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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.
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| 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/ |
etymology
The only one word whose etymology can be suggested is "kûot"
- kûot/kwot/ < PU *kota