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Meezarri (Meezarri: meezarrı zutȧ /meːt͡sari tsuta˞/ from Proto-Meezarric *meettharri thutarl) is a Meezarric language inspired by Badaga. It is one of the major influences on Nurian.
Phonology
Consonants
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m /m/ | n /n/ | nh /ɲ/ | ng /ŋ/ | |
| Plosive | p /p/ | t /t/ | k /k/ | ||
| Affricate | z /ts/ | tsch /tʃ/ | |||
| Fricative | voiceless | s /s~z/ | sch /ʃ/ | ch /x/ | |
| voiced | w /v/ | ||||
| Trill | rr /r/ | ||||
| Flap | r /ɾ/ | ||||
| Approximant | l /l/ | j /j/ | |||
Vowels
| Non-retroflex | Half-retroflex | Fully retroflex |
|---|---|---|
| a /a/ | ȧ /a˞/ | ä /a˞˞/ |
| e /e/ | ė /e˞/ | ë /e˞˞/ |
| ı /i/ | i /i˞/ | ï /i˞˞/ |
| o /o/ | ȯ /o˞/ | ö /o˞˞/ |
| u /u/ | u̇ /u˞/ | ü /u˞˞/ |
Vowels may be doubled for length, or come in hiatus with one another.
Grammar
Meezarri is SOV and fusional. Nouns come in four declensions inherited from Proto-Meezarric.
| Case | zutȧ 'language' | wȧȧnuj 'sun' | morroch 'ice' | paıkul 'house' |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | zutȧ | wȧȧnuj | morroch | paıkul |
| Accusative | zutȧi | wȧȧnujı | morrochı | paıkulı |
| Genitive | zutäï | wȧȧnujı | morrowı | paıkurrı |
| Dative | zutȧnme | wȧȧnujme | morrongme | paıkunme |
| Instrumental | zutatschu | wȧȧnussu | morrokku | paıkuttu |
| Elative | zutäö | wȧȧnujo | morrowo | paıkurro |
| Inessive | zutȧna | wȧȧnunja | morronga | paıkuna |
| Illative | zutȧnu | wȧȧnunju | morrongu | paıkunu |
| Essive | zutȧım | wȧȧnujım | morrochım | paıkulım |
| Translative | zutȧtau | wȧȧnujsau | morrochkau | paıkultau |