANSLATION INTO EIYIC:

a misty spring morning in the woods
a few crickets are chirping
and the robin begins to fill the air with its sweet song



and a translation into my conlang;



śleli tai ya nes wi sa tiku
umu grylm kena
ka nesaw uka mitsuka sa gwa hu sura kal ken



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SOME MORE WORDS:


Animals:

Dog: pan
cat: fan
wolf: pyan
bear: pen
horse: kwa
mouse: losa
squirrel: gilo
insect: moci
bee: ci
ant: waci
wasp: kyaci
beetle: skara
spider: kepi
hornet: kyaciga
fish: kyan
shark: kai
bird: awi
hawk: kya
eagle: kyaga
falcon: zunkya
owl: kwyl
sparrow: tsi
finch: tsa
chickadee: para
tufted titmouse: kanpara
robin: nesaw
crow: ka
raven: kaga
blue jay: aiga


Seasons:

spring: sanza
summer: mya
autumn: minu
winter: isa


Weather:

sky: men
cloud: śyl
weather: gwach
air: gwa
wind: gwi
rain: tada
snow: nys
it's raining: tade
it's snowing: nyse
thunder: daś
lightning: kaśga, menkaś
storm: ton
blizzard: nyston
I don't like snow: ca mai nuna nys
I love spring: ca nana sanza
it's windy: śa gwia


Some Adjectives;

good: gal
bad: magi
pretty: kia
beautiful: kiga
big: taya
small: mataya
a lot, much: mu
a little: bu
nice, kind: sym
mean: masmi
friendly: zadi
sweet: kal
high: hoka
low: moka
red: aki
orange: ori
yellow: ki
green: mi
blue: ai


Adverb Formation:

generally, the ending "-iś" is added to the end of an adjective.
if the adjective ends in a "U", then the "U" becomes a "w" (example: bu=> bwiś)
If an adjective ends in "E" or "I", just ad "ś" to the end. (example: tankai (interesting) => tankaiś)


Plural Formation:

plurals of nouns are formed by adding "m" to the end of the word.

(examples: śyl => śylm, śaka => śakam, zi => zim )

Adjectives follow the same rules.



the word for "that" is "Sai".
that cat= sai fan, that kind person= sai sym zi

the word for "this" is "Sera".
this frog= sera krika, this green frog= sera mi krika


the word for "those" is "Saim".


the word for "these" is "Seram".



The word for of is "ya".

exmpl: sa han ya cara zada (my friend's book).


POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES:

my: cara
our: cura
your: lura
your (pl): lumbra
his: osura
her: asura
their: sendra

its grammar has some similarities to English grammar, and it also has some influences from other European languages. One thing I should have mentioned in my post is that this language is still subject to occasional minor fine-tuning, but the basic structure is well established. thanks for your question.