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[[Category: Language]]
[[Category: Yigós Languages]]
[[Category: Nezo-Romance Languages]]

[[File:Yigo_Flag.png|200px]]

== Overview ==
The language Lingo De Yigo, spelt alternatively as '''Lingo de Jigo''' or '''Lingo de Igo''', is a [[Nezo-Romance]] language closely related to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_language Spanish] spoken in the island of [[Yigó]]. The language utilizes a three-gender system, contrasting with the two-gender system other Romance languages use.

== Origins ==
The language of Lingo De Yigo originates from the [[Nezo-Romance]] branch, though no one knows when the split occured.

== Phonology ==

{| class="wikitable" |}
|-
|  || '''Bilabial/Labio-Dental''' || '''Alveolar''' || '''Palatal''' || '''Velar'''
|-
| '''Plosive''' || p, b || t̪~t, d̪~d ||  || k (c), g
|-
| '''Fricative''' || ɸ~f, β~v || s ||
|-
| '''Nasal''' || m || n ||  ||
|-
| '''Liquid''' || (w) || l || j (y or j) || w*
|-
| '''Flap''' ||  || ɾ (r) ||  ||
|}

 * =/w/ is only pronounced in diphthongs beginning with /u/; for example, nuiso=/nwiso/.

{| class="wikitable" |}
|-
|  || '''Front''' || '''Back'''
|-
| '''Close''' || i || u
|-
| '''Mid''' || e || o
|-
| '''Open''' ||  || a
|}


== Grammar ==
Lingo De Yigo's grammar includes roots that can take different suffixes to invoke meaning. For example:

{| class="wikitable" |}

|-
|'''Root''' || manducr- (eat)
|-
|'''+-o''' || manducro "food"
|-
|'''+-ero''' || manducrero "eater"
|-
|'''+-i''' || manducri "I eat"
|-
|'''+-uiso'''|| manducruiso "Eat. (imp.)"
|-
|'''+van-'''|| vamanducri "I will eat"
|-
|'''+ven-'''|| vemanducri "I ate"
|}

== Pronouns==

Lingo De Yigo has three cases for pronouns: Nominative, Accusative, and Genitive.

{| class="wikitable" |}
|
! scope="col" | Nominative
! scope="col" | Accusative
! scope="col" | Genitive
|-
! scope="row" | Singular 1st person
| ie/ye/je
| me
| mi
|-
! scope="row" | Plural 1st person
| ies
| mes
| mis
|-
! scope="row" | Singular 2nd person
| tu
| te
| ti
|-
! scope="row" | Plural 2nd person
| tus
| tes
| tis
|-
! scope="row" | Singular 3rd person
| lo, le, la
| lo, le, la
|lo, le, la
|-
! scope="row" | Plural 3rd person
| los, les, las
| los, les, las
| los, les, las
|-
|}

== Yéshvwae Loanwords ==

Due to the speakers' proximities, Lingo De Yigo has borrowed a few loanwords from [[Yéshvwae]].