Iri [AHW]
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Iri
Iri (pronounced /ˈaɪɹiː/; known natively as Iria whaats‘ އިރއިއަ ޥއާޠ, meaning "people's language") is a language spoken by the Iri people, mostly in the country of Iriabats.
It uses Thaana as its primary script, but it is IN NO WAY related to Maldivian. I just like how it looks.
Iri can be written both right-to-left and left-to-right.
Iri is an SOV language.
It uses Thaana as its primary script, but it is IN NO WAY related to Maldivian. I just like how it looks.
Iri can be written both right-to-left and left-to-right.
Iri is an SOV language.
Sample of Iri[view] ޟއާދއީ ގއްށހއާބއަސއޫ ގއްސ ޟއާދއީ ތއާ ސއެ
Eating a clock is very time consuming[view all texts]
Eating a clock is very time consuming[view all texts]
Language family relationships
[view] About IraicIraic is a language family consisting of languages spoken in Iriabats and other places previously controlled by the now-defunct Iraic Empire. It consists of three main families – Mountain Iraic, Desert Iraic, and Plains Iraic.
[edit] [view] ށއާ (Eastern/Shaa)The Eastern or Shaa dialect (ޥއާޠއެދ ށއާ / whaats‘ed śaa) is a dialect of Iri. It is spoken mainly in the Shaa district of Iriabats. Its main feature is making ލ /ɬ/ instead of /ʎ̝̊/, and making ސ and ޒ apical instead of laminal.
[edit] [view] ޟއޯތ (Southern/Choot)The Southern or Choot dialect (ޥއާޠއެދ ޟއޯތ / whaats‘ed tśoot) is a dialect of Iri. It is spoken mainly in the Choot and Fema districts of Iriabats. Its main feature is discarding the rules about the pronunciation of ރ – instead of it only being pronounced /r/ at the end of words, it is instead always pronounced as a trill.
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Pharyngeal | Glottal | ||||||||||
| Nasal | m | n̪ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t̪ | d̪ | k | |||||||||||||||
| Fricative | s̻ | z̻ | ʃ | ʒ | ɣ | ħ | h | |||||||||||||
| Affricate | t͡s t͡sʼ | t͡ʃ t͡ʃʼ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l̪ | ʎ̝̥ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | ʋ | j | ʍ | w | ||||||||||||||||
| Trill | [r]1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Flap | ɾ | |||||||||||||||||||
- allophone of /ɾ/
| Vowels | Front | Back | ||
| Close | i i: | ɯ̞ | u u: | |
| Mid | e̞ e̞: | o̞ o̞: | ||
| Open | a a: | |||
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Iri. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 IriOrthography [edit] | ||||||||
| ހ he /h/ | ށ śe /ʃ/ | ނ ne /n̪/ | ރ re /ɾ/, [r] | ބ be /b/ | ޅ le /l̪/ | ކ ke /k/ | އަ ab /a/ | އާ aab /a:/ |
| އި ib /i/ | އީ iib /i:/ | އު ub /u/ | އޫ uub /u:/ | އެ eb /e̞/ | އޭ eeb /e̞:/ | އޮ ob /o̞/ | އޯ oob /o̞:/ | އް úb /ɯ̞/ |
| ވ we /w/ | މ me /m/ | ފ ve /ʋ/ | ދ de /d̪/ | ތ te /t̪/ | ލ łe /ʎ̝̥/ | ގ ge /ɣ/ | ސ se /s̻/ | ޒ ze /z̻/ |
| ޔ ye /j/ | ޕ pe /p/ | ޙ ħe /ħ/ | ޜ źe /ʒ/ | ޞ tś‘e /t͡ʃʼ/ | ޟ tśe /t͡ʃ/ | ޠ ts‘e /t͡sʼ/ | ޡ tse /t͡s/ | ޥ whe /ʍ/ |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | ||||||||
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