Yeuric

Yeuric
ẉēirahlauwa
Pronunciation	[ʝiːr.ɬøu̯]
Created by	Melinoë
Date	(original) Aug 27, 2025 (redo) Feb 16, 2026
Setting	Alt history Earth
Ethnicity	Yeuric peoples
Native speakers	L1: 5,000,000 (2020) L2: 1,000,000 (2020)
Language family	Proto-Yeuran Proto-Yeuric Yeuric
Official status
Recognised minority language in	Egypt, Libya, Sudan, Chad

Yeuric (/jɛɹɪk/ or /jəɹɪk/; less often "Neo-Yeuric" by some linguists) is a language spoken across the Sahara by the Yeuric peoples, they're notable for preserving ancient spellings despite having some of the most divergent pronunciations of all the Yeuran languages.

Grammar

The basics of Yeuric morphology are rather easy to follow, being an agglutinative language.

Different parts of speech are formed through different infixes:

-u- forms nouns

-i- forms adjectives

-e- forms agent nouns

-o- forms copulative verbs

-a- forms adverbs (may be changed later)

Basic verbs form the language's roots, notice how "hlawa" ("to speak") has none of these infixes.

Another major aspect of Yeuric grammar is noun incorporation that borders polysyntheticism. Take, for example, the sentence "páruhzawyapáeruv‧yel‧kávihzawyatéulnivri?", which means "Won't you take my hand and follow my lead?" (From the song "Whistling Tree", by Haunted Like Human), this breaks down roughly as:

páru⸗h⸗za⸗wya páeru⸗v ‧yel‧ kávi⸗h⸗za⸗wya téulni⸗v⸗ṛi?

take-fut-2.if¹-1.gen hand-acc and follow-fut-2.if-1.gen guidance-acc-ṛi²

1: "inf" = "informal"

2: "‧ṛi " is roughly for "won't?" questions

Morphology

Nouns

inflection of hlauwa - "language"
	Singular	Paucal	Plural
Nominative	hlauwa	hlauway	hlauwan
Accusative	hlauwavu	hlauwavuy	hlauwavun
Genitive	hlauwaya	hlauwayay	hlauwayan
Dative	hlauwaŋe	hlauwaŋey	hlauwaŋen
Instrumental	hlauwaló	hlauwalóy	hlauwalón
Vocative	hlauwaezu	hlauwaezuy	hlauwaezun
Allative	hlauwahā	hlauwahāy	hlauwahān
Ablative	hlauwakse	hlauwaksey	hlauwaksen
Agentive	hlauwal	hlauwaly	hlauwaln
Patientive	hlauwas	hlauwasy	hlauwasn
Inessive	hlauwaj	hlauwajy	hlauwajn
Adessive	hlauwa	hlauway	hlauwan
Comitative	hlauwakis	hlauwakisy	hlauwakisn
Abessive	hlauwa	hlauway	hlauwan
Superessive	hlauwaóga	hlauwaógay	hlauwaógan
Subessive	hlauwa	hlauway	hlauwan

(Adessive, abessive, and subessive not made yet)

Noun compounding is common, in modern Yeuric, it functions by cleaving the gender affix off the end of the first component then adding the second component, though the affix is still often written, as in "ẉēirahlauwa".

Verbs

Verbs are probably the most complex aspect of all of Yeuric morphology, being responsible for a large majority of the language's notorious difficulty among L2 learners.

Verbs conjugate for an incredible amount of information, including:

Aspect

Mood

Tense

Voice

Volition

As you may notice, Yeuric notably does not conjugate its verbs for person nor number, leaving these to the pronouns.

Plain inflection of hlawa - "to speak"
		Active		Passive		Causative
		Perfective	Imperfective	Perfective	Imperfective	Perfective	Imperfective
Past	Indicative	hlawaú	hlawaúme	hllawaú	hllawaúme	hlawwaú	hlawwaúme
	Imperative	hlawaúyo	hlawaúyome	hllawaúyo	hllawaúyome	hlawwaúyo	hlawwaúyome
	Optative	hlawaúvī	hlawaúvīme	hllawaúvī	hllawaúvīme	hlawwaúvī	hlawwaúvīme
	Hypothetical	hlawaúro	hlawaúrome	hllawaúro	hllawaúrome	hlawwaúro	hlawwaúrome
	Inferential	hlawaúẉen	hlawaúẉenme	hllawaúẉen	hllawaúẉenme	hlawwaúẉen	hlawwaúẉenme
Present	Indicative	hlawa	hlawame	hllawa	hllawame	hlawwa	hlawwame
	Imperative	hlawayo	hlawayome	hllawayo	hllawayome	hlawwayo	hlawwayome
	Optative	hlawavī	hlawavīme	hllawavī	hllawavīme	hlawwavī	hlawwavīme
	Hypothetical	hlawaro	hlawarome	hllawaro	hllawarome	hlawwaro	hlawwarome
	Inferential	hlawaẉen	hlawaẉenme	hllawaẉen	hllawaẉenme	hlawwaẉen	hlawwaẉenme
Future	Indicative	hlawaḥa	hlawaḥame	hllawaḥa	hllawaḥame	hlawwaḥa	hlawwaḥame
	Imperative	hlawaḥayo	hlawaḥayome	hllawaḥayo	hllawaḥayome	hlawwaḥayo	hlawwaḥayome
	Optative	hlawaḥavī	hlawaḥavīme	hllawaḥavī	hllawaḥavīme	hlawwaḥavī	hlawwaḥavīme
	Hypothetical	hlawaḥaro	hlawaḥarome	hllawaḥaro	hllawaḥarome	hlawwaḥaro	hlawwaḥarome
	Inferential	hlawaḥaẉen	hlawaḥaẉenme	hllawaḥaẉen	hllawaḥaẉenme	hlawwaḥaẉen	hlawwaḥaẉenme

Additional affixes
Tense
Far	(-ú-/-ḥa-)-ṛ-
Near	-n-(-ú-/-ḥa-)
Volition
Volitional	-mo
Involitional	-pe

Adjectives

Adjectives are far simpler than nouns, only declining for gender.

inflection of hlaiwa - "spoken"
Neuter	hlaiwa
Fem 1	hlaiwe
Fem 2	hlaiwi
Masc 1	hlaiwo
Masc 2	hlaiwu