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Meetzarri (mēzarri nēngatu 'our language') is a Meetzarric language that has influenced Nurian. Its phonology is loosely inspired by Baltic and Dravidian (particularly Badaga).
Phonology
Consonants
Bilabial | Labio- velar |
Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nasal | m /m/ | n /n/ | ng /ŋ/ | |||
Plosive | p /p/ | t /t/ | k /k/ | |||
Affricate | z /ts/ | tsch /tʃ/ | ||||
Fricative | s /s/ | h /h/ | ||||
Trill | rr /r/ | |||||
Flap | r /ɾ/ | |||||
Approximant | w /w/ | l /l/ | j /j/ |
Vowels
Short | Long | Short half-retroflex | Long half-retroflex | Short fully retroflex | Long fully retroflex |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
a | ā | a˞ | ā˞ | a˞˞ | ā˞˞ |
e | ē | e˞ | ē˞ | e˞˞ | ē˞˞ |
i | ī | i˞ | ī˞ | i˞˞ | ī˞˞ |
u | ū | u˞ | ū˞ | u˞˞ | ū˞˞ |