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| {{Infobox language|name=Kathyrian|pronunciation=/kəˈθɪrɪjən/|family=isolate|era=today|scripts=[[Greek alphabet]]|country=[[Kathyria]]|regulator=[[Katherine T. Awesome|katherine T. Awesome]]|endonym=κατχήριαϊυ|number=1<ref>in Nguhcraft, obviously</ref>|usage=Everything in Kathyria|lang-code=kty}}
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| '''Kathyrian''' (natively κατχήριαϊυ ''kathýrjaiv'' /kaˈtːɨrjaˌiʋ/) 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.
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| == Phonology ==
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| Kathyrian is usually analyzed to have 15 consonants.<ref>some linguists debate the inclusion of /ː/ as a consonant; those in favor of considering it a consonant argue that it is treated as a fricative in all scenarios and seems to have historically been /h/</ref>
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| {| class="wikitable"
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| !
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| !labial
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| !coronal
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| !dorsal
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| |- align="center"
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| !nasal
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| |m
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| |n
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| |- align="center"
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| !stop
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| |p b
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| |t d
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| |k g
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| |- align="center"
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| !fricative
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| |f
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| |s
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| |ː<ref>when word-initial, lengthens the final phoneme of the previous word</ref>
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| |- align="center"
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| !approximant
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| |ʋ
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| |l
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| |j
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| |- align="center"
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| !trill
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| |r
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| |}
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| Most linguists consider Kathyrian to have 6 monophthongs and one diphthong.
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| {| class="wikitable"
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| !
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| !front
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| !central
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| !back
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| |- align="center"
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| !high
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| |i
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| |ɨ<ref>was probably historically /eː/</ref>
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| |u
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| |- align="center"
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| !mid
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| |e
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| |o
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| |- align="center"
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| !low
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| |a
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| |- align="center"
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| !diphthong
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| | colspan="2" |au̯<ref>was probably historically /oː/</ref>
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| |}
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| == Orthography ==
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| Kathyrian seems to have a mostly phonemic orthography.
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| !phoneme
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| !natively
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| !latin transcription
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| |m
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| |Μμ
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| |Mm
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| |n
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| |Νν
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| |Nn
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| |- align="center"
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| |p
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| |Ππ
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| |Pp
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| |b
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| |Ββ
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| |Bb
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| |t
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| |Ττ
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| |Tt
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| |d
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| |Δδ
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| |Dd
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| |k
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| |Κκ
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| |Kk
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| |- align="center"
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| |g
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| |Γγ
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| |Gg
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| |- align="center"
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| |f
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| |Φφ
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| |Ff
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| |- align="center"
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| |s
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| |Σσς
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| |Ss
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| |- align="center"
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| |ː
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| |Χχ<ref>may sometimes be represented after consonant letters by repeating the letter instead</ref>
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| |Hh
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| |- align="center"
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| |ʋ
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| |Υυ
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| |Vv
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| |- align="center"
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| |l
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| |Λλ
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| |Ll
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| |- align="center"
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| |j
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| |Ιι
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| |Jj
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| |- align="center"
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| |r
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| |Ρρ
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| |Rr
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| |- align="center"
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| |sd<ref>not its own phoneme, but a sequence that has its own letter</ref>
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| |Ζζ
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| |Sd sd
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| |- align="center"
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| |ps<ref>not its own phoneme, but a sequence that has its own letter</ref>
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| |Ψψ
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| |Ps ps
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| |- align="center"
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| |ks<ref>not its own phoneme, but a sequence that has its own letter</ref>
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| |Ξξ
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| |Ks ks
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| |- align="center"
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| |i
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| |Ιι<ref>may have dialytika next to other vowel letters to specify it is representing a vowel</ref>
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| |Ii
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| |- align="center"
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| |ɨ
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| |Ηη
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| |Yy
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| |- align="center"
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| |u
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| |Υυ<ref>may have dialytika next to other vowel letters to specify it is representing a vowel</ref>
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| |Uu
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| |e
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| |Εε
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| |Ee
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| |- align="center"
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| |o
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| |Οο
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| |Oo
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| |a
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| |Αα
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| |Aa
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| |- align="center"
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| |au̯
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| |Ωω
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| |Au au
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| |}
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| == Footnotes ==
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| <references />
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