Tyrith

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Tyrith/Lexicon

Standard Chinese (中出語 Türiŋit ŋää /ˈtyriŋit ˈŋæː/) has taken a dramatically different course in the alternate history of User:IlL/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 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.

Morphology

Nouns

Verbs

Numerals

1: id /id/ 2: niis /niːs/ 3: sürm /syrm/ 4: silis /silis/ 5: paŋõ /paŋɤ/ 6: kürg /kyrg/ 7: sid /sid/ 8: põrd /pɤrd/ 9: küü /kyː/ 10: teeb /teːb/

Syntax