Tyrith
Standard Chinese (中出語 Türiŋit ŋää /ˈtyriŋit ŋæː/) has taken a dramatically different course in the alternate history of Lõis (地, L-Standard Chinese for 'Earth'). It is the 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 | voiced | l /l/ | -i /j/ | -u /w/ | |||||
p, b, f, m̥, m
t, d, θ, n̥, n, ɬ, l, rh, r
ts, dz, s
k, g, x, ŋ̊, ng
q, ɢ, h, ʔ
Vowels
vowels: a e i o u ɤ ɯ æ ø y + glides: -j -w
Stress
Stress is always on the first syllable.