Verse:Mwail/Qocwane

Vylman (fŷlmât seaha [ʋl̩ːmət̪ s̠ɛɑhɑ]) is the official language of Vylma (Fŷlmâ [ʋl̩ːmə]), located in our timeline's Hungary. It is inspired by Finnish and Nuosu and has a Finnish-inspired grammar.

Phonology

Consonants

/m n ɲ p t ts̠ tɕ k s̠ ɕ h v ð r̠ l ʎ j/ m n ń p t z ź c s ś h f d r l ĺ j

Vowels

Vylman has 10 vowel qualities, all with vowel length.

		Front	Non-front
			unrounded	rounded
Syllabic consonant	loose		z̩ ŷ	v̩ʷ ŵ
	tight		z̠̩ y	v̠̩ʷ w
Close	loose	e̝ ê	ə â	o̝ ô
Open-mid	tight	ɛ e		ɔ o
Open			ɑ a

Vylman has loose/tight vowel harmony:

• loose: ŷ ŵ ê â ô
• tight: y w e a o

Diphthongs: ea êâ oa ôâ ae âê ao âô

/ə(:)/ is realized as [œ(:)] when stressed.

oa is often realized as [ɔ:]

Grammar

Finnic-like

Nouns

lêntŷ 'human’, lênnŷt 'human-GEN’, lênnŷn 'human-PL'