Ёвбятски

Pronunciation Vowels (simple)

а like cat
е like may
ё like bed
э like bed + bit
и like free
ӥ like russian мышь
о like cot
ү like boot
ұ like foot
аи like fight
ѫ the vowel in ѫ like cot
я the vowel in я like german mann

Vowel Harmony (backness)

Note: Some mid vowels have been moved into the most fitting category, for the whole document will be ordered: front/back in examples.

Noun Cases

Accusative and dative. In this case (pun not intended) it is shown not by any affix to the word but a vowel shift.

а -> о
е -> ұ
ё -> ӥ
э -> оу
и -> ү
ӥ -> ё
ү -> и
ұ -> е
о -> а
ѫ -> я
я -> ѫ

The cat bites the dog
кётта карсат (сибакта)

The dog bites the cat
сүбокто карсат (кӥтто)

(noun with vowel change)
Vowel change is also applied to adjectives of the noun.

Gender

Grammatical gender is determined by the gender of the noun, and it falls into three categories: masculine(е/ұ), feminine(а/о), and neuter(и/ү). Neuter is used when the gender of a plural noun is unknown or represents a mix of both male and female.

я имет дво кӥт’ұ
“I have two cats”

Both cats are male (suffixs must match vowel harmony)

ти имет дво кӥт’о
“You have two cats”

Both cats are female

ни имет дво кӥт’ү
“We have two cats”

If one cat is female and the other male, you do not know the genders of the cats, or you are talking about cats in general

However, there is an exception when it comes to the third person. In this case, the grammatical gender is based on the gender of the subject in the sentence.

wо имет дво сибак’е
“He has two dogs”

Subject is masculine, notice different plural suffix for masculine changed compared to previous masculine plural example. (vowel harmony)

ву имет дво сибак’а
“She has two dogs”

Subject is feminine

соү имет дво сибак’и
“They have two dogs”

Subject is gender neutral or subject is more than one person

Word Orderings

Possessive adjective pronouns (my, your, his, her, its, our, their) are placed following the noun of possession, unlike in english.

“This is my coffee” turns into “This is coffee my” (этё з кава мѫ)

Negations are typically placed following the verb, getting rid of the use of words such as “don’t, hasn’t”

“I don’t eat apples” turns into “i eat not apples” (я ест не ябилк’и)

“He hasn’t been to the store” turns into “he been not to the store/tostorethe” (wо қіэ не тёпёдасёкта)

Although the negation can be added as a prefix to the word instead of as a separate word after the verb, for example: неест, неқіэ. This is typically seen as more casual speak.

Questions without (what, how, when, etc) are ordered to place the verb at the beginning of the sentence.

“Are you running?” turns into “running you?” (брзоніү ти?)

V2 Rule

Subject is usually placed in the first position of the sentence however it can be moved for emphasis.

Prepositions, Definite/Indefinite, Plural (EXT)

Note definite ending suffix changes to match vowel harmony:

стван -> apartment
стванта -> the apartment
дӥм -> house
дӥмто -> the house

Plural AND definite uses a different suffix however, take note of previous gender explanation:

стванати -> the apartments (plural: front harmony neutral)
стванате -> the apartments (plural: front harmony masculine)
стваната -> the apartments (plural: front harmony feminine)
дӥмотү -> the houses (plural: back harmony neutral)
дӥмотұ -> the houses (plural: back harmony masculine)
дӥмото -> the houses (plural: back harmony feminine)

Prepositions (all are prefixes):

Tense

Example table 1, front harmony verb: чэтаи (read)

Example table 2, back harmony verb: вожт (ride)

TO BE CONTINUED / ИШ ІЭ ҚКАНТАВАТ

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