Řeuŋnie

Ouřefr /ˈəʊr̝ɛfə/ (Ouřefrnie cijtnr /əʊr̝ɛfəɲeː tsijʔtnɐ/) is an Idavic language belonging to the Nabŋaic branch. It is inspired by Czech, Dutch, Cantonese, RP English and Japanese (but mainly by the first two). It is the second most widely spoken Nabŋaic language after Nabbrzé.

Test

Woeŋanieš uisřibeit no varádoevijŋ, ar woþloce bačurňr řeunie aš ŋóvej tamtánišie. Evlódr wie doeganejne hář, po řitáŋ.

Phonology

"Czech with more vowels and simpler phonotactics"

Consonants

p b t d ť ď c (dz) č dž k g f þ s š ch w v z ž h m n ň ŋ l r ř j /p b t d c ɟ ts dz tʃ dʒ k ɣ f θ s ʃ x w v z ʒ h m n ɲ ŋ l~ɫ ɾ~ɹ r̝ j/

m n ŋ can be syllabic

Glottal reinforcement, but no gemination

Vowels

a e/ě i/y o u á/ar é/er/ěr ij/ei ó/or ú eu/ui ie/ir oe/ur ou r ŕ /ɐ ɛ (j)ɛ ɪ ɔ (Japanese u) ɑː(ɹ) ɛː(ɹ) ɪj~ɛɪ ɔː(ɹ) (Japanese ū) œː eː(ɹ) oː(ɹ) əʊ ə(ɹ) ɜː(ɹ)/

ě i ie ij eu are palatalizing; all other orthographic vowels are nonpalatalizing

Suprasegmentals

Long vowels take two morae; downstep as in Japanese

Historically hard-soft vowel pairs

Some vowel letters denote palatalization of the preceding consonant. For example, dě tě ně are read as if they were spelled ďe ťe ňe.

• hard y ~ soft i
• hard u ~ soft i
• hard a ~ soft ě
• hard o ~ soft ě
• hard ei ~ soft ij
• hard ou ~ soft eu
• hard ui ~ soft eu
• hard oe ~ soft ie
• hard ú ~ soft ij

Long vowels result from OSL čettijn > četijn; četijn > čeetijn