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Siren [SYR]
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Siren
Χιρα Sιρέν
[χiɻɐ siɻɛn]*
Registered by [Deactivated User] on 28 March 2018
Language type A priori
Species Human/humanoid
Sample of Siren[view] Mυν, κε υ καμπίsυμ χαι μποsκεμπ ι υ καμπίsε χαι μπυs, χαμα εzίsαι χα;

Well, if you don't eat beef, and you don't eat cow, how can you be alive‽
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Latest vocabulary
μορμέλυnsand dollar
καγρεzαadjsorrowful
Sound samples in Siren
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Χαμα νέτ τsυ;
How are you?
Ýο sε Sαραπύαμιρ.
I'm batman.
Sυπε sα ται.
I drink Blood.
Υ τέλο sε χιλίs χιρέμ sιρέν.
I can't speak name of language [well].
Ýο sε sε.
I am me
Κορsαι. Γέ χιλέτ χα χιρέμ sιρέν;
Hello. Do you speak [your conlang]?
Language family relationships
Language treeIsolates
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[view] About IsolatesThis is a family for isolate languages.
[view] Νυκααsι (Inland)Dialect spoken in various inland regions in Europe and Asia.

[n] becomes [ŋ] at end of word.
[view] Μορκααsι (Morkaalian)Dialect spoken by Sirens of the Pacific Ocean. Lexical differences influenced by Japanese, Spanish, and English.

Elision of [n] at the end of a word unless the next word begins with a vowel.
[view] Zιρκαsι (Zirkian)Spoken by Sirens around Greece.
Phonology
ConsonantsBilabialLabio-
dental
DentalAlveolarRetroflexPalatalLabio-
velar
VelarUvular
Nasal m     n   ɲ   [ŋ]1  
Plosive p b     t d       k g  
Fricative   f v [θ]2 [ð]3 s z       [x]4 χ
Affricate       t͡s d͡z          
Lateral approximant         ɭ        
Approximant         ɻ j [w]5    
  1. allophone of /n/
  2. allophone of /s/
  3. allophone of /z/
  4. allophone of /χ/
  5. allophone of /u/
VowelsFrontNear-
front
CentralBack
Close i i:     u u:
Near-close   ɪ    
Close-mid e e:     o o:
Mid     ə  
Open-mid ɛ      
Near-open [æ]1   ɐ ɐ:  
Polyphthongs ue ui uo ɐo ɐi ɐu
  1. allophone of /ɛ/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Siren. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 SirenOrthography
Ss
/s/
Zz
zέτ
/z/
Αα
αλφα
/ɐ/
Γγ
γαμ
/g/
Δδ
δέ
/d/
Εε
έχι
/e/
Ιι
ιύο
/i/
Κκ
κέ
/k/
Λλ
λέμ
/ɭ/
Μμ
μυ
/m/
Νν
νυ
/n/
Οο
ομι
/o/
Ππ
πι
/p/
Ρρ
ρο
/ɻ/
Ττ
το
/t/
Υυ
υχι
/u/
Φφ
φι
/f/
Χχ
χε
/χ/
Ωω
υμι
/v/
✖ Unknown alphabetical order
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    Typological information for Siren

    Base counting systemOctal (8)
    Morphosyntactic alignmentErgative/Absolutive
    Primary word orderVSO
    Verb agreementObject (direct) only
    Primary writing systemGreek

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