Mirmio
Mirmio [mʲiɽ˨˦˨.mʲi͡o], also spelled Mivrmio, is an artistic language.
Phonology
Consonants
| Labial | Coronal | Palatal | Velar | Guttural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apical | Labial | Plain | Labial | |||||
| Nasal | mʲ (m) | n̼ (n) | ɲ (nj) | |||||
| Aspirate | pʲʰ (p) | kʷʰ (kv) | ||||||
| Stop | Median | pʲ (b) | t͡ɕ (c) | t͡σ (cv) | kʲ (kj) | kʷ (gv) | ʔ (q) | |
| Lateral | t͡ɬ (x) | t͡ɬʷ (xv) | ||||||
| Fricative | Median | θ̼ ð̼ (f d) | ç (hj) | x (h) | χ (kh) | |||
| Lateral | ɬ (l) | ɬʷ (lv) | ||||||
| Glide | Median | ɥ (yv) | ɹʲ (rj) | j (y) | ɰ (g) | w (w) | ||
| Lateral | lʲ (lj) | |||||||
| Flap | ɾ (r) | |||||||
tɬ t͡ɬʷ t͡σ t͡ɕ > t͡l̥ t͡l̥ d͡ƍ d͡ʑ / #_ !”_
tɬ t͡ɬʷ t͡σ t͡ɕ > tɬʰ t͡ɬʷʰ t͡σʰ t͡ɕʰ / ”_ !#_
ɾ > ⁿɾ̼ / V_V
ɾ > ɽ ! V_V
/kʷʰ/ and /kʷ/ do not appear before front vowels.
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oral | Nasal | Oral | Nasal | Oral | Nasal | +RTR | |
| High | i (i) | ĩ (ĩ) | ᵿ (ü) | ᵿ̃ (û) | ʊ (u) | ʊ̃ (ũ) | ʊ̙ (ŭ) |
| Mid | e (e) | ẽ (ẽ) | ɜ (ä) | ɜ̃ (â) | o (o) | õ (õ) | ɔ̙ (ŏ) |
| Open | æ (a) | æ̃ (ã) | æ̙ (ă) | ||||
Any two vowels can form a diphthong as long as they are both oral or both nasal.
Nasal vowel harmony occurs regresssively. +RTR vowels are opaque oral vowels. There is no tie to the presence or absence of nasal consonants.