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{{Infobox language
{{Infobox language
|name = Sairstír Celinese
|name = Sairstír Celinese
|nativename = Elíthec Sairstíroth; Sairstíreg
|nativename = Elíthec Sairstíroth<br />Sairstíreg
|pronunciation = [ˈəˈlʲɨːθ̠əx sæʳˈʂʈɨːɹʊ], [sæʳˈʂʈɨːɹəɨ]
|pronunciation = ˈəˈlʲɨːθ̠əɣ sæʳˈʂʈɨːɹʊ], [sæʳˈʂʈɨːɹəɨ
|creator = A. Ayres
|creator = A. Ayres
|setting = Lorech
|setting = Lômborin, Southern South Tygenoc, Lorech
|region = Many parts of Lômborin (Southern South Tygenoc)
|states = Sairstír and Linheim, Elitho, Beichlë, Western Jinyero
|states = Sairstír and Linheim, Elitho, Beichlë, Western Jinyero
|nation = Sairstír and Linheim
|nation = Sairstír and Linheim
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|date = 991
|date = 991
|familycolor = #F2DC77
|familycolor = #F2DC77
|fam1 = Proto-Tygenoci
|fam1 = Tygenoci
|fam2 = Early Olldrothoan
|ancestor1 = Proto-Tygenoci
|fam3 = Early Elithoan varieties
|ancestor2 = Early Olldrothoan
|ancestor = Old Airesc > Middle Borders Elithoan  
|ancestor3 = Early Elithoan varieties
|iso1 =
|ancestor4 = Middle Borders Elithoan
|iso2 =  
|ancestor5 = Old Aires
|iso3 = qce
|clcr = qce
|script       = Tygenoci, [[w:Latin script|Elithoan Romanisation]], Wyšovian
|scripts       = * Tygenoci
* [[w:Latin script|Elithoan Romanisation]]
* Wyšovian
|agency        = Several rival agencies, such as the Athecosoir go Wylombeir, Ronð go Lechlyfrírain Lônaig, GoSIC and the Ronð go Lorgwynel-Aimmon.
|agency        = Several rival agencies, such as the Athecosoir go Wylombeir, Ronð go Lechlyfrírain Lônaig, GoSIC and the Ronð go Lorgwynel-Aimmon.
}}
}}
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Broad Sairstír Celinese has a somewhat more complex vowel inventory than Standard Elithoan Celinese, but it does share some important divergent traits with other Celinese varieties. Like most varieties of Circassír Celinese, it is differentiates soft and hard pronunciations of <c> and <g>; it is one of the major varieties - alongside some  Laurien and Western Islands dialects - that features patalalisation of liquids and fricatives in certain environments. It is also one of the very few Celinese varieties to have both word-initial and word-final affricates.
Broad Sairstír Celinese has a somewhat more complex vowel inventory than Standard Elithoan Celinese, but it does share some important divergent traits with other Celinese varieties. Like most varieties of Circassír Celinese, it is differentiates soft and hard pronunciations of <c> and <g>; it is one of the major varieties - alongside some  Laurien and Western Islands dialects - that features patalalisation of liquids and fricatives in certain environments. It is also one of the very few Celinese varieties to have both word-initial and word-final affricates.


word-final affricates.


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| (ɕ) (ʑ)
| (ɕ) (ʑ)
|  ç  
|  ç  
| (x)
| (x) (ɣ)
| (ʁ)
|  
| h (ɦ)
| h (ɦ)
|-
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* <c> and <g> are pronounced [k] and [g] when preceding [ɑ o̝] and allophones, and as [ɕ], [ʑ] before [ɨ ʉ e y] and their allophones. [ɕ] and [ʑ] have retroflex allophones, [ʂ] [ʐ], which appear before [ɑ o̝] and are typically transcribed as ''<ce>'' (or ''<se>'', ''<si>'' or ''<ci>'') and ''<ge>'' (or ''<gi>'', ''<re>'' and ''<ri>'') - for example, in words such as  ''rioc'' (bitter) [ʐɔx] or ''ciora'' [ˈʂoːɹɒ].
* <c> and <g> are pronounced [k] and [g] when preceding [ɑ o̝] and allophones, and as [ɕ], [ʑ] before [ɨ ʉ e y] and their allophones. [ɕ] and [ʑ] have retroflex allophones, [ʂ] [ʐ], which appear before [ɑ o̝] and are typically transcribed as ''<ce>'' (or ''<se>'', ''<si>'' or ''<ci>'') and ''<ge>'' (or ''<gi>'', ''<re>'' and ''<ri>'') - for example, in words such as  ''rioc'' (bitter) [ʐɔɣ] or ''ciora'' (wine) [ˈʂoːɹɒ].
* Much like in the traditional dialect of Ioðinbêr, <t> and <d> become affricates before [ɨ ʉ e y] - ''tír'' (country) is [tɕɨːɐ̯] whilst ''dé'' (you, object) is [dʑeː]. <ti> (or <te>) and <di> (or <de>) are used to transcribe a similar pair of sounds, the retroflex [tʂ] and [dʐ], before all other vowel sounds - e.g. ''teo'' (what) [tʂoː] and ''deomleth'' (poison) [ˈdʐɔmləθ].
* Unlike SEC, but like many Elithoan dialects particularly in Laurien, palatalisation effects a number of consonants before [ɨ ʉ e y] - the above-mentioned fricativisation and affrication of <c g t d> is just one way in which this surfaces.
 
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! Glyph
! Plain
! Slender
|-
| m
| '''mair''' (but) [mæɹ]
| '''mirda''' (friend) [mʲɪʳdɒ]
|-
| n
| '''noich''' (gas) [nύ]
| '''neoir''' number) [nʲœɹ]
|-
| w
| '''wolnor''' (wizard) [ˈwɔɫnʊɹ]
| '''wyros''' (touch) [ˈvʲyɹʊs]
|-
| l
| '''lauth''' (gas) [lɑʊθ]
| '''lynn''' number) [lʲỹː(n)]
|-
| h
| '''haíth''' (hour) [ˈɦai̯θ]
| '''hylm''' (help) [çʏɫm]
|-
 
|}
* The Sairstír <r> sound is typically transcribed as [ɹ] or [ɻ], approximates that are quite different to the typical Elithoan tap [ɾ] or trill [r]. However, many varieties of SSG have the trill, particularly in the north of the country. <R> is typically vocalised as [ɐ̯] when syllable-final and preceding another consonant - e.g. ''arðoch'' (sincere) [ˈɑɐ̯ðʊç]. It is also often vocalised in word-final position: ''têr'' (God, [tɕeɹ] or [tɕeɐ̯].
* <d> is usually lenited to [z] in word-final position: ''wŷand'' [ˈvʲyːænz]. Final <c> and <g> are also lenited to [ɣ] and [ɨ̯]: ''soc'' (support) [sɔɣ], noreg (black) [ˈnoːʐəɨ̯].


===Vowels===
===Vowels===
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* In stressed, closed syllables, [ɨ ʉ e o y] are usually lowered to [ɪ ʊ ɛ ɔ ʏ], unless modified with a circumflex or acute diacritic: compare ''cyn'' (no) [ɕʏ̃(n)] with ''gŷn'' (family) [ʑỹː(n)].
* In stressed, closed syllables, [ɨ ʉ e o y] are usually lowered to [ɪ ʊ ɛ ɔ ʏ], unless modified with a circumflex or acute diacritic: compare ''cyn'' (no) [ɕʏ̃(n)] with ''gŷn'' (family) [ʑỹː(n)].
* The vowel in stressed syllable that is open or marked with a circumflex or acute accent is almost always pronounce long. Compare ''lena'' (inside) - [ˈlɛna] in Elithoan but [ˈlʲeːˌnɒ] in Sairstírian - or ''wylo'' (wave), [ˈwɪlɔ] in SEC but [ˈvʲyːlo̝] in SSG.
* The vowel in stressed syllable that is open or marked with a circumflex or acute accent is almost always pronounce long. Compare ''lena'' (inside) - [ˈlɛna] in Elithoan but [ˈlʲeːˌnɒ] in Sairstírian - or ''wylo'' (wave), [ˈwɪlɔ] in SEC but [ˈvʲyːlo̝] in SSG.
* Whilst by convention they are denoted as being pure vowels, [e ɨ ʉ o] are in many dialects usually diphthongised as [ei̯ ɨi̯ ʉu̯ ou̯], particularly in the cities of the southern triangle - compare northern SSG lôn [lõː(n)] with southern [loʊn].


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== Sound correspondences with Standard Elithoan Celinese ==
== Sound correspondences with Standard Elithoan Celinese ==


'''mh:''' <mh> in Middle Southern Elithoan became <f> [f~v] in Elithoan Celinese, but became [ʍ] in initial position and [m] elsewhere in most Sairstír Celinese varieties. Compare SEC ''sofen'' with SSG. ''somman'', ''hwair'' with ''fair'', ''hwyðí'' to ''fyðí'' ''syfoth'' with ''scymoth'', and ''lefrë'' with ''lemra''.  
* '''mh:''' <mh> in Middle Southern Elithoan became <f> [f~v] in Elithoan Celinese, but became [ʍ] in initial position and [m] elsewhere in most Sairstír Celinese varieties. Compare SEC ''sofen'' with SSG. ''somman'', ''hwair'' with ''fair'', ''hwyðí'' to ''fyðí'' ''syfoth'' with ''symoth'', and ''lefrë'' with ''lemra''.
 
* '''ɣ:''' Early Elithoan Celinese's /ɣ/ became unvoiced <ch> ([x] and later [χ]) in SEC - but became silent in Sairstír, often having a lengthening effect on vowels before it. Compare EEC's ''oɣt'' (from) to SEC ''och'' and SSG ''ô'' (Soft Sairstírian: ''ôth'') or SEC ''sinocht'' (snow) to SSG ''synôth'' [ɕyˈno̝ː].
 
* '''No Pre-alveolar [a] raising:''' Most early middle Elithoan Celinese varieties saw [a] raised to [æ] (Modern <e> [e]) before word-final d, l, n and r. This sound change did not occur in Sairstír, and thus is not reflected in the orthography - hence ''hyrân'' [çyˈɹɑ̃ːn] (red) instead of SEC's ''hyrèn'' or ''mayar'' instead of SEC maier.  Before l and sometimes r, [ɑ] is raised and rounded to [ɔ], in itself reduced to [ʊ] when unstressed. Compare SSG ''lârol'' [lɑːɹʊɫ] and SEC ''lairel'' or SSG ''somor'' with SEC ''sofer''.
 
* '''Word-final voicing:''' Unlike SEC, Sairstír Celinese does not allow for word-final unvoiced plosives - so the likes of SEC ''sop'', ''pyp'' and ''lofot'' become ''sob'', ''pyb'' and ''lowod.'' This means that feminine plurals, -ot in SEC, end in -d in SSG: compare ''séilot'' with ''sêlod'' (days) or ''mildot'' with ''mirdod'' (friends).
 
* '''Absence of affricate-fricative mergers:''' Compared to most Celinese varieties, Sairstír Celinese is rich in affricates. The /pf/-/f/ merger that affected nearly every other dialect did not impact SSG: thus, ''trefí'' (meet) [tʐ̊ɛˈfɨː] and trephí (fall) [tʐ̊ɛˈpfɨː] are distinguished.  Many common words such as phancast (latter) and phechoth (fish) conserve initial /pf/.


'''ɣ:''' Early Elithoan Celinese's /ɣ/ became unvoiced <ch> ([x] and later [χ]) in SEC - but became silent in Sairstír, often having a lengthening effect on vowels before it. Compare EEC's ''oɣt'' (from) to SEC ''och'' and SSG ''ô'' (Soft Sairstírian: ''ôth'') or SEC ''sinocht'' (snow) to SSG ''synôth'' [ɕyˈno̝ː].
* '''ƍw:''' <ƍw> in Early Middle Southern Elithoan - believed to be pronounced [çʷ] or [ɕʷ] - became /χʷ/ <chw> or /ʍ/ <hw> in most Elithoan Celinese varieties, but became a delabialised [ɕ] in most environments in Sairstírian. Compare the Elithoan word for salt, ''chwor'' [χʷɔʐ], with SSg. ''seor'' [ɕɔʳ] or oak: SEC. ''hwaith'' [ʍai̯θ] and SSg. ''ceôth'' [ɕoːθ].


'''No Pre-alveolar [a] raising:''' Most early middle Elithoan Celinese varieties saw [a] raised to [æ] (Modern <e> [e]) before word-final d, l, n and r. This sound change did not occur in Sairstír, and thus is not reflected in the orthography - hence ''hyrân'' [çyˈɹɑ̃ːn] (red) instead of SEC's ''hyrèn'' or ''mayar'' instead of SEC maier.  Before l and sometimes r, [ɑ] is raised and rounded to [ɔ], in itself reduced to [ʊ] when unstressed. Compare SSG ''lârol'' [lɑːɹʊɫ] and SEC ''lairel'' or SSG ''somor'' with SEC ''sofer''.
* '''Monophthongisation:''' By Middle Sairstíreg, the only diphthongs that had remained /ɑi̯ aʊ̯/, /ei̯ eʊ̯/ /oi̯ oʊ̯/ - became /ɑː/, /eː/ /oː/, a process reflected in the way in which these sounds were rewritten as â, ê and ô: ''nêl'', ''thôth'' and ''pafâch'' from ''neil'', ''thôuth'' and ''pafaich''.
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