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

		def.	indef.	pers.
sing.	masc.	el	un	en
	neut.	lo (l')	uno (un')	ny (n')
	fem.	la (l')	una (un')	na (n')
pl.	masc.	los	uns	ons
	neut.		unys
	fem.

Article contractions

		a	de
def.	el	al	del
	lo	au (a l')	du (de l')
	la	a la (a l')	de la (de l')
	los	aus	dos
indef.	un	an	-
	uno	aun
	una	ana (a un')
	uns	auns
	unys
pers.		-

Determiners

Demonstrative determiners

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

Possessive determiners

				poss'd
				sing.			pl.
				masc.	neut.	fem.
poss.	sing.	1st	pers.	mon	my	ma	mes
			maj.	nôstre	nostro	nostra	nôstres
		2nd	inform.	ton	ty	ta	tes
			form.	vostre			vostres
		3rd	-	son	sy	sa	ses
			impers.	hôn	hy	ha
	pl.	1st		nostre			nostres
		2nd	inform.	ostre			ostres
			form.	vôstre			vôstres
		3rd		lurs			lurses

Interrogative determiners

		ident.
sing.	masc.	quel
	neut.	quello
	fem.	quella
pl.		quels

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		illys	ses	los	lûrs			eus	avesos

Personal pronouns

Demonstrative pronouns

Interrogative pronouns

	pers.			obs.			quant.
	sub.	dir. ob.	indir. ob.	sub.	dir. ob.	indir. ob.	sub.	dir. ob.	indir. ob.
sing.	Qui	A qui		Que		A que	Lequin		A lequin
pl.							Lequins		A lequins

Relative pronouns