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+{{Infobox language
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+|creator =
+|name = Ernish
+|nativename = Auzinim
+|pronunciation=auʐinim
+|setting = [[Verse:Mwail]]
+|region =
+|speakers=1.5 billion
+|date=2025
+|familycolor=austronesian
+|fam1=[[Verse:Mwail/Irenesian languages|Irenesian]]
+|fam2=[[Verse:Mwail/Erno-Kawenic languages|Erno-Kawenic]]
+|fam3=[[Verse:Mwail/Ernic languages|Ernic]]
+|fam4=Old Ernish
+|iso3=
+|official=Ernland, the Alliance
+|notice=IPA
+}}
+'''Ernish''' (native name ''Auzinim'' /auʐinim/) is an Irenesian language spoken in Eastern Siberia and northern North America along with its closest relatives (the Ernic branch of Irenesian, including Whyastian).
+Ernish played an important role in Angai North American scholarship during the Angaian Enlightenment. It is one of the six official languages of the Angaian United Nations.
+== From Proto-Ernic to Ernish ==
+# word-final ə deleted
+# ə -> a after q, -> o after mw pw, i otherwise
+# β -> w; y -> ʐ; ć ś -> tɕ~ɕ; r -> ɢ; ʈ -> ʈʂ; q -> k; χ, x -> h; þ -> t before C, l before V
+# Dissimilatory delabialization: first (C)wVw -> CVw
+# ei ou -> ai au
+== The Ernish ==
+=== Religion ===
+Originally Ernic speakers were followers of Āínkiīaánịạkàì; however, most today are irreligious. A minority follow syncretisms of Āínkiīaánịạkàì and Sfipsurtop.
 == Phonology ==
-/p pʷ t tɕ~ɕ ʈʂ k/
+p pw t ch tr k /p pʷ t tɕ~ɕ ʈʂ k/
-/ð ʐ ɢ h/
-/w l/
+d z g h /ð ʐ ɢ h/
-/m mʷ n ɲ ɳ ŋ/
+w l /w l/
+m mw n nh nr ng /m mʷ n ɲ ɳ ŋ/
+i e a o u /ɪ e{{lowered}} ɐ o{{lowered}} ʉ/
+/o/ is [ʌ] after /w mʷ pʷ/
+the voiced uvular stop is phonologically a voiced velar fricative
+some accents could merge l into edh
+Intonation: Similar to Czech
+== Grammar ==
+VSO; similar to Polynesian grammar
-/i e ɐ o ʉ/
+Polynesian articles but they're Aramaic-style suffixes (with number marking)