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:a, e, i, o, u, æ, è, ê, ø, ú
:a, e, i, o, u, æ, è, ê, ø, ú
There seems to be some kind of vowel harmony.
There seems to be some kind of vowel harmony.
:front vowel: æ, e(, è?), ø, ú
:front vowel: æ, e, ø, ú
:neutral vowel: i
:neutral vowel: i(, è?)
:back vowel: a, (ê?), o, u
:back vowel: a, (ê?), o, u


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! [[w:Mid vowel|Mid]]
! [[w:Mid vowel|Mid]]
| e || ø |||| (ê?) || o
| e || ø ||(è?)|| (ê?) || o
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! [[w:Open vowel|Open]]
! [[w:Open vowel|Open]]

Revision as of 21:33, 15 November 2022

primary source materials

https://www.reddit.com/r/HistoricalWorldPowers/comments/ugm7kj/reny%C3%BAt_tsipkae/ https://www.reddit.com/r/HistoricalWorldPowers/comments/uk9oma/tereny%C3%BAt_a_primer_on_the_customary_practices_of/

There is a little description of Renyút language and correction of Renyút words.

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The Renyúts language is a distinctive out branch, assumed to be related to the eastern Urallic languages do to largely sharing phonemes with the Samoyedic languages. It's notable for it's combination of an intricate vowel inventory and relatively simple consonants and large number of grammatical cases. Renyúts uses a base twelve number system and a VSO word order.


Renyút words
word meaning etymology
Renyút (demonym)
pútøsi The basic social Renyúts social unit , an extended family unit
Tsipkae community under a cheiftan's pútøsi
Taep transitory confederation
Terenyút places and people in which Renyút customary laws hold and both those customary laws, expected duties, and social mores of the culture
Tenøunnè kitchen
nøunnè to cook
kûot yurt < FU *kota
Nêr Renyúts mythological oral history
Ymorta the great [snow] leopard, a trickster, hunter, and warrior figure who per tradition fathered the first Renyút
Ûnyæir court
nøngo the local chieftain
Ûnyæiru great court
ûlonyuta composite bows designed for use from horseback
kuskæmøtæ large utility knife similar to a seax

reconstruction of Renyút language

phonology

Renyút language uses 23 letters

a, e, i, k, l, m, n, ng, ny, o, p, r, s, t, ts, u, y, æ, è, ê, ø, ú, û

vowel

There are 10 vowel letters

a, e, i, o, u, æ, è, ê, ø, ú

There seems to be some kind of vowel harmony.

front vowel: æ, e, ø, ú
neutral vowel: i(, è?)
back vowel: a, (ê?), o, u
Front Neutral Back
UR R UR R
Close ú /ʏ/ i /i~ɯ/ u
Mid e ø (è?) (ê?) o
Open æ a /ɑ/

The digraph ae may represent long æ /ǣ/.

semi-vowel

There are 2 semi-vowel letters

y/j/, û/w/

consonant

There are 11 consonant letters

k, l, m, n, ng, ny, p, r, s, t, ts
Labial Dental Post-alv./
Palatal
Velar
Nasal m n ny /ɲ/ ng /ŋ/
Stop p t ts /t͡ʃ/ k
Fricative s
Trill r
Approximant l y /j/ û /w/