Méir

Meiran
Méir
Pronunciation	[veir]
Created by	Aenil2
Date	2024

Meiran (autoglossonym: Méir; Meiran : [veir]) is an experimental language I created in 2024. This language is a playground for some ideas I had, like consonant mutation and vowel "merging".

Phonology

Consonants

Meiran consonants can have 2 readings each, a "broad reading" and a "slender reading", depending on the vowel that follows it

Broad readings

	Labial	Coronal	Dorsal
Nasals	m /m/	n /n/
Plosives	p /p/	t /t/, d /d/	k /k/
Fricatives	f /θ/, v /ð/	s /s/, c /ʃ/	x /x/
Other	w /w/	l /l/, r /r/	j /j/

Slender readings

	Labial	Coronal	Dorsal
Nasals			n /ɲ/
Plosives		t /ts/	k /c/
Fricatives	p /f/, m /v/	d /z/, f /ʃ/, v /ʒ/	c /ç/, j /ʝ/, s /ɣ/, x /h/
Other	w /ʋ/	r /ɹ/	l /ʎ/

Vowels

Meiran has 12 vowels, and their orthography uses a lot of "vowel merging"

Monophthongs

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i/í /i/	ie /ɨ/, ue /ʉ/	u/ú/ou /u/
Mid	é /e/, ea /ɛ/	e/o/eo /ə/	o/ó/oi /o/, oa /ɔ/
Open	ai/ae /æ/	á /ä/	a/au /ɒ/

Notes:

• The vowels in grey are slender vowels

Diphthongs

There are 4 diphthongs in Meiran :

• ui /wi/ - Slender
• io /jə/ - Slender
• ei /jɛ/ - Slender
• eu /jɔ/ - Broad