Anbirese

Dry Icelandic is a language in the Ftseezhic branch of the Mustlup family. It is inspired by Icelandic, Scottish Gaelic and Northern Sami. The Hussmauch counterpart to this language is Nurian.

Phonology

Consonants

Dry Icelandic uses the following consonants:

• The velar stops g, k, ŋ, which are pronounced /k, kʰ, ŋ/. When geminated they are pronounced /ʔkʰ, hk, kŋ/ respectively.
• The dental stops d, t, n, which are pronounced /t, tʰ, n/. When geminated they are pronounced /ʔtʰ, ht, tn/ respectively.
• The lateral affricates dλ, ξ, which are pronounced /tɬ, tɬʰ/. When geminated they are pronounced /ʔtɬʰ, htɬ/ respectively.
• The alveolar affricates dz, c, which are pronounced /ts, tsʰ/. When geminated they are pronounced /ʔtsʰ, hts/ respectively.
• The fricatives h, s, which are pronounced /x, s/ respectively.
• The labials b, p, m, which are pronounced /p, pʰ, m/. When geminated they are pronounced /ʔpʰ, hp, pm/ respectively.
• The resonants l, r, v, j pronounced /l, r, v, j/. When geminated they are pronounced /tl, tr, kv, c/ respectively.

The majority of consonants come in expected plain and palatalized pairs. Exceptions are noted here:

• Hard dž, č are pronounced /q, qʰ/. When geminated they are pronounced /ʔqʰ, hq/ respectively.
• Soft dž, č are pronounced /tʂ, tʂʰ/. When geminated they are pronounced /ʔtʂʰ, htʂ/ respectively.
• Hard þ, σ, š are pronounced /ħ, h, χ/ respectively.
• Soft þ, σ, š are pronounced /j, ç, ʂ/ respectively.
• Soft f, v are pronounced /ç, j/ respectively. (Soft v behaves identically to j.)
• Soft s, c, dz are pronounced /ɕ, tɕʰ, tɕ/ respectively.

Vowels

Dry Icelandic has 2 short vowels and 5 long vowels.

• Short vowels: a ja y i = /a ʲa i ʲi/
• Long vowels: á já é jé ý í ó jó ú jú = /aː ʲaː iə ʲiə iː ʲiː uə ʲuə uː ʲuː/

Numbers

• 0: hríkja /ˈxrʲiːcʰa/
• 1: sjécy /ˈsʲiətsʰɨ/
• 2: kli /cʰlʲi/
• 3: sgá /skaː/
• 4: mávi /ˈmaːji/
• 5: féhy /ˈfɨaxɨ/
• 6: jéσja /ˈjiəça/
• 7: čaþja /ˈqʰaja/
• 8: pyŋyd /ˈpʰɨŋɨt/
• 9: cón /tsʰuən/
• 10: fáti /ˈfaːtʰʲi/
• 11: kjéti /ˈcʰiatʰʲi/
• 12: cjú /tsʰʲuː/
• 144: pjórač /ˈpʰʲuəraqʰ/
• 1728: sylja /ˈsɨlʲa/