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Created page with "{{Infobox language |name=Meiran |nativename=Méir |pronunciation=veir |creator = User:Aenil2 |created = 2024 |familycolor = Constructed language }} '''Meiran''' (autoglossonym: Méir; <small>Meiran :</small> [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". __TOC__ ==Phonology== ===Consonants=== Meiran consonants can have 2 readings each, a "..."
 
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Meiran consonants can have 2 readings each, a "broad reading" and a "slender reading", depending on the vowel that follows it
Meiran consonants can have 2 readings each, a "broad reading" and a "slender reading", depending on the vowel that follows it


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! Labial
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! Dorsal
! Dorsal
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| Nasals
! Nasals
| m
| '''m''' /m/
| n
| '''n''' /n/
|  
|  
|-
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| Plosives
! Plosives
| p
| '''p''' /p/
| t d
| '''t''' /t/, '''d''' /d/
| k
| '''k''' /k/
|-
|-
| Fricatives
! Fricatives
| θ ð
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| s ʃ
| '''f''' /θ/, '''v''' /ð/, '''s''' /s/, '''c''' /ʃ/
| x
| '''x''' /x/
|-
|-
| Other
! Other
| w
| '''w''' /w/
| l r
| '''l''' /l/, '''r''' /r/
| j
| '''j''' /j/
|}
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|+ 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====
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!
! Front
! Central
! Back
|-
| Close
| style="background-color:#c0c0c0;" | '''i/í''' /i/
| style="background-color:#c0c0c0;" | '''ie''' /ɨ/, '''ue''' /ʉ/
| '''u/ú/ou''' /u/
|-
| Mid
| style="background-color:#c0c0c0;" | '''é''' /e/, '''ea''' /ɛ/
| style="background-color:#c0c0c0;" | '''e/o/eo''' /ə/
| '''o/ó/oi''' /o/, '''oa''' /ɔ/
|-
| Open
| style="background-color:#c0c0c0;" | '''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
==Grammar==
===Nouns===
Meiran nouns are gendered, and can inflect for case and number
====Genders====
Nouns can be either Common or Neuter, which sets the inflection pattern of the noun
Here are basic rules to deduce the gender :
=====Common=====
Nouns in the common gender often end with a broad vowel, or by a sonorant
=====Neuter=====
Nouns in the neuter gender ofter end with a slender vowel, or by an obstruant
====Cases====
Nouns can take one of 4 cases :
; Nominative
: The nominative case indicates the subject of a sentence, and the object of a predicate
; Accusative
: The accusative case indicates the direct object of a sentence
; Dative
: The dative case indicates the indirect object of a sentence
; Prepositional
: The dative case indicates the complement of a preposition
====Numbers====
Nouns can be inflected for the singular, dual and plural numbers
====Paradigms====
{| class="multicol"
| {{template:Meiran Common nouns|1=xau|2=bird}}
| {{template:Meiran Neuter nouns|1=kit|2=block}}
|}
|}
===Verbs===
Verbs in Meiran can inflect for tense and mood, but can also take different non-finite forms
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