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== Phonology ==
Syzkyn's phonological inventory is strongly reminiscent of Kartvelian languages, particularly Mingrelian.
=== Consonants ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! rowspan="1" colspan="2" |
! Labial
! Alveolar
! Postalveolar
! Velar
! Uvular
! Glottal
|-
! rowspan="1" colspan="2" | Nasal
| m
| n
|
| [ŋ]<sup>1</sup>
| [ɴ]<sup>2</sup>
|
|-
! rowspan="3" colspan="1" | Plosive
! <small>Aspirated</small>
| pʰ
| tʰ
| rowspan="1" colspan="2" | kʰ~kʲʰ
|
|
|-
! <small>Voiced</small>
| b
| d
| rowspan="1" colspan="2" | g~gʲ
|
|
|-
! <small>Ejective</small>
| pʹ
| tʹ
| rowspan="1" colspan="2" | kʹ~kʲʹ
| qʹ
| (ʔ)
|-
! rowspan="3" colspan="1" | Affricate
! <small>Aspirated</small>
|
| ʦʰ
| ʧʰ
|
| [qχʰ]<sup>3</sup>
|
|-
! <small>Voiced</small>
|
| ʣ
| ʤ
|
| [ɢʁ]<sup>3</sup>
|
|-
! <small>Ejective</small>
|
| ʦʹ
| ʧʹ
|
|
|
|-
! rowspan="2" colspan="1" | Fricative
! <small>Voiceless</small>
| f
| s
| ʃ
| rowspan="1" colspan="2" | x~χ
| ħ~h
|-
! <small>Voiced</small>
| rowspan="2" colspan="1" | v~ʋ<sup>4</sup>
| z
| ʒ
| rowspan="1" colspan="2" | ɣ~ʁ
|
|-
! rowspan="1" colspan="2" | Approximant
| l
| j
|
|
|
|-
! rowspan="1" colspan="2" | Rhotic
|
| r~ɾ
|
|
|
|
|-
|}
# Allophone of /n/ before velars
# Allophone of /n/ before uvulars
# [qχʰ] and [ɢʁ] are realizations of /χ/ and /ʁ/ after nasals
# The fricative [v] and approximant [ʋ] are in free variation
## [ʋ] is the most prevalent realization after a vowel
## /v/ is realized as [ʷ] after a consonant
=== Vowels ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!
! Front
! Central
! Back
|-
! Close
| i
| rowspan="2" colspan="1" | ɨ~ə<sup>1</sup>
| u
|-
! Mid
| e~ɛ
| o~ɔ
|-
! Open
|
| rowspan="1" colspan="2" | a~ɑ<sup>2</sup>
|}
# /ə/ has several allophones:
## [ɘ] or [ɨ] when stressed and not following a labialized or palatalized consonant
## [ɪ] after a palatalized velar (in dialects that palatalize the velar stops) or /j/
## [ʊ] after a labialized consonant
# Typically reduced to [ɐ] when unstressed
=== Prosody ===
In Syzkyn, stress can be located on any syllable in a word. Typically, in words of Norse origin, primary stress is on the first syllable, often occurring on other syllables in words of non-Norse origin. However, stress remains on the same syllable in all inflected forms.


== Orthography ==
== Orthography ==
== Phonology ==


== Grammar ==
== Grammar ==

Revision as of 19:11, 3 June 2023


Syzkyn
сызқынҟы мол / სჷზქჷნყჷ მოლ
syzkynqy mol
Pronunciation[[Help:IPA|ˈsɘzˌkʰʲəɴ.qʹə mɔɫ]]
Created byrnifnuf
Date2017-
Native toRussia, Georgia, Turkey, with small diaspora
EthnicitySyzkyn
Native speakersApproximately 400,000 (2021)
Indo-European
  • North Germanic
    • East Scandinavian?
      • Syzkyn
Early form
Old Norse
Official status
Official language in
Russia
  • Syzkyn Republic
Recognised minority
language in
Jordan
Turkey
Israel
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Syzkyn is a North Germanic language spoken predominantly in the Syzkyn Republic, a Federal Subject of the Russian Federation located in the western Caucasus. It is the native language of the Syzkyn people, who are thought to be the only descents of the Scandinavian Rus' people who were not fully assimilated.

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Phonology

Syzkyn's phonological inventory is strongly reminiscent of Kartvelian languages, particularly Mingrelian.

Consonants

Labial Alveolar Postalveolar Velar Uvular Glottal
Nasal m n [ŋ]1 [ɴ]2
Plosive Aspirated kʰ~kʲʰ
Voiced b d g~gʲ
Ejective kʹ~kʲʹ (ʔ)
Affricate Aspirated ʦʰ ʧʰ [qχʰ]3
Voiced ʣ ʤ [ɢʁ]3
Ejective ʦʹ ʧʹ
Fricative Voiceless f s ʃ x~χ ħ~h
Voiced v~ʋ4 z ʒ ɣ~ʁ
Approximant l j
Rhotic r~ɾ
  1. Allophone of /n/ before velars
  2. Allophone of /n/ before uvulars
  3. [qχʰ] and [ɢʁ] are realizations of /χ/ and /ʁ/ after nasals
  4. The fricative [v] and approximant [ʋ] are in free variation
    1. [ʋ] is the most prevalent realization after a vowel
    2. /v/ is realized as [ʷ] after a consonant

Vowels

Front Central Back
Close i ɨ~ə1 u
Mid e~ɛ o~ɔ
Open a~ɑ2
  1. /ə/ has several allophones:
    1. [ɘ] or [ɨ] when stressed and not following a labialized or palatalized consonant
    2. [ɪ] after a palatalized velar (in dialects that palatalize the velar stops) or /j/
    3. [ʊ] after a labialized consonant
  2. Typically reduced to [ɐ] when unstressed

Prosody

In Syzkyn, stress can be located on any syllable in a word. Typically, in words of Norse origin, primary stress is on the first syllable, often occurring on other syllables in words of non-Norse origin. However, stress remains on the same syllable in all inflected forms.

Orthography

Grammar

Nouns

Adjectives

Pronouns

Verbs

Adverbs

Derivational Morphology

Syntax

Sample Texts