Pulqer/Old Pulqer

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Old Pulqer (Pul. Pulkaeri) is a Romance language spoken between approximately the 3rd and 10th centuries AD in the island of Jaques (Pul. Tśaqa).

Phonology and Orthography

Vowels

Front Back
Close i(ː) u(ː)
Open-mid ɛ
Open a

The high vowels /i, u/ are long in stressed open syllables, when followed by a single consonant + vowel (e.g. muru /muːru/), and they are short in all other environments. The low vowels /a, ɛ/ are always short (their long variants are diphthongised to /ae, ei/).

The following diphthongs also occur: /ae, ai, au, ei, ui/.

Consonants

Bilabial Alveolar Post-alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Plain Labial
Nasal      m      n
Plosive pʰ    p tʰ    t kʰ    k kʷʰ    kʷ
Fricative ɸ      s      ʃ      h     
Affricate t͡s      t͡ʃ     
Trill      r
Approximant      j
Lateral app.      l