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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.
[Page contains only Old Meckelnish at this time]
Phonology
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 syllable-final positions.
- /ɣ, h/ were realized as /ç/ before front-closed vowels and /ç̠/ before front-open vowels.
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 |
Front | Back | |
---|---|---|
Close | (ei) | ou |
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/.
- /ɑ, æ/ were realized as /ai/ before /i/.
- /y, e, ø/ only appeared as short vowels during rounding.
- /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
A a | B b | D d | E e | F f | Ƀ ƀ | G g | H h | I i | J j | K k | L l | M m | N n | O o | P p | R r | S s | T t | U u | Æ æ | Ð ð | |
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Name | /ɑː/ | /bei/ | /dei/ | /ei/ | /ɛf/ | /vei/ | /çei/ | /ɑx/ | /iː/ | /jɑː/ | /kɑː/ | /ɛl/ | /ɛm/ | /ɛn/ | /oː/ | /pei/ | /ɛɾ/ | /ɛs/ | /tei/ | /uː/ | /æː/ | /ɛθ/ |
IPA | |
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b | /b/ |
d | /d/ |
f | /f/ |
ƀ | /v/ |
g | /ɣ/, /g/ |
gh | /x/, /ç~ç̠/ |
h | /h/ |
j | /j/ |
k | /k/ |
l | /l/ |
m | /m/ |
n | /n/, /ŋ/ |
p | /p/ |
r | /ɾ/ |
s | /s/, /z/ |
t | /t/ |
uu | /w/ |
ð | /θ/, /ð/ |
IPA | Notes | |
---|---|---|
a | /ɑ/, /ɑː/ | |
â | /ɑu/ | |
å | /ɔi/ | ⟨a⟩ before ⟨j⟩ |
ai | /ai/ | |
âi | /ɔi/ | |
e | /ɛ/, /ɛː/, /e/ | |
é | /ei/ | Word-final ⟨e⟩ |
ê | /ɛu/ | |
ei | /ei/ | |
i | /i/, /iː/ | |
o | /o/, /oː/ | |
ö | /ø/ | |
ô | /ou/ | |
u | /u/, /uː/ | |
ü | /y/ | |
æ | /æ/, /æː/ | |
æi | /ai/ |