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Meezarri (Meezarri: meezarrı zutȧ /meːt͡sari tsuta˞/ from Proto-Meezarric *meettharri thutarl) is a Meezarric language inspired by Badaga. It is one of the major influences on Nurian.
Phonology
Consonants
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m /m/ | n /n/ | nh /ɲ/ | ng /ŋ/ | |
| Plosive | p /p/ | t /t/ | k /k/ | ||
| Affricate | z /ts/ | tsch /tʃ/ | |||
| Fricative | voiceless | s /s~z/ | sch /ʃ/ | ch /x/ | |
| voiced | w /v/ | śch /ʒ/ | |||
| Trill | rr /r/ | ||||
| Flap | r /ɾ/ | ||||
| Approximant | l /l/ | j /j/ | |||
Vowels
| Short | Long | Short half-retroflex | Long half-retroflex | Short fully retroflex | Long fully retroflex |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a /a/ | aa /aa/ | ȧ /a˞/ | ȧȧ /aa˞/ | ä /a˞˞/ | ää /aa˞˞/ |
| e /e/ | ee /ee/ | ė /e˞/ | ėė /ee˞/ | ë /e˞˞/ | ëë /ee˞˞/ |
| ı /i/ | ıı /ii/ | i /i˞/ | ii /ii˞/ | ï /i˞˞/ | ïï /ii˞˞/ |
| o /o/ | oo /oo/ | ȯ /o˞/ | ȯȯ /oo˞/ | ö /o˞˞/ | öö /oo˞˞/ |
| u /u/ | uu /uu/ | u̇ /u˞/ | u̇u̇ /uu˞/ | ü /u˞˞/ | üü /uu˞˞/ |
Grammar
Meezarri is SOV and fusional. Nouns come in four declensions inherited from Proto-Meezarric.
| Case | zutȧ 'language' | wȧȧnuj 'sun' | morroch 'ice' | paikul 'house' |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | zutȧ | wȧȧnuj | morroch | paikul |
| Accusative | zutȧı | wȧȧnujı | morrochı | paikulı |
| Genitive | zutäï | wȧȧnujı | morrowı | paikurrı |
| Dative | zutȧnme | wȧȧnujme | morrongme | paikunme |
| Instrumental | zutatschu | wȧȧnussu | morrokku | paikuttu |
| Elative | zutäö | wȧȧnujo | morrowo | paikurro |
| Inessive | zutȧna | wȧȧnunja | morronga | paikuna |
| Illative | zutȧnu | wȧȧnunju | morrongu | paikunu |
| Essive | zutȧım | wȧȧnujım | morrochım | paikulım |
| Translative | zutȧtau | wȧȧnujsau | morrochkau | paikultau |