Kathyrian
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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 | κατχήριαϊυ |
| Number of speakers | 1[1] |
| Technical information | |
| Usage | Everything in Kathyria |
| Language code | kty |
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.[2]
| labial | coronal | dorsal | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nasal | m | n | |
| stop | p b | t d | k g |
| fricative | f | s | ː[3] |
| approximant | ʋ | l | j |
| trill | r |
Most linguists consider Kathyrian to have 6 monophthongs and one diphthong.
| front | central | back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| high | i | ɨ[4] | u |
| mid | e | o | |
| low | a | ||
| diphthong | au̯[5] | ||
Orthography
Kathyrian seems to have a mostly phonemic orthography.
| phoneme | natively | latin transcription |
|---|---|---|
| m | Μμ | Mm |
| n | Νν | Nn |
| p | Ππ | Pp |
| b | Ββ | Bb |
| t | Ττ | Tt |
| d | Δδ | Dd |
| k | Κκ | Kk |
| g | Γγ | Gg |
| f | Φφ | Ff |
| s | Σσς | Sſs |
| ː | Χχ[6] | Hh |
| ʋ | Υυ | Vv |
| l | Λλ | Ll |
| j | Ιι | Jj |
| r | Ρρ | Rr |
| i | Ιι[7] | Ii |
| ɨ | Ηη | Yy |
| u | Υυ[8] | Uu |
| e | Εε | Ee |
| o | Οο | Oo |
| a | Αα | Aa |
| au̯ | Ωω | Au au |
Footnotes
- ↑ in Nguhcraft, obviously
- ↑ 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/
- ↑ when word-initial, lengthens the final phoneme of the previous word
- ↑ was probably historically /eː/
- ↑ was probably historically /oː/
- ↑ may sometimes be represented after consonant letters by repeating the letter instead
- ↑ may have dialytika next to other vowel letters to specify it is representing a vowel
- ↑ may have dialytika next to other vowel letters to specify it is representing a vowel