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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. 
 
== Phonology ==
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>
{| class="wikitable"
!
!labial
!coronal
!dorsal
|- align="center"
!nasal
|m
|n
|
|- align="center"
!stop
|p b
|t d
|k g
|- align="center"
!fricative
|f
|s
|ː<ref>when word-initial, lengthens the final phoneme of the previous word</ref>
|- align="center"
!approximant
|l
|j
|- align="center"
!trill
|
|r
|
|}
Most linguists consider Kathyrian to have 6 monophthongs and one diphthong.
{| 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
|
|a
|
|- align="center"
!diphthong
|
| colspan="2" |au̯<ref>was probably historically /oː/</ref>
|}
 
== Orthography ==
Kathyrian seems to have a mostly phonemic orthography.
{| class="wikitable"
!natively
!latin transcription
!phoneme
|- align="center"
|Αα
|Aa
|a
|- align="center"
|Ββ
|Bb
|b
|- align="center"
|Γγ
|Gg
|g
|- align="center"
|Δδ
|Dd
|d
|- align="center"
|Εε
|Ee
|e
|- align="center"
|Ζζ
|Sd sd
|sd<ref>not its own phoneme, but a sequence that has its own letter</ref>
|- align="center"
|Ηη
|Yy
|- align="center"
|Ιι
|Jj
|j
i<ref>may have dialytika next to other vowel letters to specify it is representing a vowel</ref>
|- align="center"
|Κκ
|Kk
|k
|- align="center"
|Λλ
|Ll
|l
|- align="center"
|Μμ
|Mm
|m
|- align="center"
|Νν
|Nn
|n
|- align="center"
|Ξξ
|Ks ks
|ks<ref>not its own phoneme, but a sequence that has its own letter</ref>
|- align="center"
|Οο
|Oo
|o
|- align="center"
|Ππ
|Pp
|p
|- align="center"
|Ρρ
|Rr
|r
|- align="center"
|Σσς
|Ss
|s
|- align="center"
|Ττ
|Tt
|t
|- align="center"
|Υυ
|Vv
u<ref>may have dialytika next to other vowel letters to specify it is representing a vowel</ref>
|- align="center"
|Φφ
|Ff
|f
|- align="center"
|Χχ<ref>may sometimes be represented after consonant letters by repeating the letter instead</ref>
|Hh
|- align="center"
|Ψψ
|Ps ps
|ps<ref>not its own phoneme, but a sequence that has its own letter</ref>
|- align="center"
|Ωω
|Au au
|au̯
|}
 
== Footnotes ==
<references />

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