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Meetzarri (mēzarri nēngatu 'our language') is a Meetzarric language that has influenced Nurian. Its phonology is loosely inspired by Baltic and Dravidian (particularly Badaga).
Phonology
Consonants
| Bilabial | Labio- velar |
Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m /m/ | n /n/ | ng /ŋ/ | ||
| Plosive | p /p/ | t /t/ | k /k/ | ||
| Affricate | z /ts/ | (tsch /tʃ/) | |||
| Fricative | ß /s/ | sch /ʃ/ | g /x/ | ||
| Trill | rr /r/ | ||||
| Flap | r /ɾ/ | ||||
| Approximant | w /w/ | l /l/ | j /j/ |
Vowels
| Short | Long | Short half-retroflex | Long half-retroflex | Short fully retroflex | Long fully retroflex |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a | ā | a˞ | ā˞ | a˞˞ | ā˞˞ |
| e | ē | e˞ | ē˞ | e˞˞ | ē˞˞ |
| i | ī | i˞ | ī˞ | i˞˞ | ī˞˞ |
| o | ō | o˞ | ō˞ | o˞˞ | ō˞˞ |
| u | ū | u˞ | ū˞ | u˞˞ | ū˞˞ |