Kathyrian
Kathyrian Urmhu (natively Cäþiriacen Urmhu [kəθɪjˈjɑkɛn ˈʊɰmʊ]) is a language spoken in Kathyria. It is the revised version of Kathyrian. It officially uses the Kathyrian alphabet.
Phonology
Kathyrian is analyzed to have 30 consonants and 9 vowels. The consonant inventory is as follows:
labial | coronal | palatal | velar | uvular | glottal | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
nasal | m | n | ɲ | ||||
stop | voiceless | p | t | k | |||
sibilant | p͡s | t͡s | t͡ʃ | k͡s | |||
voiced | b | d | d͡ʒ | g | |||
fricative | voiceless | f | θ | χ | h | ||
voiceless sibilant | s | ʃ | |||||
lateral | ɬ | ||||||
voiced | v | ð | ɣ | ʁ | |||
voiced sibilant | z | ʒ | |||||
approximant | w | l | j | (w) |
And the vowel inventory is:
front | back | |
---|---|---|
high oral | i | u |
high nasal | ĩ | ũ |
mid | e | o |
low oral | æ | ɑ |
low nasal | ã |
Stress is placed on the final syllable if it is open and has a non-low vowel. Otherwise, stress falls on the penultimate syllable. Monosyllabic words are always stressed.