Verse:Mwail/Qocwane

Vylman (fŷlmât seaha [ʋl̩ːmət̪ s̠ɛɑhɑ]) is the official language of Vylma (Fŷlmâ [ʋl̩ːmə]), located in our timeline's Hungary. It is inspired by Finnish and Nuosu and has a Finnish-inspired grammar.

Phonology

Consonants

• /m n l ʋ j w/ m n l v j w
• /p t ts tɬ k kʷ ʔ/ p t z x c cw q
• /f s ɬ x xʷ h/ f s ł ç çw h

Vowels

Qocwane has 8 vowel qualities, all with vowel length.

		Front	Non-front
			unrounded	rounded
Syllabic consonant	loose		z̩ ŷ
	tight		z̠̩ y
Close	loose	e̝ ê	ə â	o̝ ô
Open-mid	tight	ɛ e		ɔ o
Open			ɑ a

Vylman has loose/tight vowel harmony:

• loose: ŷ ŵ ê â ô
• tight: y w e a o

Diphthongs: ea êâ oa ôâ ae âê ao âô

/ə(:)/ is realized as [œ(:)] when stressed.

oa is often realized as [ɔ:]

Grammar

Finnic-like

Nouns

lêntŷ 'human’, lênnŷt 'human-GEN’, lênnŷn 'human-PL'