Wp/cho/Anumpa ʋlhpesa

Anumpa ʋlhpesa (I̱kilish: grammar) Anumpa ʋlhpesa Chahta yʋt ʋlhpesa anoli. Anumpa ʋlhpesa ʋt holisso micha holissochi anoli.

Chahta anumpa holisso

A, A̱, Ai, Au, Ʋ, B, Ch, E, F, H, Hl/Lh, I, I̱, K, L, M, N, O, O̱, P, S, Sh, t, U, U̱, W, Y
a, a̱, ai, au, ʋ, b, ch, e, f, h, hl/lh, i, i̱, k, l, m, n, o, o̱, p, s, sh, t, u, u̱, w, y

Holisso (consonants)

b, ch, f, h, k, l, hl/lh, m, n, p, s, sh, t, w, y

Holisso (vowels)

a, a̱, i, i̱, o, o̱

Holisso (diphthongs)

ai/ay, au/aw

Holissochi (nouns)

• ʋlla (child)
• hattak (man)
• ohoyo (woman)
• tobi (beans)
• ʋpa (eat)
• holisso (letter, page, book, sentence)

Holissochi (verbs)

• chompa (buy)
• pisa (see)
• toshoa (translate)

Holissochi (adjectives)

• achukma (good)
• chito (big)
• himitta (young)
• okpulo (bad)
• ossi/ushi (small)
• humma (red)

Holissochi (noun phrases)

Ohoyo himitta (woman young)

• tashoa: young woman

ʋlla ossi (child small)

• tashoa: small child

ofi okpulo (dog bad)

• tashoa: bad dog

Holissochi (Word order of numbers and demonstratives)

okhisushi ossi achʋffa pa̱ (window small one this)

• tashoa: this one small window

bok kapʋssa lʋwa (river cold many)

• tashoa: many cold rivers

aboha talhapi yʋmma̱ (room five those)

• tashoa: those five rooms

Holissochi (Sentences)

Holissochi order:

subject-ʋt + object + verb + (tense marker) + (negation) + (question)

Holissochi (Subject marker -ʋt)

Hattak-ʋt tobi ʋpa. (Man-subject bean eat)

• tashoa achʋffa: The man eats beans.
• tashoa tukklo: The man is eating beans.

Ʋllatek ilʋppʋt holisso apisa ia. (girl subject school goes)

• tashoa achʋffa: This girl goes to school.
• tashoa tukklo: This girl is going to school.

Holissochi (Object marker -a)

Ohoyo-ʋt ofi-a pisa. (Woman-subject dog-object see)

• tashoa: The woman sees a dog.

Sapokni-ʋt tobi-ya̱ chompa. (Grandmother-subject bean-object buy)

• tashoa: Grandmother is buying the beans.

Holissochi (Negation kiyo)

Sʋshki-ʋt pishokchi chompa kiyo. (Mother-subject milk buy not)

• tashoa: Mother is not buying milk.

Holissochi (Question marker -o)

Amafo-ʋt tanchi lʋwa ʋpah-o? (Grandfather-subject corn many eat-question)

• tashoa: Is granfather eating a lot of corn?

Pisa hak

• Chahta anumpa
• Cyrus Byington
• Hohltina

Itatakʋli

• Anumpa ʋlhpesa ʋt anuka Chahta anumpa (holisso nan tʋnna I̱kilish)
• Chahta anumpa ʋt "okeh" holissochi pisa (holisso nan tʋnna I̱kilish)
• Chahta holisso apesa ʋt anumpa abʋchi (holisso nan tʋnna I̱kilish)