Meckelnish language

The Meckelnish language is an official language of the Kingdom of Meckelnburgh, where it is spoken second to Istvanistani by a majority of the population. Mekelnish is a Crando-Batavian language, with heavy influences of Alexandrian, another minority language in Meckelnburgh.

Old Meckelnish

Phonology

Old Meckelnish consonant phonemes

	Labial		Dental/ Alveolar		Palatal	Velar		Glottal
Nasal	m		n			(ŋ)
Plosive	p	b	t	d		k	(g)
Fricative (sibilant)	f	(v)	θ	(ð)	(ç / ç̠)	(x)	ɣ	h
			s	(z)
Approximant			l		j	w
Rhotic			ɾ

Notes:

• /f/, /θ/, /s/ were realized as /v/, /ð/, /z/ between vowels.
• /ɣ/ was realized as /g/ after /n/.
• /n/ was realized as /ŋ/ before /g, k/.
• /ɣ, h/ were realized as /x/ between vowels and in word-final positions.
• /ɣ, h/ were realized as /ç/ before front-closed vowels and /ç̠/ before front-open vowels.

Old Meckelnish monophthongs

	Front			Back
	unrounded		rounded
Close	i	iː	(y)	u	uː
Close-mid	(e)		(ø)	o	oː
Open-mid	ɛ	ɛː
Open	æ	æː		ɑ	ɑː

and diphthongs

	Front	Back
Close	(ei)
Mid	ɛu	(ɔi)
Open	(ai)	ɑu

Notes:

• /u/, /o/ were rounded as /y/, /ø/ before /i, j/.
• /e, ɛ/ were realized as /ei/ before /i/ and in word-final position.
• /ɑ, æ/ were realized as /ai/ before /i/.
• Only /e, u, y, ɑ/ appeared in unstressed syllables: /i, ɛ/ reduced to /e/ and /o/ reduced to /ɑ/.
• /y, e, ø/ only appeared as short vowels during rounding.
• /i, ɛ, e/, /o/, were realized as /ɛu/, /ou/ before /j, w/.
• /ɑ/ was realized as /ɑu/ before /w/ and /ɔi/ before /j/.
• /ɑu/ was realized as /ɔi/ before /i/.

Orthography

Ƀ ƀ Ð ð Æ æ Ƿ ƿ Ȝ ȝ digraphs for /x/? umlauts