Kathyrian
| 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.
| natively | latin transcription | phoneme |
|---|---|---|
| Αα | Aa | a |
| Ββ | Bb | b |
| Γγ | Gg | g |
| Δδ | Dd | d |
| Εε | Ee | e |
| Ζζ | Sd sd | sd[6] |
| Ηη | Yy | ɨ |
| Ιι | Jj | j
i[7] |
| Κκ | Kk | k |
| Λλ | Ll | l |
| Μμ | Mm | m |
| Νν | Nn | n |
| Ξξ | Ks ks | ks[8] |
| Οο | Oo | o |
| Ππ | Pp | p |
| Ρρ | Rr | r |
| Σσς | Ss | s |
| Ττ | Tt | t |
| Υυ | Vv | ʋ
u[9] |
| Φφ | Ff | f |
| Χχ[10] | Hh | ː |
| Ψψ | Ps ps | ps[11] |
| Ωω | Au au | au̯ |
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/
- ↑ not its own phoneme, but a sequence that has its own letter
- ↑ may have dialytika next to other vowel letters to specify it is representing a vowel
- ↑ not its own phoneme, but a sequence that has its own letter
- ↑ may have dialytika next to other vowel letters to specify it is representing a vowel
- ↑ may sometimes be represented after consonant letters by repeating the letter instead
- ↑ not its own phoneme, but a sequence that has its own letter