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'''Nurian''' is a [[Talsmic languages|Talsmic language]] descending from Themsarian.
'''Nurian''' is a [[Ramanuric languages|Ramanuric]] language (related to [[Thensarian]] and [[Ramanujan]]) spoken in [[Verse:Tricin]]. It's inspired by Italian, Pali, Arabic and Lithuanian.
 
==Phonology==
===Consonants===
Nurian has consonants in hard-soft pairs, similar to Slavic languages.
 
{|class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="text-align:center"
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|+'''Consonant phonemes'''
!rowspan="2" colspan="2"|
!colspan="2" | Labial
!colspan="2" | Dental
!colspan="2" | Alveolar
!rowspan="2" | Retroflex
!rowspan="2" | Palatal
!rowspan="2" | Velar
!rowspan="2" | Radical
!rowspan="2" | Glottal
|-
! <small>plain</small>
! <small>pal.</small>
! <small>plain</small>
! <small>pal.</small>
! <small>plain</small>
! <small>pal.</small>
|-
!colspan="2"| Nasal
| m || mʲ
| n̪ || nʲ
| ||
| ɳ
| ɲ̄
| ŋ
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|-
!rowspan="2" | Stop<br/>/Affricate
!<small>tenuis</small>
| p || pʲ
| t̪ || tʲ
| ||
| ʈ
| tɕ
| k
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|-
!<small>voiced</small>
| b || bʲ
| d̪ || dʲ
| ||
| ɖ
| dʑ
| g
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|-
!rowspan="2"|Fricative
!<small>voiceless</small>
| f || fʲ
| θ ||
| s || sʲ
| ʂ
| ɕ
| x
| ħ
| h
|-
!<small>voiced</small>
| v || vʲ
| ð ||
| z || zʲ
| ʐ
| ʑ
| ɣ
| ʕ
|
|-
!colspan=2| Trill
| ||
| ||
| r || rʲ
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!rowspan=2| Approximant
!<small>central</small>
| ||
| ||
| ||
| ɻ
| j
|
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|-
!<small>lateral</small>
| ||
| ɫ ||
| || lʲ
| ɭ
| 
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|}
 
====Palatalization====
*/θ s/ palatalize to /sʲ/
*/ð z/ palatalize to /zʲ/
*/k g x ɣ/ palatalize to /tɕ dʑ ɕ ʑ/
 
===Vowels===
{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="width: 540px; text-align:center;"
! rowspan="2" style="width: 90px; "|
! colspan="2" style="width: 90px; " |Front
! colspan="2" style="width: 90px; " |Central
! colspan="2" style="width: 90px; " |Back
|-
!style="width: 45px; "|<small>short</small>
!style="width: 45px; "|<small>long</small>
!style="width: 45px; "|<small>short</small>
!style="width: 45px; "|<small>long</small>
!style="width: 45px; "|<small>short</small>
!style="width: 45px; "|<small>long</small>
|-
! style="" |Close
| /ɪ/
| /iː/
|
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| /ʊ/
| /uː/
|-
! style="" |Mid
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| /o/
| /oː/
|-
! style="" |Open
| /ɛ/
| /æː/
| /ɐ/
| /aː/
|
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|}
 
Diphthongs: /ɐɪ/ /ɐʊ/ /iə/ /uə/
 
==Grammar==
Somewhat unusually, Nurian is verb-final with prepositions and modifier-modified order.
 
[[Category:Talsmic languages]][[Category:Gamedan languages]][[Category:Hussmauch]]

Latest revision as of 16:10, 15 May 2023

Nurian is a Ramanuric language (related to Thensarian and Ramanujan) spoken in Verse:Tricin. It's inspired by Italian, Pali, Arabic and Lithuanian.

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