Níevzi
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| Nivian Níevzi | |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation: | /'ɲevzi/ |
| Spoken in: | Pirsirus |
| Region: | Eastern Europe |
| Total speakers: | |
| Ranking: | |
| Language family: | language isolate |
| Writing system: | Latin |
| Official status | |
| Official language in: | |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | |
| ISO 639-2 | |
| SIL | |
| See also: Language – Lists of languages | |
Background
This constructed language was created by Nicole Elle for personal use.
Phonology
Consonants
| Bilabial | Labio-dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post-alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||||||
| Plosive | p b | t d | k g | |||||||
| Fricative | ɸ | f v | θ ð | s v t͡s | ʃ ʒ | χ ʁ | h | |||
| Approximant | ɹ | j | ||||||||
| Flap or tap | ⱱ | |||||||||
| Lateral fric. | ɬ ɮ | |||||||||
| Lateral app. | l | ɭ |
Vowels
| Front | Near-front | Central | Near-back | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u | |||
| Near-close | ɪ | ||||
| Close-mid | e | o | |||
| Mid | ə | ||||
| Open-mid | ɛ œ | ||||
| Near-open | æ | ɐ | |||
| Open |
Phonotactics
There are three types of consonant clusters allowed in the Níevzi language. These occurances are the ONLY time two cononants can be consecutive in the same syllable.
- xi /ʃ/ - This cluster can only be used in the beginning of a syllable, but not a word.
- csh /ɬ/ - This cluster can only be used at the beginning of a word.
- zs /t͡s/ - This cluster can be used anywhere in a word or syllable.
Orthography
| Letter | Ææ | Aa | Ää | Åå | Bb | Çç | Ċċ | Dd | Ee | Ęę | Ëë | Ėė | Ff | Gg | Hh | Ii | Íí | Îî |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | al | a | av | å | bå | ça | ċå | då | e | íå | íë | ë | få | ga | ha | i | ía | î |
| Pronunciation (IPA) | /æ/ | /a/ | /ɔ/ | /e/ | /b/ | /ef/ | /ɡeː/ | /haː/ | /iː/ | /kaː/ | /el/ | /em/ | ||||||
| Letter | Ʒʒ | Kk | Ll | Mm | Nn | Oo | Øø | Pp | Rr | Ss | Tt | Uu | Ùù | Vv | Ww | Xx | Yy | Zz |
| Name | ʒa | ek | el | em | en | o | es | på | rå | sa | ta | u | d | vå | wå | ax | yv | za |
| Pronunciation (IPA) | /en/ | /oː/ | /peː/ | /kuː/ | /er/ | /es/ | /teː/ | /uː/ | /eks/ | /iː ˈɡraika/ | /ˈzeːta/ | |||||||