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-'''Kyravar Maři''' is a Dravidian language spoken in [[User:IlL/Lõis|Lõis]]'s Balkans and Austria.
+'''Kyravar Mazhi''' is a Dravidian language spoken in [[Lõis]]'s Balkans. For a while it evolved in a sprachbund with eastern dialects of Glommish.
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+==History==
+Kyravar Maři is a descendant of Old Tamil which emerged from a Chola era settlement in the Balkans.
 ==Phonology==
 ===Orthography===
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 *p t ʈ k = p t ť k
 *m n ɳ ŋ = m n ň ng
-*f θ s ʂ~ʐ x = f þ s ř h
+*f θ s ʂ~ʐ x = v þ s zh h
-*j r l ɭ = j r l ľ
+*j r l ɭ w = j r l ľ ł
-Kyravar Maři consonants come in broad/slender pairs like Irish and Russian but unlike Tamil.
+Kyravar Maři consonants come in broad/slender pairs unlike Tamil. The slender counterparts of /k ŋ x/ are /c ɲ ç/; retroflexes do not palatalize.
+{|class="greentable lightgreenbg" style="text-align:center"
+|-
+|+'''Kyravar Maři consonant phonemes'''
+!rowspan="2" colspan="2"|
+!colspan="2" | Labial
+!colspan="2" | Dental
+!colspan="2" |Alveolar
+!rowspan="2" | Retroflex
+!rowspan="2" | Palatal
+!rowspan="2" | Velar
+|-
+! <small>plain</small>
+! <small>pal.</small>
+! <small>plain</small>
+! <small>pal.</small>
+! <small>plain</small>
+! <small>pal.</small>
+|-
+!colspan="2"| Nasal
+| {{IPA|m}} || {{IPA|mʲ}}
+| {{IPA|n̪}} ||
+| || {{IPA|nʲ}}
+| {{IPA|ɳ}}
+| {{IPA|ɲ}}
+| {{IPA|ŋ}}
+|-
+!colspan="2" | Stop
+| {{IPA|p}} || {{IPA|pʲ}}
+| {{IPA|t̪}} ||
+| || {{IPA|tɕ}}
+| {{IPA|ʈ}}
+| {{IPA|c}}
+| {{IPA|k}}
+|-
+!colspan="2"|Fricative
+| {{IPA|f~v}} || {{IPA|fʲ~vʲ}}
+| {{IPA|θ}} || {{IPA|θʲ}}
+| {{IPA|s}} || {{IPA|ɕ}}
+| {{IPA|ʂ~ʐ}}
+| {{IPA|ç}}
+| {{IPA|x}}
+|-
+!colspan=2| Trill
+| ||
+| ||
+| {{IPA|r}} ||{{IPA|rʲ}}
+| ||
+|
+|-
+!colspan=2| Approximant
+| {{IPA|w}} ||
+| ||
+| || {{IPA|l}}
+| {{IPA|ɭ}}
+| {{IPA|j}} ||
+|}
+====Eclipsis====
+{{PAGENAME}} has eclipsis, where initial ''p, t, ť, k'' becomes ''m-p, n-t, ň-ť, ng-k''. For words beginning with a vowel, ''n-'' is added.
 ===Vowels===
+{{PAGENAME}} has two short and three long vowels.
 *i, y, e, a = ʲɨ, ɨ, ʲa, a
 *aa = á
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 *uu = ú
 *ʲuu = jú
 ===Prosody===
 ====Stress====
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 * ''maram'' 'tree', ''marángaľ'' 'trees'
 * ''mannar'' 'king', ''mannarkaľ'' 'kings'
-* ''vaři'' 'path', ''vařikaľ'' 'paths'
+* ''vazhi'' 'path', ''vazhikaľ'' 'paths'
 * ''illam'' 'house', ''illángaľ'' 'houses'
 * ''yňmý'', ''právta'' 'truth'; ''yňmýkaľ'', ''právtakaľ'' 'truths'
 * ''úplaka'' 'cloud', ''úplakakaľ'' 'clouds'
-To form the genitive case, the final consonant is slenderized, and then the following (possessed) noun undergoes eclipsis if the possessor is singular.
+To form the genitive case, the final consonant is slenderized, and then the following (possessed) noun undergoes eclipsis if the possessor is singular: ''mannarı n-illam'' 'the king's house'.
+===Articles===
+The definite article in Kyravar Maři is ''i / in''.
 ==Syntax==
 ===Constituent order===
+Kyravar Maři is VSO.
 ===Noun phrase===
 ===Verb phrase===
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 # iryvattámaty
-The multiples of 10 from 30 to 100 are: ''muppaty'' (30), ''njáspaty'' (40), ''ýmaty'' (50), ''arvaty'' (60), ''júřvaty'' (70), ''eňpaty'' (80), ''tyľpaty'' (90), ''núry'' (100).
+The multiples of 10 from 30 to 110 are: ''muppaty'' (30), ''njáspaty'' (40), ''ýmaty'' (50), ''arvaty'' (60), ''júřvaty'' (70), ''eňpaty'' (80), ''tyľpaty'' (90), ''pámaty'' (100), ''pannarvaty'' (110).
-Higher powers of 10 are borrowed from Hebrew: ''elyf'' (1000), ''ryvavá'' (10000).
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 [[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]
 [[Category:Dravidian languages]]
-[[Category:Conlangs]]
+[[Category:Languages]]
+[[Category:Lõis]]