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Phiroltuli bzꜥe [pfiɾol'tuli.bza]

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Language type A posteriori

Species Human/humanoid

About Phiroltian Phiroltian is an ancient yet vibrant language that represents its own independent Caucasian family of languages. It exists in two versions: East Phiroltian (EastPhi) and West Phiroltian (WestPhi). EastPhi is based on the dialect of the Ararat valley and the city of Psalow; WestPhi originates from the Phiroltian dialects of Nortugal. EastPhi is the official language of the Sublime Imperial State of Phirolt, as well as the language of Phiroltes living in the former Soviet Union, Iran, and India. WestPhi is the language of the lesser Phirolte diaspora throughout the Middle East, Asia Minor, Europe, and the Americas. Now, however, it is difficult to draw a strict distinction between East and West Phiroltian communities, since the diaspora increasingly uses both varieties of Phiroltian. Differences between the two versions manifest themselves in both grammar and vocabulary, but most significantly in pronunciation, EastPhi being the most conservative. Orthography also differs: While in the early years of Soviet Phirolt a simplifying spelling reform was adopted for both dialects, most rules of traditional orthography as found in Gërabar, the Classical Phiroltian, were reinstituted in EastPhi. All these differences do not, however, greatly hinder communication between Phiroltians of different backgrounds.
The Phiroltian alphabet is a set of 80 characters with sereval origins but unique to Phiroltian, used in all three of its manifestations: Classical Phiroltian or Gërabar, EastPhi and WestPhi. This alphabet is the largest one in the world and has 60 consonants, 18 vowels and 2 signs, featuring also many mandatory variant letters and ligatures. Each letter has at least 3 forms: majuscule, and both book hand (ceremonial or for emphasis) and cursive (the usual) minuscules.

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Phonology

Consonants

Bilabial

Labio-
dental

Dental

Alveolar

Post-
Alveolar

Alveolo-
palatal

Palatal

Labio-
velar

Velar

Uvular

Pharyngeal

Glottal

Other

Nasal

m (ʰm)

[ŋ]¹ (ŋʷ) (ŋʲ)

Plosive

b bˢ

[t]² (tʼ)³ tʰ

k kʼ kʰ

(q)⁴

ʔ⁵

Fricative

θ (θ͇)⁶

(ð̬)

(ɕ:)

(ʁ)

(h)⁷

Affricate

p̪͡f⁸

b̪͡v

t̪͡θ t̪͡θ͇

t͡s t͡sʼ⁹

d͡z

t͡ʃ

d͡ʒ

t͡ɕʼ

k͡x¹⁰

Lateral approximant

[l]¹¹

Lateral fricative

ɬ¹²

Approximant

[j]¹³ [ǰ]¹⁴

[w]¹⁵ w̯

Trill

r r̥

Flap

Implosive

(ɗ)¹⁶

Blends	bʃ	fθ	bz	kʃ	gʒ	xʃ	bʒ	bs	ps	tp
Blends	pʃ	db	gz	ks	tfʼ	txʼ

originally allophonic, became a phoneme through loanwords
/t̚/, allophone of /t/
for semitic /tˁ/
it's usually pronunced as ejective /qʼ/
It's currently mute; only denotes syllable breaks /./
from semitic sˁ
It doesn't have a fixed pronunciation, may be /ħ/ or mute
from earlier /pʰ/
originally allophonic, became a phoneme through loanwords
from earlier /qʰ/
allophone of /ɮ/
for many speakers, merged with /ʃ/
allophone of /i/
allophone of /ʝ/
allophone of /u/
from semitic /dˤ/

Vowels	Front		Near- front	Central	Near- back		Back
Close	i i: ʷi	y:					ɯ̽:	u u:
Near-close			ɪ̆	ɪ̈¹		ʊ̆
Close-mid		ø:
Mid	e̞ ʲe̞ ĕ̞²			ə (ə:) (ə˞:)				o̞³ ŏ̞
Open-mid	ɛ:							ɔ:
Near-open	æ:⁴			ɐ̆⁵
Open				ä ä:				(ɒ)⁶ (ɒ:)⁷

/ᵻ ~ ə/
/e ~ ɛ/ = <e ~ ė>
/o ~ ɔ/ = <o ~ ȯ>
/æ: ≈ e:/
/ɐ̆ ~ ʌ̆/
very strange
/ɒ: ≈ o:/

Orthography

Below is the orthography for Phiroltian. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.

PhiroltianOrthography [edit]
'/ʔ/¹	Āā/ä:/	Ảả/ʕ/	Ăă/ɐ̆/²	Aa/ä/	Åå/ɒ:/³	Bb/b/	BS bs/bs/	BZ bz/bˢ/, /bz/	Cc/t͡s/	Čč/t͡ʃ/
Ċċ/t͡sʼ/⁴	Çç/c/	Dd/d/	Ḓḓ/ɗ/⁵	Ďď/ɗ/	DH dh/ð̬/⁶	Ėė/e̞/, /ʲe̞/	Ĕĕ/ĕ̞/⁷	Ēē/ɛ:/	Ee/e̞/	EI ei/i:/
EU eu/ɯ̽:/	Ff/f/	FH fh/fθ/	Gg/g/	Ġġ/ʛ/	GH gh/ɰ/	GZ gz/gz/	G̃ g̃/ŋʲ/⁸	Ḥḥ/ħ/	Ĭĭ/ɪ̆/	Ii/i/
Īī/i:/	Įį[j]	Kk/k/	KH kh/kʰ/	Ǩ ǩ/kʼ/	Ľľ/ɬ/⁹	Ḷḷ/ʎ/	Ll/ɮ/	LH lh/l/¹⁰	Mm/m/	MH mh/ʰm/¹¹
Ññ/ɲ/	Nn/n/	Ōō/ɔ:/	Ȯȯ/o̞/¹²	Oo/o̞/	Ŏŏ/ŏ̞/	Pp/ɓ/	PH ph/p̪͡f/¹³	PS ps/ps/	Qq/q/¹⁴	QH qh/k͡x/¹⁵
Ṙṙ/r/	Rr/ɾ/	RH rh/r̥/	Şş/ɕ:/¹⁶	SSß/θ͇/	Šš/ʃ/	Ss/s/	S̭ s̭/θ͇/¹⁷	Ṱṱ/tʼ/¹⁸	Ťť/tʼ/	Tt/t/
TF tf/tfʼ/	TH th/tʰ/	TX tx/txʼ/	T̰ t̰/tp/, [t]¹⁹	Ŭŭ/ʊ̆/, [w]	Uu/u/	Ūū/u:/	Vv/ʋ/	Ŵŵ/w̯/	Xx/x/	Ẍẍ/ks/
XH xh/xʃ/	Ÿÿ/ɪ̈/²⁰	Ȳȳ/y:/	Yy/ʝ/, [ǰ]	Ẏẏ/ʷi/	Żż/z/	Žž/ʒ/	Z̭ z̭/d͡z/²¹	Ææ/æ:/²²	Øø/ɥ/	Đđ/db/
Łł/ʟ/	Ŋŋ[ŋ]²³	Ŋ̇ ŋ̇/ŋʷ/²⁴	Œœ/ø:/	Ŧŧ/t̪͡θ/	Əə/ə/	Ə̄ ə̄/ə:/²⁵	Ƣƣ/ʁ/²⁶	Ǯǯ/d͡ʒ/	Ʒʒ/d͡z/	Ƕƕ/ʍ/
Ꞵβ/b̪͡v/	Θθ/θ/
✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change]

It's currently mute; only denotes syllable breaks /./
/ɐ̆ ~ ʌ̆/
/ɒ: ≈ o:/, loan words only
originally allophonic, became a phoneme through loanwords
from semitic /dˤ/, loan words only
loan words only
/e ~ ɛ/ = <e ~ ė>
loan words only
for many speakers, merged with /ʃ/
originally allophonic, became a phoneme through loanwords, loan words only
loan words only
/o ~ ɔ/ = <o ~ ȯ>
from earlier /pʰ/
it's usually pronunced as ejective /qʼ/, loan words only
from earlier /qʰ/
loan words only
from semitic sˁ, loan words only
for semitic /tˁ/, loan words only
/t̚/
/ᵻ ~ ə/
from semitic /ðˁ/, loan words only
/æ: ≈ e:/
originally allophonic, became a phoneme through loanwords
loan words only
loan words only
loan words only

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