I've created a conlang called Eilsh, an English based conlang where every word is a single syllable

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Here is the Lord's prayer:

Ow faer in hen,
hawlled be yo name.
Yo reign come.
Yo will be done,
on earth as it is in hen.
Give us this day ow day-to-day bread.
An clear us ow debts,
as we have cleared ow cliènts.
An do not lead us to eil,
but save us from sin.

I've decided to generally go will historical spelling with words already monosyllabic (the exceptions mainly being common or closed-class words), with occasionally adding optional accents for clarification. This should make it easier for other English dialects to read it.
the grave accent in cliènts indicates the vowel cluster is a single syllable.

Here are numbers:

  1. one
  2. two
  3. three
  4. fo
  5. five
  6. sis
  7. sen
  8. eight
  9. nine
  10. ten
  11. len
  12. twel
  13. threen
  14. freen
  15. feen
  16. seen
  17. sein
  18. ein
  19. neen
  20. twey
Pronouns are pretty much the same as in English, but ow instead of our and hå instead of her -- with 'å' representing a neutral vowel [ə] (like the a in above)

People & Family Relations
  • woman > wom (plural: wim)
  • mother > moer
  • father > faer
  • daughter > daugher
  • sister > sier
  • brother > broer
  • grandmother > gram
  • grandfather > gramp
 
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Why did you use "yo" when "thy" is one syllable?

Because "thy" isn't used anymore (although some dialects in the UK still use it)

I decided to delete the final -r in originally monosyllabic words both to give my conlang a certain feeling and to reduce the number of homophones.
 
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"your" is one syllable as well.

I know, but I want to remove final consonants on words already one syllable to reduce the number of homophones.

shore > sho /ʃɔ/
shoulder > shouer /ʃɔɹ/

I was currently thinking of reducing words even further by introducing nasal vowels.

an > ã
and > an
 
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