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Meetzarri (mehzarri nehngatu 'our language') is a Meetzarric language whose phonology is loosely inspired by Baltic and Badaga. It is one of the major influences on Nurian.
Phonology
Consonants
Bilabial | Labio- velar |
Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nasal | m /m/ | n /n/ | ng /ŋ/ | ||
Plosive | p /p/ | t /t/ | k /k/ | ||
Affricate | z /ts/ | (tsch /tʃ/) | |||
Fricative | s /s/ | sch /ʃ/ | ch /x/ | ||
Trill | rr /r/ | ||||
Flap | r /ɾ/ | ||||
Approximant | w /w/ | l /l/ | j /j/ |
Vowels
Short | Long | Short half-retroflex | Long half-retroflex | Short fully retroflex | Long fully retroflex |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
a | ah | a˞ | ah˞ | a˞˞ | ah˞˞ |
e | eh | e˞ | eh˞ | e˞˞ | eh˞˞ |
i | ih | i˞ | ih˞ | i˞˞ | ih˞˞ |
o | oh | o˞ | oh˞ | o˞˞ | oh˞˞ |
u | uh | u˞ | uh˞ | u˞˞ | uh˞˞ |