Nalupitipulan

Meizarri [maiɟarːe] (from mei 'speech, word' + zarri 'land') is a language spoken in the Arctic.

Phonology

Based on Australian/Tamil.

Consonants

Nalupitipulan consonants

		Labial	Dental/Alv.	Retroflex	Palatal	Velar
Nasal		m /m/	n /n̪/	ṇ /ɳ/	nj /ɲ/	ng /ŋ/
Plosive		p /p/	t /t̪/	ṭ /ʈ/	z /c~tɕ/	k /k/
Trill			r /r~ɾ/	ṛ /ɽ/
Approximant	central	w /ʋ/	ḻ /ɹ~ɻ/		j /j/
	lateral		l /l̪/	ḷ /ɭ/	lj /ʎ/

Vowels

	Front		Central		Back
	short	long	short	long	short	long
Close	i /i~e/	ie /iː/			u /u~o/	uh /uː/
Open			a /a/	ah /aː/

There are two diphthongs, /ai au/ (written ei au).

Grammar

Head-initial Tamil