Zindarri [ZNR]
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Language type
A priori
Place & SpeakersSpoken in:
North ZindarrOfficial South ZindarrOfficial
GallekhanRegional
TemayMinority
North ZindarrOfficial South ZindarrOfficial GallekhanRegional TemayMinoritySpecies
Human/humanoid
About Zindarri
Zindařal is a language spoken in much of Zindarr, spoken by some forty-percent of Zindarr as a home language and by most of the rest of the population as a lingua franca. It is mainly inspired by steppeland Turkic languages, as well as Tuvan, Avestan, and Czech.
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Language family relationships
Language treeMahavic
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Proto-Mahavic
⤷ Common Mahavic
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Old Mahavic
⤷ East Mahavic
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Proto-East Mahavic
⤷ Jovic
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Old Juhash
⤷ Old Zindarri
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Zindarri
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Proto-Mahavic⤷ Common Mahavic
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Old Mahavic⤷ East Mahavic
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Proto-East Mahavic⤷ Jovic
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Old Juhash⤷ Old Zindarri
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Zindarri[view] About MahavicThe Mahavic languages constitute the largest branch of the East Mirarian language family.
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |||||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ɴ [ɴ̰]1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | g | [q]2 | [ʔ]3 [ʔˤ]4 | ||||||||||||||
| Fricative | f | v | [ð]5 | s | z | ʃ | ʒ | [ʁ]6 [ʁ̰̞]7 | h | [ɦ]8 | ||||||||||||
| Affricate | t͡s | d͡z | t͡ʃ | d͡ʒ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | [ɭˠ]9 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Lateral flap | [ɺ]10 [ɺ̝ˢ]11 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | ɹ̥ | j | w | |||||||||||||||||||
| Trill | r r̝ˢ | |||||||||||||||||||||
- Creaky-voiced; allophone of /ɴ/ after /ɹ̥ r/.
- Allophone of /k/ after back vowels or in the proximity of pharyngeals
- Non-phonemic. Appears sporadically to separate would-be invalid clusters.
- Non-phonemic. Uncommon realization of certain ultra-reduced pharyngeal vowels.
- Alveolar; allophone of /ts dz/.
- Fricative; allophone of /r̝/ before /ɴ/.
- Creaky-voiced, approximant; allophone of /ɹ̥ r/ before /ɴ/.
- Occasional allophone of /v/.
- Allophone of /l/ in unstressed position.
- Allophone of /rl/.
- Allophone of /r̝l/.
| Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
| Close | i | y yˤ | [ɨ]1 | ʉ ʉˤ | u2 uˤ | |
| Close-mid | e | ø øˤ | [ɵ]3 [ɵˤ]4 | o oˤ | ||
| Mid | ə | |||||
| Near-open | [ɐ]5 | |||||
| Open | a6 aˤ7 | [ɶ]8 [ɶˤ]9 | ɑ10 | ɒ ɒˤ | ||
- Allophone of /i/ before nasals and in unstressed position.
- Commonly merged with /ʉ/.
- Allophone of /o/ near /ə/.
- Allophone of /oˤ/ near /ə/.
- Allophone of /a ɑ/ before rhotics and in unstressed position.
- Truly front, not central.
- Truly front, not central.
- Allophone of /ø/.
- Allophone of /øˤ/.
- Uncommon allophone of /a/. Occasionally preserved as a marginal phoneme in loanwords.
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Zindarri. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| ZindarriOrthography [edit] | |||||||||
| ä/a/1 | a/ɒ/ | ā/ɒˤ/ | b/b/ | č/t͡ʃ/ | d/d/ | e/ə/ | ë/e/ | f/f/ | g/g/ |
| h/h/, /w/ | i/i/ | j/d͡ʒ/ | k/k/ | l/l/ | m/m/ | n/n/ | ň/ɴ/ | ö/ø/ | o/o/, [ɵ]2 |
| ō/oˤ/ | p/p/ | q[q]3 | r/r/ | ř/r̝ˢ/ | ṙ/ɹ̥/ | š/ʃ/ | s/s/ | t/t/ | ū/ʉˤ/ |
| u/ʉ/ | ü/y/ | ǔ/uˤ/ | ů/u/4 | v/v/ | x/d͡z/ | y/j/ | ž/ʒ/ | z/z/ | |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | |||||||||
- Truly front, not central.
- Allophone of /o/ near /ə/.
- Allophone of /k/ after back vowels or in the proximity of pharyngeals
- Commonly merged with /ʉ/.
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