Skyrdagor

Skyrdagor
Pronunciation	[[Help:IPA|ɧɯ˞ˈdeːan ˈmɒʃt]]
Created by	Lili21
Date	Feb 2017
Setting	Calémere
Ethnicity	Skyrdagoreans (Skyrdegankot)
Native speakers	13,000,000 (2312 / 4E 133)
Language family	Skyrdagor languages Skyrdagor
Official status
Official language in	Skyrdagor, Gorjan, Arkjatar, Aksalbor, Karynaktja, Askand, Tulfasysz, Ylvostydh

The Skyrdagor language (native name Skyrdegan mast [ɧɯ˞deːan mɒʃt]) is the language of Greater Skyrdagor ([ɧɯ˞dɒː˞]), a plurinational area on the planet of Calémere, in northeastern Márusúturon, once part of the Skyrdagor Empire. It is the official language in all eight countries of this area — Skyrdagor, Gorjan, Arkjatar, Aksalbor, Karynaktja, Askand, Tulfasysz, and Ylvostydh — as well as a minority language in Brono, Ikalurilut, and the Inquisition.

While written Skyrdagor is the same throughout all of the Skyrdagor-speaking world, there is no standard spoken dialect, and some of them vary widely in pronunciation. The written language reflects Middle Skyrdagor, but while the most conservative varieties - like Ylvostyzdor - do not diverge much in pronunciation, many others do, like the most commonly heard and studied one, Skyrdegan Skyrdagor, based on the dialect of Tol Sakszyv [tɔl ʃɒksɯʊ̯], former imperial capital and modern-day capital of the Republic of Skyrdagor. As an example, the name “Skyrdagor” was most likely pronounced in Middle Skyrdagor as [ʃkɨɽˈdagoɽ] like in modern Ylvostyzdor, but in the three most spoken varieties it is [ɧɯ˞ˈdɒː˞] (Skyrdegan Skyrdagor), [ɧɨɽˈɖɔwɽ] (Karynaktjur), and [ʂɨɖˈɖaɣʊː] (Arkjatrur).

Unless otherwise noted, all transcriptions in this article refer to Skyrdegan Skyrdagor.

Phonology

Consonants

	Labials	Dentals	Palatoalveolars	Palatals	Velars
Nasals	m	n			(ŋ)
Stops and affricates	p b	t d	tʃ		k g
Non-sibilant fricatives	f v	θ ð		ç⁓ɕ	x (ɣ)
Sibilants		s z	ʃ ʒ		ɧ
Approximants		l r		j

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
High	i	ɯ ɯ˞	u
Mid	ɛ	(ə) ɚ	ɔ
Low		(a)	ɒ