Ufirlandisg

Introduction

Ufirlandisg (/ˈt͡ʃjəwtʲisk/; from PGmc *þiudiskaz) is a constructed Germanic language inspired by Mandarin and the Pfeunic language Qiēmxtier.

Phonology

Consonants

Consonant phonemes

		Labial		Dental/Alveolar		Coarticulated		Palatal	Velar	Glottal
		plain	pal.	plain	pal.	plain	pal.
Nasal		m m	mı mʲ	n n̪	nı nʲ
Stop /Affricate	tenuis	b p	bı pʲ	d t̪	dı tʲ	zh ǃ	zhı ǀ	j tɕ	g k
	aspirated	p pʰ	pı pʲʰ	t t̪ʰ	tı tʲʰ	ch ǃʰ	chı ǀʰ	q tɕʰ	k kʰ
Fricative		f f	fı fʲ	s s		sh ɧ		x ɕ		h h
Approximant		w w	wı ɥ	l ɫ	lı ʎ	r, rı ɹ		y j

When consonants written with ı is followed by a vowel, the ı is replaced with an i (except with /i/ and /iː/).

Vowels

Vowel phonemes

	Front		Central		Back
	short	long	short	long	short	long
Close	i /i/	ī /iː/			u /u/	ū /uː/
Close-mid			e /ə/	ē [ɘː]
Mid	ia, ie [ɛ~æ]	iā, iē [ɛː]	[ə]	er /ɜː/
Open			a /a/	ā /aː/

Diphthongs: ai ei ao ou ar/ār ēr ier/īr ir our/ūr ur /aɪ̯ eɪ̯ aʊ̯ əʊ̯ ɑə ɜː jɛə jə ɔə wə/

ē /ɘː/ can be regarded as an allophone of ī /iː/ after broad consonants.