Méir

Meiran
Méir
Pronunciation	[veir]
Created by	Aenil2
Date	2024

Meiran (autoglossonym: Méir; Meiran : [veir]) is an experimental language I created in 2024. This language is a playground for some ideas I had, like consonant mutation and vowel "merging".

Phonology

Consonants

Meiran consonants can have 2 readings each, a "broad reading" and a "slender reading", depending on the vowel that follows it

Broad readings

	Labial	Coronal	Dorsal
Nasals	m /m/	n /n/
Plosives	p /p/	t /t/, d /d/	k /k/
Fricatives		f /θ/, v /ð/, s /s/, c /ʃ/	x /x/
Other	w /w/	l /l/, r /r/	j /j/

Slender readings

	Labial	Coronal	Dorsal
Nasals			n /ɲ/
Plosives		t /ts/	k /c/
Fricatives	p /f/, m /v/	d /z/, f /ʃ/, v /ʒ/	c /ç/, j /ʝ/, s /ɣ/, x /h/
Other	w /ʋ/	r /ɹ/	l /ʎ/

Vowels

Meiran has 12 vowels, and their orthography uses a lot of "vowel merging"

Monophthongs

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i/í /i/	ie /ɨ/, ue /ʉ/	u/ú/ou /u/
Mid	é /e/, ea /ɛ/	e/o/eo /ə/	o/ó/oi /o/, oa /ɔ/
Open	ai/ae /æ/	á /ä/	a/au /ɒ/

Notes:

• The vowels in grey are slender vowels

Diphthongs

There are 4 diphthongs in Meiran :

• ui /wi/ - Slender
• io /jə/ - Slender
• ei /jɛ/ - Slender
• eu /jɔ/ - Broad

Grammar

Nouns

Meiran nouns are gendered, and can inflect for case and number

Genders

Nouns can be either Common or Neuter, which sets the inflection pattern of the noun Here are basic rules to deduce the gender :

Common

Nouns in the common gender often end with a broad vowel, or by a sonorant

Neuter

Nouns in the neuter gender ofter end with a slender vowel, or by an obstruant

Cases

Nouns can take one of 4 cases :

Nominative

The nominative case indicates the subject of a sentence, and the object of a predicate

Accusative

The accusative case indicates the direct object of a sentence

Dative

The dative case indicates the indirect object of a sentence

Prepositional

The dative case indicates the complement of a preposition

Numbers

Nouns can be inflected for the singular, dual and plural numbers

Paradigms

Declension of xau ("bird")

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	xau	xauel	xauteo
Accusative	xaun	xausie	xauke
Dative	xaurél	xauiná	xauexó
Prepositional	xauónail	xauevíl	xauamau

Declension of kit ("block")

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	kit	kitt	kitil
Accusative	kitói	kitmio	kitaltó
Dative	kiter	kitwán	kitcan
Prepositional	kitxínou	kitikánu	kituvé

Verbs

Verbs in Meiran can inflect for tense and mood, but can also take different non-finite forms