Alhi language: Difference between revisions

'''Alhi''', specifically '''Modern Alhi''' is an Alhic language that evolved from [[Classical Alhi]]. It is spoken primarily in [[Alloti]] and [[Allotian overseas territories|its overseas territories]], with about 70 million native speakers, and about 100 million when including non-native speakers. Alhi was also once a language of high prestige in [[Cring]], as in [placeholder date], [[Historical Allotian control over Cring|Cring was controlled]] but not completely integrated into Alloti. Since then, Alhi slowly lost its presence in Cring.

[[Ojanka]], a set of five islands controlled simultaneously by both Alloti and Mallia, Alhi is an official language. Most people on Ojanka speak both Alhi and [[Mallian language|Mallian]], with road signs, other signs, and text being written in both Alhi and Mallian.

[[Sinovoz]], a large island located in the middle of the Bellic Sea was also a colony of Alloti. Alhi had been an official language until Sinovoz's independence. The native language of Sinovoz, Piriň, has gained more and more use and now is the most spoken language on Sinovoz, but Alhi is still widely spoken and some areas on the island are still majority Alhi speaking. Signs and text are translated into both Piriň and Alhi, but many signs in only Piriň appear commonly in the capital of Sinovoz, Sinovoz-Ler.

The different noun cases perform different functions in nouns, this section will cover what each of them does individually.

The locative case simply marks the location of a noun, it can also mark movement like an ablative. Number is not distinguished in this case, only definiteness is.  

|''keluna'' 'I play'

|''kelin'' 'We play'

|''kelona'' 'You play'

|''kelul'' 'You play (plural)'

|''kelon'' 'He, she, they, it play'

|''kelana'' 'They play (plural)'

|''kelka'' 'I play'

|''kelni'' 'We play'

|''kelci'' 'You play'

|''kelkou'' 'You play (plural)'

|''kelaja'' 'He, she, they, it play'

|''kelno'' 'They play (plural)'

The regular imperative is used to convey commands / orders with a sense of informality. It is used when one wishes to order someone that would be addressed with ''mon''.  

The interrogative mood is used to form questions, like the subjunctive mood, it also only distinguishes the present, past, and future tenses in the non-aspectual aspect. Interrogative statements may be optionally accompanied by a clause-final particle ''il''.  

The habitual aspect in Alhi is the second of the two synthetic aspects in Alhi. It is used to describe permanent / long-lasting states of being and actions that occur habitually or repeatedly. The habitual aspect distinguishes less moods and tenses than the non-aspectual, as it only has an indicative, in which the present and past tenses are distinguished, and a subjunctive with no tense distinctions. All of the forms of the habitual are formed with an ''e(h)-'' prefix.

The present indicative habitual is used to describe on-going or current habitual actions / states. The forms for this are derived from the non-aspectual indicative present forms.

Alhi has 20 consonants.