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'''Sintsiran''' (Sintsiran: ''sínsirōs'') is a language spoken by the Sintsiran people, a nationless people living on the Baltics, Eastern and Central Scandinavia, and parts of Central Europe. It is the sole surviving language of the Sintsiric branch of the Indo-European family. The language has a vocabulary that is inherited from Proto-Indo-European, along with words borrowed from Proto-Slavic, Proto-Germanic, Latin, and Koine Greek. This language can be written using the Sintsiran script or the Latin script. | '''Sintsiran''' (Sintsiran: ''sínsirōs'') is a language spoken by the Sintsiran people, a nationless people living on the Baltics, Eastern and Central Scandinavia, and parts of Central Europe. It is the sole surviving language of the Sintsiric branch of the Indo-European family. The language has a vocabulary that is inherited from Proto-Indo-European, along with words borrowed from Proto-Slavic, Proto-Germanic, Latin, and Koine Greek. This language can be written using the Sintsiran script or the Latin script. | ||
= Etymology = | == Etymology == | ||
The word "Sintsiran" comes from the name of the lands of the Sintsiran people in Russian, Синцира (Sincira), which comes from the word in Sintsiran, ''Sínsirā'', which in turn is comprised of three words: ''se'' (self), ''ins-'' (people, tribe), and ''íra'' (land). | The word "Sintsiran" comes from the name of the lands of the Sintsiran people in Russian, Синцира (Sincira), which comes from the word in Sintsiran, ''Sínsirā'', which in turn is comprised of three words: ''se'' (self), ''ins-'' (people, tribe), and ''íra'' (land). | ||
==Phonology== | |||
===Consonants=== | |||
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:autmargin:auto;" | |||
|+caption | Consonant phonemes | |||
|- | |||
! colspan="2" | | |||
! | Labial | |||
! | Dental | |||
! | Velar / Palatal | |||
|- | |||
|- style="text-align:center;" | |||
! colspan="2" | Nasal | |||
| m | |||
| n | |||
| | |||
|- style="text-align:center;" | |||
! rowspan="2" | Plosive | |||
! <small> voiceless <small> | |||
| p | |||
| t | |||
| k | |||
|- style="text-align:center;" | |||
! <small> voiced <small> | |||
| b | |||
| d | |||
| g | |||
|- style="text-align:center;" | |||
! rowspan="2" | Fricative | |||
! <small>voiceless</small> | |||
| f | |||
| s | |||
| x | |||
|- style="text-align:center;" | |||
! <small>voiced</small> | |||
| v | |||
| z | |||
| | |||
|- style="text-align:center;" | |||
! colspan="2" | Other | |||
| w | |||
| l, r | |||
| j | |||
|} | |||
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