Lingo De Yigo

Overview

The language Lingo De Yigo, spelt alternatively as Lingo de Jigo or Lingo de Igo, is a Nezo-Romance language closely related to 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

	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/.

	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:

Root	mandugr- (eat)
+-o	mandugro "food"
+-ero	mandugrero "eater"
+-i	mandugri "I eat"
+-uiso	mandugruiso "Eat. (imp.)"
+van-	vancomi "I will eat"
+ven-	vencomi "I ate"

Pronouns

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

	Nominative	Accusative	Genitive
Singular 1st person	ie	me	mi	Plural 1st person	ies	mes	mis	Singular 2nd person	tu	te	ti	Plural 2nd person	tus	tes	tis	Singular 3rd person	lo, le, la	Plural 3rd person	los, les, las Yéshvwae Loanwords Due to the speakers' proximities, Lingo De Yigo has borrowed a few loanwords from Yéshvwae.