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==General information== | ==General information== | ||
Metin is a | Metin is the official lingua franca of a confederation of human states known as The Encirclement (sxuDaiwe). It is published and standardized by a division of said body known as The Library (sxuQ'ostin). It has spoken, written, and binary forms, spanning all modes and media of communication. The full breadth of the language is used for interpersonal communication and the law, | ||
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simpler machines and devices. It is descended from an amalgamation of popular human and machine dialects that preceded the formation of the sxuDaiwe. | |||
==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
===Consonants=== | ===Consonants=== | ||
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! | |+ Pairs of consonant realizations and their romanizations are presented. Some consonants are romanized differently depending on whether or not they are in the onset or coda of a syllable, these are presented as comma separated pairs. Those which are marginal are indicated with an asterisk. Tildes separate the multiple realizations of a given singular consonant phoneme.|- | ||
! | !Manner↓ Place→ !!Bilabial !! Dental !! Lateral !! Alveolar !! Alveopalatal !! Retroflex !! Palatal !! Velar !! Labiovelar !! Uvular !! Glottal |- | ||
! | ! Voiceless Stop ||/p/ p* ||/t̪/ t || || || ||/ʈ/ th ||/c/ c ||/k/ k ||/k͡p/ kp ||/q/ q || |- | ||
! | ! Voiced Stop ||/b/ b* ||/d̪/ d || || || ||/ɖ/ d̨ ||/ɟ/ j ||/g/ g ||/g͡b/ gb || || |- | ||
! | ! Breathy Stop ||/bʰ/ bh ||/d̪ʰ/ dh || || || ||/ɖʰ/ d̨h ||/ɟʰ/ jh ||/gʰ/ gh ||/g͡bʰ/ gbh || || |- | ||
! | ! Ejective Stop || ||/t̪ʼ/ t' || || || ||/ʈʼ/ th' ||/cʼ/ c' ||/kʼ/ k' ||/k͡pʼ/ kp' ||/qʼ/ q' || |- | ||
! | ! Nasal Stop ||/m~n/ m,n|| || || || || || || || || || |- | ||
! | ! Voiceless Fricative||/f/ f ||/θ/ tj,t ||/ɬ/ ł ||/s/ s ||/ɕ/ sx ||/ʂ/ sh ||/ç/ ç,c ||/x/ x || || || |- | ||
! | ! Voiceless Affricate|| || ||/t͡ɬ/ tł ||/t͡s/ ts ||/t͡ɕ/ cx ||/ʈ͡ʂ/ ch || ||/ɣ/ gj,g || || || |- | ||
! | ! Voiced Fricative ||/β/ w || | ||
|- | /ð/ dj,d ||/ɮ/ ɮ ||/z/ z ||/ʑ/ zx ||/ʐ/ z̨ ||/ʝ/ y || || || || /h/ h |- | ||
! | ! Voiced Affricate || || ||/d͡l/ dl* ||/d͡z/ dz* ||/d͡ʑ/ jx ||/ɖ͡ʐ/ j̨ || || || || || |- | ||
| | ! Breathy Fricative ||/βʰ/ wh ||/ðʰ/ dhj,dh||/ɮʰ/ ɮʰ ||/zʰ/ zh ||/ʑʰ/ zxh ||/ʐʰ/ z̨h ||/ʝʰ/ yh || || || || |- | ||
! Breathy Affricate || || ||/d͡lʰ/ dlh*/||/d͡zʰ/ dzh*||/d͡ʑʰ/ jxh ||/ɖʐʰ/ j̨h || || || || || |- | |||
! Ejective Affricate || ||/t̪͡θʼ/ tj' ||/t͡ɬʼ/ tł' ||/t͡sʼ/ ts' ||/t͡ɕʼ/ cx' ||/ʈ͡ʂʼ/ ch' || || || ||/qχʼ/ qx'|| |- | |||
! Velar Affricate ||/p͡x/ px || || || || ||/ʈ͡x/ thx || || || || || |- | |||
| | ! Velar EJective Affricate ||/pxʼ/ px' ||/t̪xʼ/ tx' || || || ||/ʈ͡xʼ/ thx' || ||/k͡xʼ/ kx' || || || |- | ||
| | ! Approximant ||/w/ u || ||/l/ l || || || ||/j/ i || || ||/ʀ/ r || |- | ||
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===Vowels=== | ===Vowels=== | ||
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! | !Close ||/i/ i ||/ɨ/ į ||/u/ u |- | ||
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