Etlish
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| Etlish | |
|---|---|
| Eteläin keeli | |
| Pronunciation | [ˈetelæin ˈkeːli] |
| Created by | Dillon Hartwig |
| Date | 2021 |
| Setting | West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland |
Etlish /ˈɛtlɪʃ/ (Etlish: Eteläin keeli [ˈetelæin ˈkeːli]) is a Finnic language spoken in Western Pomerania.
Etymology
Etlish is from German Etlisch, from Etlish etel "Etlish person", from Proto-Finnic *etelä "south-southwest".
Orthography
Etlish is written with the Latin script.
| A a | Aa aa | Ai ai | Aai aai | Au au | Aau aau | Ä ä | Ää ää |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| /ɑ/ | /ɑː/ | /ɑi/ | /ɑːi/ | /ɑu/ | /ɑːu/ | /æ/ | /æː/ |
| Äi äi | Ääi ääi | Äü äü | Ääü ääü | B b | D d | E e | Ee ee |
| /æi/ | /æːi/ | /æy/ | /æːy/ | /b/ | /d// | /e/ | /eː/ |
| Ei ei | Eei eei | Ë ë | H h | I i | Ii ii | J j | K k |
| /ei/ | /eːi/ | /ə/ | /h/ | /i/ | /iː/ | /j/ | /k/ |
| L l | M m | N n | O o | Oi oi | Oo oo | Ou ou | Oou oou |
| /l/ | /m/ | /n/ | /o/ | /oi/ | /oː/ | /ou/ | /oːu/ |
| Ö ö | Öi öi | Öö öö | Öü öü | Ööü ööü | P p | R r | S s |
| /ø/ | /øi/ | /øː/ | /øy/ | /øːy/ | /p/ | /r/ | /s/ |
| T t | Ts ts | U u | Uu uu | Ü ü | Üü üü | V v | Z z |
| /t/ | /t͡s/ | /u/ | /uː/ | /y/ | /yː/ | /w/ | /z/ |
Phonology
Consonants
Vowels
Prosody
Phonotactics
Etlish maximal syllables are CVC.
Vowel harmony
| Front | Back |
|---|---|
| ü üü | u uu |
| ö öö* | o oo |
| öi öü* ööü* | oi ou oou |
| ä ää | a aa |
| äi ääi äü ääü | ai aai au aau |
- /i,iː,e,eː,ei,eːi,ə/ are neutral and transparent to harmony.
- /øː,øy,øːy/ may be either front or transparent.
Consonant gradation
| Strong | Weak |
|---|---|
| p t k | w z j |
| pp tt kk | p t k |
| ts s | s h |