Tihrkian [TIHRK]
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Language type
A priori
Place & SpeakersTihrkian is spoken in Gainxyx.
Species
Human/humanoid
About Tihrkian
Natt a Tihrkommskiht!
natʰ a tɪ:ɾkɔm:skɪ:t
(Ughsarkommskiht (Southern Tihrkian): natʰ a ɔʃ tɪəɾkɔm:skɪət)
(Xixanyxommskiht (Northern Tihrkian, Xixanian): nʲatʲ: a tʲɪ:ɾkʲɔm:skʲɪ:t)
”Welcome to the Tihrkian language!”
Tihrkian (known natively as Tihrkommskiht, “language of the people of Tihrk”), is the language spoken in the Tirhk islands, in the countries of
Gainxyx and 
Xixanyx.
Notations
▪ Non-pro-drop language
▪ Verbs are made by the main word + verb particle. Example: skiht ov (“to speak a language”).
▪ SVO word order (VOS word order in questions); the direct and indirect objects are written between the main verb and the verb particle. Example: Naitsirk nhym xenxair ov. (“I eat apples”) ≠ Nhym xenxair ov naitsirk? (“Do I eat apples?”)
▪ Nouns can be singular or plural. Plural is marked with -r after a vowel or -i after a consonant.
Tihrkian (known natively as Tihrkommskiht, “language of the people of Tihrk”), is the language spoken in the Tirhk islands, in the countries of
Gainxyx and Xixanyx.Notations
▪ Non-pro-drop language
▪ Verbs are made by the main word + verb particle. Example: skiht ov (“to speak a language”).
▪ SVO word order (VOS word order in questions); the direct and indirect objects are written between the main verb and the verb particle. Example: Naitsirk nhym xenxair ov. (“I eat apples”) ≠ Nhym xenxair ov naitsirk? (“Do I eat apples?”)
▪ Nouns can be singular or plural. Plural is marked with -r after a vowel or -i after a consonant.
Sample of Tihrkian[view] Daikh oma ent il ov nhenx tuhnaket
This person is not my mother.[view all texts]
This person is not my mother.[view all texts]
Sound samples in Tihrkian
Some sound samples of Tihrkian. Maximum of 6 shown. Click the links to see the full texts.
Us kabyx ent fyr us ilai ov.
A crown does not make a king.
A crown does not make a king.
Il ov urhur ent il ov? Taikh il ov ox jijek.
To be, or not to be? That is the question.
To be, or not to be? That is the question.
Nattxarembatohf, ne ox sol nhe khat uxu us av tni ov oke khat il ov il lai ov, nedaikhymfa, farem ne...
Yesterday, I saw a bird flying in the sky, so I thought of you. You always liked the sky. And birds.
Yesterday, I saw a bird flying in the sky, so I thought of you. You always liked the sky. And birds.
Nenatxahn nhe fehk ox enhxanhed ov,
Khihki nekhine ox fehkilaxbyhr diuy ihntxkihnt ohggor okhke kha...
As I burn the world down, You stand there amidst the ashes of a thousand fallen souls and ask them...
As I burn the world down, You stand there amidst the ashes of a thousand fallen souls and ask them...
"Po nehdh il ov us il oma."
"Nehdh il ov pumaffanx. Nhei il ov morahlu khi krakahlu....
"You're just a human being." "You’re right. We are mortal and fragile. But e...
"You're just a human being." "You’re right. We are mortal and fragile. But e...
Aiva khihki e il ov us alrh kervitti.
There's always another secret.
There's always another secret.
Language family relationships
Language treeTirkic
⤷ Proto-Tirkic
⤷ Pre-Tihrkian
⤷ Tribal Old Tihrkian
⤷ Post-Unification Old Tihrkian
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Tihrkian
⤷ Proto-Tirkic
⤷ Pre-Tihrkian
⤷ Tribal Old Tihrkian
⤷ Post-Unification Old Tihrkian
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Tihrkian[view] About TirkicThe Tirkic family is a family of languages spoken in the Tihrk Archipelago (Tihrk Island, Sol Islands and Mehlan Islands).
The sentence "I am happy" in Tirkic languages:
TIHRK : Nhe il ov elkfaflisanx
Mailanic: Nhai ...
The sentence "I am happy" in Tirkic languages:
Mailanic: Nhai ...
[edit] [view] Ughsarkommskit / Ughsarkommskiht (Southern Tihrkian)While standard Tihrkian is spoken in the majority of Tihrkyx Islands, a dialect of the language is spoken below the Southern Range (i.e., the Mehlan Islands, and the villages of Byhrtan and Gakyr)
PHONETICS:
- Lack of long vowels. “Byhrtan” (sometimes written as Byrtan) → Usak TIHRK [*bәʔәrtan] > [*bәʔrtan] > UGH [bәrtan]
- “DH” and “V” are pronounced [-θ] and [-ɸ] at the end of a word and before consonants.
- "TN" is mostly pronounced [n̪]
- "IH" is sometimes pronounced [ɪə̯]
PHONETICS:
- Lack of long vowels. “Byhrtan” (sometimes written as Byrtan) → Usak TIHRK [*bәʔәrtan] > [*bәʔrtan] > UGH [bәrtan]
- “DH” and “V” are pronounced [-θ] and [-ɸ] at the end of a word and before consonants.
- "TN" is mostly pronounced [n̪]
- "IH" is sometimes pronounced [ɪə̯]
[edit] [view] Xixanyxommskiht (Xixanian)While standard Tihrkian is spoken in the majority of Tihrkyx Islands (i.e., Gainxyx and the most southwest part of Xixanyx), a dialect of the language is spoken above the Sol Range.
PHONETICS:
- Almost every consonant in Xixanian is palatalized before a vowel.
- “R” is pronounced [ʐ-] at the beginning of a word.
- Doubled plosive consonants aren't pronounced aspirated, just longer, just as it was in Pre-Tihrkian. E.g., “atta” (“sand”) is pronounced [atʰa] in TIHRK, but [atːa] in Xixanian.
PHONETICS:
- Almost every consonant in Xixanian is palatalized before a vowel.
- “R” is pronounced [ʐ-] at the beginning of a word.
- Doubled plosive consonants aren't pronounced aspirated, just longer, just as it was in Pre-Tihrkian. E.g., “atta” (“sand”) is pronounced [atʰa] in TIHRK, but [atːa] in Xixanian.
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||||||||
| Nasal | m m: | n n: | ɲ | [ŋ]1 | ||||||||||||
| Plosive | p pʰ | b bʰ | t tʰ | d dʰ | k kʰ | g gʰ | ||||||||||
| Fricative | f f: | v v: | ð | s s: | ʃ ʃ: | ʝ̞ | ɣ | ɦ | ||||||||
| Affricate | t͡s t͡sʰ | t͡ʃ t͡ʃʰ | ||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l l: | |||||||||||||||
| Approximant | [j]2 | |||||||||||||||
| Trill | r | |||||||||||||||
| Flap | ɾ | |||||||||||||||
| Blends | ŋg ŋgʰ | ŋk ŋkʰ | ŋɦ |
- allophone of /n/
- allophone of /ɪ/
| Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Near- back | Back | |||||
| Near-close | ɪ ɪ: | ʊ ʊ: | ||||||||
| Mid | ə ə: | |||||||||
| Open-mid | ɛ ɛ: | ɔ ɔ: | ||||||||
| Open | a a: | |||||||||
| Polyphthongs | əw | ɛw | ɛj | aj | ʊj | əj | ɔw | ɪw | ɔj | aw |
| ɛɪ: | ʊɪ: | aɪ: | aʊ: | ɛʊ: | ɔɪ: | ɪʊ: | ɔʊ: | əɪ: | əʊ: |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Tihrkian. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| TihrkianOrthography [edit] | ||||||||
| Aa a /a/ | Bb byh /b/ | Dd dyh /d/ | Dh dh dhyh /ð/ | Ee e /ɛ/ | Ff fyh /f/ | Gg gyh /g/ | GH gh ghyh /ɣ/ | Ii i /ɪ/, [j] |
| Jj jyh /ʝ̞/ | Kk kyh /k/ | Kh kh khyh /ɦ/ | Ll lyh /l/ | Mm myh /m/ | Nn nyh /n/ | Nh nh nhyh /ɲ/ | Oo o /ɔ/ | Pp pyh /p/ |
| Rr ryh /ɾ/ | Rh rh rhyh /r/ | Ss syh /s/ | Tt tyh /t/ | Uu u /ʊ/ | Vv vyh /v/ | Xx xyh /ʃ/ | Yy y /ə/ | |
| ✔ Shown in correct order [change] | ||||||||
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