Grayis

Grayis
Grayis
Pronunciation	[/ˈgrä.jɪs/]
Created by	BenJamin P. Johnson, additionally creator of: Brooding Dlatci Grayis Maltcégj Northeadish Valthungian
Date	2018
Setting	Planet Oryrigin
Language family	language isolate Grayis
Language codes
ISO 639-3	none

Introduction...

Phonology

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
High	i · ī [ɪ · iː]		u · ū [ʊ · uː]
Mid	ai [e̞ː ~ ai̯]		au [o̞ː ~ au̯]
Low		a · ā [ä · äː]

Consonants

	Labial	Coronal	Dorsal	Glottal
Plosive	p · b	t · d	k · g
Affricate		ch [ʧ] · j [ʤ]
Fricative		s ·	kh · [x]	h ·
Approximant	· w		· j
Tap or Trill		· r [r~ɾ]
Lateral		· l
Nasal	· m	· n

Orthography

/

m

n

p

b

t

d

k

g

ʧ

ʤ

s

x

h

w

j

r

l

i

iː

ai̯

ä

äː

au̯

u

uː

/

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m

n

p

b

t

d

k

g

ch

j

s

kh

h

w

j

r

l

i

ī

ai

a

ā

au

u

ū

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Phonotactics

• Words cannot start with /s/ or /h/.
• /h/ cannot occur intervocalically or follow another consonant.
• /s/ can only occur word-finally.
• Words cannot end with /g/ or any consonant cluster.
• Vowels (except for diphthongs) must be separated by a consonant.
• Word-initial consonant clusters are limited to [plosive]+[liquid] (i.e. {ptkbdg} + {lr}), but not /tl/ or /dl/.
• Intervocalic clusters may be:
  • Any geminates except /gg/, /ss/, /xx/, /hh/, /ww/, or /jj/.
  • Any [plosive]+[liquid] combination (including /tl/ and /dl/).
  • Any [plosive]+/w/.
  • Any [nasal]+[unvoiced plosive].
  • /ngw/

Numbers

The Grayis number system is nonal (base-9), but has reflexes of an ancient system based on multiples of 3, which can be observed in the etymology of the basic numbers.

	Header text	Header text	Header text	Header text	Header text	Header text	Header text	Header text	Header text
rī	1	(1)	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example
ai	2	(2)	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example
chil	3	(3)	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example
chirri	4	(3+1)	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example
kilai	5	(3+2)	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example
aichī	6	(2×3)	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example
chalayī	7	(4×2?)	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example
nauri	8	(9-1)	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example
nā	9	(9) (=10)	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example