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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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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width: 30em"
|+ Broad readings
!  
!  
! Labial
! Labial
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! Dorsal
! Dorsal
|-
|-
| Nasals
! Nasals
| m
| '''m''' /m/
| n
| '''n''' /n/
|  
|  
|-
|-
| Plosives
! Plosives
| p
| '''p''' /p/
| t d
| '''t''' /t/, '''d''' /d/
| k
| '''k''' /k/
|-
|-
| Fricatives
! Fricatives
| θ ð
| '''f''' /θ/, '''v''' /ð/
| s ʃ
| '''s''' /s/, '''c''' /ʃ/
| x
| '''x''' /x/
|-
|-
| Other
! Other
| w
| '''w''' /w/
| l r
| '''l''' /l/, '''r''' /r/
| j
| '''j''' /j/
|}
| rowspan="2" style="text-align: center; vertical-align: center;" |
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width: 30em"
|+ 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 :
* /wi/ - Slender
* /jə/ - Slender
* /jɛ/ - Slender
* /jɔ/ - Broad

Revision as of 22:09, 30 December 2024

Meiran
Méir
Pronunciation[veir]
Created byAenil2
Date2024

Meiran (autoglossonym: Méir; Meiran : [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".

Phonology

Consonants

Meiran consonants can have 2 readings each, a "broad reading" and a "slender reading", depending on the vowel that follows it

Broad readings
Labial Coronal Dorsal
Nasals m /m/ n /n/
Plosives p /p/ t /t/, d /d/ k /k/
Fricatives f /θ/, v /ð/ s /s/, c /ʃ/ x /x/
Other w /w/ l /l/, r /r/ j /j/
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

Front Central Back
Close i/í /i/ ie /ɨ/, ue /ʉ/ u/ú/ou /u/
Mid é /e/, ea /ɛ/ e/o/eo /ə/ o/ó/oi /o/, oa /ɔ/
Open ai/ae /æ/ á /ä/ a/au /ɒ/

Notes:

  • The vowels in grey are slender vowels

Diphthongs

There are 4 diphthongs in Meiran :

  • /wi/ - Slender
  • /jə/ - Slender
  • /jɛ/ - Slender
  • /jɔ/ - Broad
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