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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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| Most linguists consider Kathyrian to have 6 monophthongs and one diphthong.
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| !
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| !front
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| !central
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| !back
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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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| !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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| |ɒ<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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| !natively
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| !latin transcription
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| !phoneme
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| |Α α
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| |A a
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| |a
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| |Β β
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| |B b
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| |b
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| |Γ γ
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| |G g
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| |g
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| |Δ δ
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| |D d
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| |d
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| |Ε ε
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| |E e
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| |e
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| |Ζ ζ
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| |Sd sd
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| |sd<ref>not its own phoneme, but a sequence that has its own letter</ref>
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| |Η η
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| |Y y
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| |ɨ
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| | rowspan="2" |Ι ι
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| |J j
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| |j
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| |I i
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| |i
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| |Κ κ
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| |K k
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| |k
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| |Λ λ
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| |L l
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| |l
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| |Μ μ
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| |M m
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| |m
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| |Ν ν
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| |N n
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| |n
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| |Ξ ξ
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| |Ks ks
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| |ks<ref>not its own phoneme, but a sequence that has its own letter</ref>
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| |Ο ο
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| |O o
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| |o
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| |Π π
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| |P p
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| |p
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| |Ρ ρ
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| |R r
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| |r
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| |Σ σ/ς
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| |S s
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| |s
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| |Τ τ
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| |T t
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| |t
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| | rowspan="2" |Υ υ
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| |V v
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| |ʋ
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| |U u
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| |u
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| |Φ φ
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| |F f
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| |f
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| |Χ χ
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| |H h
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| |ː<ref>may sometimes be represented after consonant letters by repeating the letter instead</ref>
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| |Ψ ψ
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| |Ps ps
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| |ps<ref>not its own phoneme, but a sequence that has its own letter</ref>
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| |- align="center"
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| |Ω ω
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| |Ao ao
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| |ɒ
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| |΄
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| |´
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| |<ref>used to mark irregular stress; regular stress falls on the penultimate syllable</ref>
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| |- align="center"
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| |¨
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| |¨
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| |<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 Latin transcription to specify /ao/ rather than /ɒ/</ref>
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| == Footnotes ==
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| <references />
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