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Roshterian /rɒʃˈtɛriən/ (ezhbaeroshtherim 'The Roshterian language') is a Talmic language spoken in East Cuadhlabh.
Inspirations: Welsh, Tamil
Labial | Dental/Alveolar | Retroflex | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
central | lateral | central | lateral | ||||||
Nasal | m /m/ | n /n̪/ | nh /ɳ/ | [ŋ] | [ɴ] | ||||
Stop | voiceless | p /p/ | t /t̪/ | th /ʈ/ | c /k/ | q /q/ | |||
voiced | b /b/ | d /d̪/ | dh /ɖ/ | g /g/ | |||||
Continuant | voiceless | s /s/ | ł /ɬ/ | sh /ʂ/ | łh /ꞎ/ | h /h/ | |||
voiced | w /v~w/ | r /r/ | l /l/ | zh /ʐ~ɻ~ɭ/ | gh /ʁ/ |
evidentials, quasi-polysynthetic
i i: u u: e e: ə ə: o o: a a: ai ei iə eu uə oi iu
⟨i î u û e ê y ŷ o ô a â ae ei ia eu ua oe iu⟩
Sound changes
- *ā > ia (*nā > nia 'I'); *ō > ua; *au > ô; *ou > û; *ū > î
- *qʷ > /χʷ/ > /ɧ/ > sh; *ʁʷ > /ζ/ > zh
- *nw, tw, dw, sw, łw, lw, rw > nh, th, dh, sh, łh, zh, zh /ɳ, ʈ, ɖ, ʂ, ɬ̠, ʐ~ɻ~ɭ, ʐ~ɻ~ɭ/
- *sl-, sm-, sn- > zh-, m-, nh-
- *sɸ-, sr-, sw- > sh-, zh-, sh-
- *st, sk > th-/shth, sc (*bastom > bashtho 'king' ~ Tíogall bast 'head')
- *sb, sd, sg > zhb, zhdh, zhg (*nasge > nazhg '3')
- *φn, tn, φl, tl > /ːn, ts, ːɬ, tɬ/
- *kt, qt > /jt, :ʈ/ (*tektə > teit /teit/ 'child', *neqtə > nêth /neːʈ/ 'cloud')
- *kn, gn, qn > /jn, jn, :ɳ/
- *φj, tj, kj, qj > pt ss ts gh
- *φ-, j- > h-
- *skj, stj > sht, st
- final short vowels lost; final -m, -s, -t lost; final long vowels shorten (ia, ua > i, u)
- l-, r- > gl-, gr-