Eileci (Language)

The Eileci language began as a naming language but quickly found its way into my heart.

Starting Vocabulary

Names

Character	Name	Context	IPA
Adian	Adian	Personal Use	'ad.i.an or ad.i.'an
Andi	Andi	Body Name	'an.di
Andi	Ilandié	Full Name	ɪl.'an.di.e
Brihdë	Brihdë	Personal Use	'brɪ.dɛ
Dataaren	Dataaren	Body Name	dʌ.'tɑ:ɹ.ən
Dataaren	Rydataarenys	Full Name	ɹai.dʌ.ˌtɑ:ɹ.ə.'nɛs
Flen	Flen	Ship Name	flɛn
Genevra	Genevra Ileas	Birth Name	ʒɛ.'nɛv.ɹʌ ai.'lɛj.ɛs
Genevra	Cyvahdo (Skyrider)	Bound Name	kɪ.'vad.o
Genevra	Genevra	Personal Use	ʒɛ.'nɛv.ɹʌ
Genevra	Gen	Preferred Name	dʒɛn
Genevra	Cyvahdo	Primary Handle	kɪ.'vad.o
Hilesi	Hilesi	Primary Handle	ɦɪ.'lɛs.i
Kado	Senikadöin Ilenarys	Full Name	ˌsɛ.nɪ.ˌkad.o.'wɪn ˌai.lə.'nɑɹ.ɪs
Kado	Kado	Preferred Name	'kad.o
Kalía	Velecaleita (Windstepper)	Bound Name	ˌve.le.kʌ.'lai.tʌ
Kalía	Avellakaliana Koshon	Full Name	a.ˌvɛl.lʌ.ˌka.li.'jan.ʌ ko.'ʃon
Kalía	Kalía	Personal Use	kʌ.'lij.ʌ
Kemen	Kemen	Personal Use	'kɛm.ɛn
Laiha	The Burning Girl	Called
Laiha	Kailaihara Ilenarys Koshon	Full Name	ˌkai.lai.'hɑ˞ɹ.ʌ ˌai.lə.'nɑɹ.ɪs ko.'ʃon
Laiha	Kailaihara Kulitena Rakhan Ashil	Full Rank Name	ˌkai.lai.'hɑɹ.ʌ ˌkuʟ.ɪ.'tɛn.ʌ ɹʌ.'xan a.'ʃil:
Laiha	Laiha	Personal Use	'lai.hʌ
Laiha	Kailahara	Preferred Name	ˌkai.lai.'hɑɹ.ʌ
Laiha	Kulitena	Rank Name	ˌkuʟ.ɪ.'tɛn.ʌ
Laiha	Rakhan Ashil	Rank Name	ɹʌ.'xan a.'ʃil:
Lehrer	Lehrer	Body Name	lɛɾ.'ɛ:ɹ
Lidela	Lidela	Primary Handle	li.'dɛl.ʌ
Mejhin	Mejhinilea Ilenarys	Full Name	me.ˌdʒɪn.ɪ.'lej.ʌ ˌai.lə.'nɑɹ.ɪs
Mejhin	Mejhin	Preferred Name	me.'dʒɪn
Mirri	Ramirria Danatu Ilenarys	Full Name	ɹʌ.'miɹ.ɹi.ʌ da.'nat.u ˌai.lə.'nɑɹ.ɪs
Mirri	Mirri	Preferred Name	'miɹ.ɹi
Niaan	Niaan	Primary Handle	ni.'a:n
Roshont	Haroshont Ilenarys	Full Name	ˌhɑɹ.o.'ʃont ˌai.lə.'nɑɹ.ɪs
Roshont	Roshont	Personal Use	ɹo.'ʃont
Roven	Ditraka (Truthspeaker)	Bound Name	di.'tɹ̝̊ak.a
Roven	Roven Ditraka	Sigil Name	'ɹov.ən di.'tɹ̝̊ak.a
Ryssa	Ryssa	Body Name	'rɪs.sʌ
Ryssa	Essevryssara Iéhr	Full Name	ɛs.ˌsɛv.rɪs.'sɑɹ.ʌ ai.'ɛ:ɹ
Ryssa	Sara	Secondary Handle	'sɑɹ.ʌ
Ryssa	Ryssara	Ship Name	rɪs.'sɑɹ.ʌ
Ryssa	Sevrys	Station Name	sɛv.'rɪs
Shenna	Alishenna Ilenarys	Full Name	ˌa.lɪ.'ʃɛn.nʌ ˌai.lə.'nɑɹ.ɪs
Shenna	Shenna	Personal Use	'ʃɛn.nʌ
Trajos	Trajos	Personal Use	'tɹ̝̊aʒ.os
Trajos	Trajos Kulitenir	Rank Name	'tɹ̝̊aʒ.os ˌkuʟ.ɪ.tən.'iɹ
Treve	Treve	Personal Use	'tɹ̝̊ɛv.ɛ
Vasper	Vasper	Personal Use	'væs.pɚ
Yaden	Yaden	Personal Use	'jad.ən

Terms

Term	Meaning	Notes	IPA
Anantea	of the world Ananti		a.nan.'tej.ʌ
Ananti	a world once home to an Eileci colony		a.'nan.ti
ashanti	an Eileci dance, native to the world Ananti		a.'ʃan.ti
cyv	space	"the blue"	kɪv
Eileci	the clans		ai.'lɛtʃ.i
lisat	an Eileci dance, native to the world Ananti		lɪ.'sat
satal	an Eileci dance, native to the world Ananti	the dance of blades	sʌ.'tal
valla haraise	youth in the window	a particular biological period of Eileci	'væl.lʌ ɦʌ.'ɹes

Phonology

Vowels

Alternations

	i		ɪ
	stressed	unstressed	stressed	unstressed
before #		yes
before a		yes
before d		Ananti	yes
before j	yes	yes
before k				yes
before l	Ananti			yes
before n			yes
before r	yes
before s				yes
before sh				yes
before t		Sevrys		yes
before v			yes	yes

Consonants

j / jh - stressed / unstressed

Prosody

Stress is always on the last heavy syllable. In some dialects, there are both light and heavy codas—e.g. -s and -n in Anantea following a short vowel are light—but in standard Eileci, there are not, and all syllables with a coda are considered heavy.