Kyrean [KIR]
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[Deactivated User] on 27 December 2018
Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Kyrean
Version 2.0 of one of my earliest conlangs, Old Kyre Islander.
It remains:
Now with:
It remains:
- Polysynthetic, but now actually polysynthetic
- Filled with affricates
- Filled with long noun compounds
- With the KIR code, despite having no I in the name
Now with:
- Three different types of verbs based on transitivity
- More roots
- Less consonants in a row
- Consonant mutations
Sample of Kyrean[view] Azjeppífirxea. / Oz'anylyzjeppí a. / Oz'ányku túl azjeppí. / Azjeppí bit'úlna. / Oz'ányku bitú. / Bibitú.
The apple is red. / It is John's apple. / I give John the apple. / We want to give him the apple. / He gives it to John. / She gives it to him.[view all texts]
The apple is red. / It is John's apple. / I give John the apple. / We want to give him the apple. / He gives it to John. / She gives it to him.[view all texts]
Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | ||||||||||
Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||||||||||||||||
Plosive | p p: | b b: | t t: | d d: | k k: | g g: | ʔ | |||||||||||||
Fricative | v | ð | ɣ | ɦ | ||||||||||||||||
Affricate | p͡ɸʰ | b͡βʱ | ʰp̪͡f | b̪͡vʱ | t̪͡θʰ | d̪͡ðʱ | ʰt͡ʃ | d͡ʒʱ | k͡xʰ | g͡ɣʱ | ʰq͡χ | ɢ͡ʁʱ | ||||||||
Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||||||
Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||||||||
Trill | ʙ | r | ʀ |
Vowels | Front | Back | ||
Close | i íˑ | u úˑʲ | ||
Close-mid | ø ǿˑ | |||
Open-mid | ɛ ɛ́ˑ | ɔ ɔ́ˑʲ | ||
Open | ɶ | ɒ́ˑʲ |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Kyrean. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
KyreanOrthography [edit] | |||||||||
Aa/ɶ/ | Áá/ɒ́ˑʲ/ | Bb/b/ | B' b'/b͡βʱ/ | BB bb/b:/ | Cc/ʔ/ | Dd/d/ | D' d'/d̪͡ðʱ/ | DD dd/d:/ | Ee/ɛ/ |
Éé/ɛ́ˑ/ | Ff/ʙ/ | F' f'/ʰp̪͡f/ | Gg/g/ | G' g'/g͡ɣʱ/ | GG gg/g:/ | Hh/ɦ/ | H' h'/ʰq͡χ/ | Íí/íˑ/ | Ii/i/ |
Jj/j/ | Kk/k/ | K' k'/k͡xʰ/ | KK kk/k:/ | Ll/l/ | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ | Óó/ɔ́ˑʲ/ | Oo/ɔ/ | Pp/p/ |
P' p'/p͡ɸʰ/ | PP pp/p:/ | Qq/ŋ/ | Rr/r/ | Ss/ʀ/ | S' s'/ʰt͡ʃ/ | Tt/t/ | T' t'/t̪͡θʰ/ | TT tt/t:/ | Uu/u/ |
Úú/úˑʲ/ | Vv/v/ | V' v'/b̪͡vʱ/ | Ww/w/ | Xx/ɣ/ | X' x'/ɢ͡ʁʱ/ | Ýý/ǿˑ/ | Yy/ø/ | Zz/ð/ | Z' z'/d͡ʒʱ/ |
✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] |
Latest 8 related articles listed below.
Kyrean: Long Words
A list of words with 20 or more characters used in translati...
29-Dec-18 02:15Kyrean: Nouns
Now actually polysynthetic
29-Dec-18 01:36Kyrean: Verbs
Polysynthetic now!
29-Dec-18 01:20Kyrean: Case Usage
Cases
28-Dec-18 00:51Kyrean: Colloquial and Dialectal
The vowels drop
27-Dec-18 23:31Kyrean: Phonology
The phonology of Kyrean
27-Dec-18 16:17