Meckelnish language

The Meckelnish language is an official language of the Kingdom of Meckelnburgh, where it is spoken as a second language to Istvanistani by a majority of the population. Mekelnish is a Machiavellic language, most closely related to Alexandrian and Martino, two other minority languages in Meckelnburgh.

Phonology

Consonants

	Labial		Alveolar		Post-alv.		Dorsal
Nasal	m		n				ɲ
Plosive	p	b	t	d			k	g
Affricate			t͡s	d͡z	t͡ʃ	d͡ʒ
Fricative	f	v	s	z	ʃ	ʒ	ç
Approximant			ɹ				j
Lateral Approx.			l				ʎ

Vowels

	Front		Ctr'l	Back
Close	i	ʏ			u
Close-Mid			ə		o
Open-Mid	ɛ				ɔ̃
Open	a		ɐ	ɑ̃
Diphthongs	au̯   eu̯   ɔi̯

Orthography

Letter	Name	Name (IPA)	Diacritics
A a	a	/a/	Â â
B b	bi	/bi/
C c	ca	/t͡sa/
D d	di	/di/
E e	e	/ɛ/	Ê ê
F f	fi	/fi/
G g	gi	/gi/
H h	hu	/çu/
I i	i	/i/	Ï ï, Î î
L l	elle	/ɛʎə/
M m	em	/ɛm/
N n	en	/ɛn/
O o	o	/o/	Ô ô
P p	pi	/pi/
Q q	quy	/kʏ/
R r	erre	/ɛjə/
S s	si	/si/
T t	ti	/ti/
U u	u	/u/	Ü ü, Û û
V v	vi	/vi/
Y y	y	/ʏ/	Ŷ ŷ
Z z	zi	/zi/

Sound to spelling correspondences

Consonants

Spelling		Major value (IPA)	Examples	Notes
b		/b/
c		/t͡s/
ch		/t͡ʃ/
d		/d/
dz		/d͡z/
dzh		/d͡ʒ/
f		/f/
g		/g/
gn		/ɲ/
h	initially before close vowel	/ç/
	elsewhere	Ø
l		/l/
ll		/ʎ/		All occurrences of ⟨l⟩ between vowels
m		/m/
n		/n/
p		/p/
qu		/k/
r		/ɹ/
rr		/j/		Occurs only between vowels
r·r		/ɹ꞉/		To suppress /j/ in ⟨rr⟩ between vowels
s		/s/
sh		/ʃ/
t		/t/
v		/v/
z		/z/
zh		/ʒ/

Vowels

Spelling		Major value (IPA)	Examples	Minor value (IPA)	Notes
a	elsewhere	/a/		/ɐ/	Minor value in unstressed syllables
	before nasal consonant	/ɑ̃/
â	elsewhere	/a꞉/		/ɐ꞉/	Minor value in unstressed syllables
	before nasal consonant	/ɑ̃꞉/
au		/au̯/
âu		/a꞉u̯/
aü		/a.u/		/ɐ.u/	Minor value in unstressed syllables
âü		/a꞉.u/		/ɐ꞉.u/	Minor value in unstressed syllables
e		/ɛ/		/ə/	Minor value in unstressed syllables
ê		/ɛ꞉/		/ə꞉/	Minor value in unstressed syllables
eu		/eu̯/
êu		/e꞉u̯/
eü		/ɛ.u/		/ə.u/	Minor value in unstressed syllables
êü		/ɛ꞉.u/		/ə꞉.u/	Minor value in unstressed syllables
i, ï		/i/
î		/i꞉/
o	elsewhere	/o/
	before nasal consonant	/ɔ̃/
ô	elsewhere	/o꞉/
	before nasal consonant	/ɔ̃꞉/
oi		/ɔi̯/
ôi		/ɔ꞉i̯/
oï		/o.i/
ôï		/o꞉.i/
u, ü	elsewhere	/u/
	after the letter Q	Ø
û	elsewhere	/u꞉/
	after the letter Q	Ø
y		/ʏ/		/ə/	Minor value in unstressed syllables
ŷ		/ʏ꞉/		/ə꞉/	Minor value in unstressed syllables

Grammar

Articles

Definite article

	masc.	neut.	fem.
sing.	el	lo (l')	la (l')
pl.	los

Definite article contractions

	a	de
el	al	del
lo	au (a l')	du (de l')
la	a la (a l')	de la (de l')
los	aus	dos

Indefinite article

	masc.	neut.	fem.
sing.	un	uno (un')	una (un')
pl.	uns	unys

Indefinite article contractions

	a
un	an
uno	aun
una	ana (a un')
uns	auns
unys

Personal article

	masc.	neut.	fem.
sing.	en	ny (n')	na (n')
pl.	ons

Determiners

Demonstrative determiners

		prox.	med.	dist.
sing.	masc.	cete	ciquy	aquel
	neut.	ceto		aquello
	fem.	ceta	ciqua	aquella
pl.		cets		aquels

Possessive determiners

Interrogative determiners

Pronouns

Personal pronouns

			sub.	reflex.	dir. ob.	indir. ob.			prep.	comit.
						-	a	de
sing.	1st	pers.	zhe (zh')	me (m')					moi	avemo
		maj.	nôs						noi	aveb nôs
	2nd	inform.	tu	te (t')					toi	aveto
		form.	voste							aveb voste
	3rd	masc.	il	se (s')	el	lur	y	in	eu	aveso
		neut.	ello		lo (l')
		fem.	ella		la (l')
		impers.	hon		ên				soi
pl.	1st		nos							avenos
	2nd	inform.	vos	os					vos	avevos
		form.	vostes							aveb vostes
	3rd		ils	ses	los	lurs			eus	avesos

Possessive pronouns

Interrogative pronouns

Demonstrative pronouns