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Kathyrian
Pronunciation	/kəˈθɪrɪjən/
Language family	isolate
Era	today
Writing system	Greek alphabet
Official status
Spoken in	Kathyria
Regulated by	katherine T. Awesome
Speaker
Endonym	καθήριαϊυ
Number of speakers	1
Technical information
Usage	Everything in Kathyria
Language code	kty

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Latest revision as of 08:08, 20 January 2025

Kathyrian (natively καθήριαχϊυ kathýrjahiv /kæˈθɨrjæˌxiʋ/) is a language spoken in Kathyria. It officially uses the Greek alphabet. It seems to be a language isolate, as it bears no strong resemblance to any other known language.

Phonology

Kathyrian is usually analyzed to have 16 consonants.

	labial	coronal	dorsal
nasal	m	n
stop	p b	t d	k g
fricative	f	θ s	x
approximant	ʋ	l	j
trill		r

Most linguists consider Kathyrian to have 7 vowels.

	front	central	back
high	i	ɨ^[2]	u
mid	e		o
low	æ		ɒ^[3]

Orthography

Kathyrian seems to have a mostly phonemic orthography.

natively	romanized	phoneme
Α α	A a	æ
Β β	B b	b
Γ γ	G g	g
Δ δ	D d	d
Ε ε	E e	e
Ζ ζ	Zd zd	sd^[4]
Η η	Y y	ɨ
Θ θ	Th th	θ
Ι ι	J j	j
Ι ι	I i	i
Κ κ	K k	k
Λ λ	L l	l
Μ μ	M m	m
Ν ν	N n	n
Ξ ξ	Ks ks	ks^[5]
Ο ο	O o	o
Π π	P p	p
Ρ ρ	R r	r
Σ σ/ς	S s	s
Τ τ	T t	t
Υ υ	V v	ʋ
Υ υ	U u	u
Φ φ	F f	f
Χ χ	H h	x
Ψ ψ	Ps ps	ps^[6]
Ω ω	Ao ao	ɒ
΄	´	^[7]
¨	¨	^[8]

Footnotes

↑ in Nguhcraft, obviously
↑ was probably historically /eː/
↑ was probably historically /oː/
↑ not its own phoneme, but a sequence that has its own letter
↑ not its own phoneme, but a sequence that has its own letter
↑ not its own phoneme, but a sequence that has its own letter
↑ used to mark irregular stress; regular stress falls on the penultimate syllable
↑ used to indicate that υ or ι is pronounced as the vowel phoneme rather than the consonant when next to another vowel letter; only used in the romanization to specify /æo/ rather than /ɒ/ or /tx/ rather than /θ/

[1] Nguhcraft, obviously

[2] was probably historically /eː/

[3] was probably historically /oː/

[4] t its own phoneme, but a sequence that has its own letter

[5] t its own phoneme, but a sequence that has its own letter

[6] t its own phoneme, but a sequence that has its own letter

[7] used to mark irregular stress; regular stress falls on the penultimate syllable

[8] used to indicate that υ or ι is pronounced as the vowel phoneme rather than the consonant when next to another vowel letter; only used in the romanization to specify /æo/ rather than /ɒ/ or /tx/ rather than /θ/

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-'''Page is under construction. Please be patient.'''
+{{Infobox language|name=Kathyrian|pronunciation=/kəˈθɪrɪjən/|family=isolate|era=today|scripts=[[Greek alphabet]]|country=[[Kathyria]]|regulator=[[Katherine T. Awesome|katherine T. Awesome]]|endonym=καθήριαϊυ|number=1<ref>in Nguhcraft, obviously</ref>|usage=Everything in Kathyria|lang-code=kty}}
+'''Kathyrian''' (natively καθήριαχϊυ ''kathýrjahiv'' /kæˈθɨrjæˌxiʋ/) is a language spoken in [[Kathyria]]. It officially uses the [[Greek alphabet]]. It seems to be a language isolate, as it bears no strong resemblance to any other known language.
+== Phonology ==
+Kathyrian is usually analyzed to have 16 consonants.
+{| class="wikitable"
+!
+!labial
+!coronal
+!dorsal
+|- align="center"
+!nasal
+|m
+|n
+|
+|- align="center"
+!stop
+|p b
+|t d
+|k g
+|- align="center"
+!fricative
+|f
+|θ s
+|x
+|- align="center"
+!approximant
+|ʋ
+|l
+|j
+|- align="center"
+!trill
+|
+|r
+|
+|}
+Most linguists consider Kathyrian to have 7 vowels.
+{| class="wikitable"
+!
+!front
+!central
+!back
+|- align="center"
+!high
+|i
+|ɨ<ref>was probably historically /eː/</ref>
+|u
+|- align="center"
+!mid
+|e
+|
+|o
+|- align="center"
+!low
+|æ
+|
+|ɒ<ref>was probably historically /oː/</ref>
+|}
+== Orthography ==
+Kathyrian seems to have a mostly phonemic orthography.
+{| class="wikitable"
+!natively
+!romanized
+!phoneme
+|- align="center"
+|Α α
+|A a
+|æ
+|- align="center"
+|Β β
+|B b
+|b
+|- align="center"
+|Γ γ
+|G g
+|g
+|- align="center"
+|Δ δ
+|D d
+|d
+|- align="center"
+|Ε ε
+|E e
+|e
+|- align="center"
+|Ζ ζ
+|Zd zd
+|sd<ref>not its own phoneme, but a sequence that has its own letter</ref>
+|- align="center"
+|Η η
+|Y y
+|ɨ
+|- align="center"
+|Θ θ
+|Th th
+|θ
+|- align="center"
+| rowspan="2" |Ι ι
+|J j
+|j
+|- align="center"
+|I i
+|i
+|- align="center"
+|Κ κ
+|K k
+|k
+|- align="center"
+|Λ λ
+|L l
+|l
+|- align="center"
+|Μ μ
+|M m
+|m
+|- align="center"
+|Ν ν
+|N n
+|n
+|- align="center"
+|Ξ ξ
+|Ks ks
+|ks<ref>not its own phoneme, but a sequence that has its own letter</ref>
+|- align="center"
+|Ο ο
+|O o
+|o
+|- align="center"
+|Π π
+|P p
+|p
+|- align="center"
+|Ρ ρ
+|R r
+|r
+|- align="center"
+|Σ σ/ς
+|S s
+|s
+|- align="center"
+|Τ τ
+|T t
+|t
+|- align="center"
+| rowspan="2" |Υ υ
+|V v
+|ʋ
+|- align="center"
+|U u
+|u
+|- align="center"
+|Φ φ
+|F f
+|f
+|- align="center"
+|Χ χ
+|H h
+|x
+|- align="center"
+|Ψ ψ
+|Ps ps
+|ps<ref>not its own phoneme, but a sequence that has its own letter</ref>
+|- align="center"
+|Ω ω
+|Ao ao
+|ɒ
+|- align="center"
+|΄
+|´
+|<ref>used to mark irregular stress; regular stress falls on the penultimate syllable</ref>
+|- align="center"
+|¨
+|¨
+|<ref>used to indicate that υ or ι is pronounced as the vowel phoneme rather than the consonant when next to another vowel letter; only used in the romanization to specify /æo/ rather than /ɒ/ or /tx/ rather than /θ/</ref>
+|}
+== Footnotes ==
+<references />

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