Nieren [MNP]
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Nieren
Mnéren /ᶮɲeɾə̃/ - lit. 'of the great people'
- Nieren is an a priori conlang with sporadic inspirations from Turkish, Mandarin, and Arabic to an extent
- Medium-sized phonology. Vowel length is lexical and nasalization of central vowels is not uncommon
- SOV, strongly head-final, nominative-accusative alignment, mostly agglutinative with a handful of modal particles
- There are 8 basic noun suffixes, including a widely used 'attributive' suffix and a 'collective' suffix
- Nouns are not marked for definiteness
- Aspect and voice are conveyed through prefixes and mood and tense are conveyed through verb suffixes
- Adjectives may take one of three temporal forms (past, present, future), which are unrelated to the tense of the clause.
Sample of Nieren[view] Lúvahr esra kambémú! Nihsvamen mnéśilmó liruhn dja.
A storm is approaching! We should take shelter![view all texts]
A storm is approaching! We should take shelter![view all texts]
Sound samples in Nieren
Some sound samples of Nieren. Maximum of 6 shown. Click the links to see the full texts.
Ko śega amgel? Go uśtu léha bégiv kalusad, és amgel śen xúhe balda sohn bégi léha gémú; és amgel bég...
What do you mean? Do you wish me a good morning, or mean that it is a good morning whether I want it...
What do you mean? Do you wish me a good morning, or mean that it is a good morning whether I want it...
Jaryha kutu tśav baid sék maksina denśov iste saśrah. Sivérvódé koda ten ajoladé ko innu jaryha kahe...
It's a great thing when you realize you still have the ability to surprise yourself. Makes you wonde...
It's a great thing when you realize you still have the ability to surprise yourself. Makes you wonde...
Névnék ilk dém ma nóśbeh. Dośtonov súva akodś.
I am free of all prejudice. I hate everyone equally.
I am free of all prejudice. I hate everyone equally.
Umrakúmó iksek gibé aivóś. Térsahlilbe gélyb, śoja gémúna denśov xútú jéib, da tśimen giryl xúhe iry...
I’ve been like a mother to that girl. I’ve locked her in her room, told her she was fat, and once I ...
I’ve been like a mother to that girl. I’ve locked her in her room, told her she was fat, and once I ...
Dojmiśen dojmov ten avisulatilé súvenov télśen júsaj orma.
Now I think I understand, how the world can overcome a man.
Now I think I understand, how the world can overcome a man.
Sivistébe lestéllé esekti ħútybeh, lla dérinllé devrat solé démókras as ħúrúmda ko djoħivgévó? Ú gik...
In Switzerland they had brotherly love – and 500 years of democracy and peace, and what did that pro...
In Switzerland they had brotherly love – and 500 years of democracy and peace, and what did that pro...
Language family relationships
[view] Śemasa (Semiran)Spoken in the mountainous regions of Semira, Śemasa is characterized by voicing of medial 's' and 'ɕ' and the loss of long vowels as well as some other vowel shifts and lexical differences.
Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Alveolo- palatal | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Glottal | ||||||||
Nasal | m | n | [ᶮɲ]1 | [ŋ]2 | ||||||||||||
Plosive | b [ᵐbʲ] | t̪ | d | k | g | [ʔ]3 | ||||||||||
Fricative | [β]4 | v | s | ɕ | x | |||||||||||
Affricate | t͡ɕ | [d͡ʑ] | [ᶮɟ͡ʝ]5 | |||||||||||||
Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||
Approximant | j | w6 | ||||||||||||||
Flap | ɾ7 |
- written as 'mn', allophone of /n/
- after nasal vowels, allophone of /n/
- occurs when voiced stop meets unvoiced stop
- occurs only at the end of words, allophone of /v/
- allophone of /g/
- only initially or after consonants
- assimilates to preceding liquids (/l/, /ɾ/) and nasals
Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
Close | y y: | ɨ ɨ: [ɨ̃] | u u: | |||
Close-mid | e e: | |||||
Mid | ə ə: [ə̃] | |||||
Open-mid | ʌ ʌ: | ɔ ɔ: | ||||
Near-open | ɐ ɐ: [ɐ̃] | |||||
Open | ɑ ɑ: |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Nieren. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
NierenOrthography | |||||||||||
Aa/ɐ/ | Bb/b/ | Dd/d/ | Éé/e/ | Ee/ə/ | Gg/g/ | Hh// | Ii/ɨ/ | Jj/j/ | Kk/k/ | Ll/l/ | Mm/m/ |
Nn/n/ | Óó/ɔ/ | Oo/ɑ/ | Rr/ɾ/1 | Ss/s/ | Śś/ɕ/ | Tt/t̪/ | Uu/ʌ/ | Úú/u/ | Vv/v/ | Xx/x/ | Yy/y/ |
✖ Unknown alphabetical order |
- assimilates to preceding liquids (/l/, /ɾ/) and nasals
Latest 8 related articles listed below.
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Intro to Active and Passive Participles
22-Mar-17 04:56Forming Questions 06-Mar-16 21:28
Conditional Phrases 06-Mar-16 20:38
Relative and Subordinate Clauses 06-Mar-16 20:28
Adverbial clauses 22-Oct-15 16:43