Tyrith

Tyrith/Lexicon

Standard Chinese (中出語 Türiŋit ŋää /ˈtyriŋit ˈŋæː/) has taken a dramatically different course in the alternate history of Lõis (地, L-Standard Chinese for 'Earth'). It is a co-creation of User:IlL and User:Praimhín, inspired by Estonian and Turkish.

Phonology

Consonants

		Labial	Dental	Alveolar		Palatal	Velar	Uvular	Glottal
				central	lateral
Nasal	voiceless	mh /m̥/		nh /n̥/			ŋh /ŋ̊/
	voiced	m /m/		n /n/			ŋ /ŋ/
Plosive	voiceless	p /p/		t /t/			k /k/	q /q/
	voiced	b /b/		d /d/			g /ɡ/	ġ /ɢ/
Affricate	voiceless			ts /ts/
	voiced			dz /dz~z/
Fricative		f /f~v/	th /θ~ð/	s /s/	lh /ɬ/		kh /x~ɣ/		h /h/
Trill	voiceless			rh /r̥/
	voiced			r /r/
Approximant	voiced				l /l/		-i /j/	-u /w/

Vowels

Tyrith vowels

	Front				Back
	unrounded		rounded		unrounded		rounded
	short	long	short	long	short	long	short	long
Close	i /i/	ii /iː/	ü /y/	üü /yː/	ũ /ɯ/	ũũ /ɯː/	u /u/	uu /uː/
Mid	e /e/	ee /eː/	ö /ø/	öö /øː/	õ /ɤ/	õõ /ɤː/	o /o/	oo /oː/
Open	ä /æ/	ää /æː/			a /ɑ/	aa /ɑː/

glides: -i -u /-j -w/

Stress

Stress is always on the first syllable.