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The Gátire language
[box]Gátire Gátir ið Га̄тир ид̶ [ɡaːtir'ið] Speakers: [nation]Bouncepot[/nation]: ~1,000,000 (2023 census) Elsewhere: ~100,000 Status: Vulnerable Family: Ridinian (East) Evolution: Proto-Ridinian Old East Ridinian Old Pelsaquin* (disputed) Old Pelsaquin with heavy phonetic influence from Elfdalian and Swedish* (Disputed) Gátire Dialects: Western (status: Vulnerable) Speakers: ~1,000,000 Eastern (Status: Definitely Endangered) Speakers: ~100,000 [/box] Gátire is an East-Ridinian language spoken in the grand division of Gátirea in Bouncepot, there is some overlap into bordering divisions though, mostly Štisë & Ţisna. [b]Phonology[/b] I don't know what to say here so have this [b] Consonants [/b] [box] nasal: m n ɲ ŋ ɴ¹ stop: p b t d k g q affricate: ts tʃ dʒ² qχ³ fricative: f v ð s z ʃ ʒ x ɦ approximant: w l ɾ j ɫ [/box] ^1 Allophone of [ŋ] before [q] ^2 officially considered a cluster of [d] & [ʒ] mostly used in loan words from Persian & English ^3 Allophone of [q] before all front vowels before [e] & [æ] [b]Vowels[/b] [box]close: i y ɨ u nearclose: ɪ ʊ closemid: e ə ɵ̞ o open: æ ɐ aː [/box] [b] orthography[/b] The Gátire alphabet consists of 39 letters (40 if you count Dž) [box]Aa [ɐ] Áá [aː] Ää [æ] Bb [b~b̪] Cc [ts] Čč [tʃ] Dd [d] *Dždž [dʒ] Ðð [ð] Ee [e] Ëë [ə] Ff [f] Gg [g] Hh [ɦ] Ħħ [x] Ii [i] Ïï [ɪ] Jj [j] Kk [k] Ll [l] Łł [ɫ] Mm [m] Nn [n] Ññ [ɲ] Ŋŋ [ŋ~ɴ] Oo [o] Öö [ɵ̞] Pp [p~p̪] Qq [q] Rr [ɾ] Ss [s] Šš [ʃ] Tt [t] Uu [u] Üü [y] Ùù [ʊ] Vv [v] Ww [w] Yy [ɨ] Zz [z] Žž [ʒ] [/box] [b] Cyrillic script[/b] Historically, when spoken in regions bordering Russia, mostly Gátire-Speaking regions of The Kola peninsula and Eastern Karelia, this was used to write to the Eastern dialect, tho the Latin script is slowly gaining traction [box]Аа [ɐ] А̄а̄ [aː] А̇а̇ [æ] Бб [b~b̪] Вв [v] Гг [g] Дд [d] *Дждж [dʒ] Д̶д̶ [ð] (officially refered to as "Cyrillic Edh", since it's mainly derived from Latin eth, or "ð") Ее [e] Е̇е̇ [ə] (allegedly slowly falling out of use) Жж [ʒ] Зз [z] Ии [i] И̇и̇ [ɪ] Йй [j] Кк [k] Ққ [q] Лл [l] Л̶л̶ [ɫ] Мм [m] Нн [n] Њњ [ɲ] Ңң [ŋ] Оо [o] О̇о̇ [ɵ̞] Пп [p] Рр [r] Сс [s] Тт [t] Уу [u] У̇у̇ [y] У̏у̏ [ʊ] Ўў [w] Фф [f] Хх [x] Һһ [ɦ] Цц [ts] Чч [tʃ] Шш [ʃ] Ъъ [ə] (only recently adopted) Ыы [ɨ] [/box] [b] Grammar [/b] Basically the same as Pelsaquin [b] Numbers [/b] [box]1- raf 2- tiq 3- rec 4- tas 5- vitë 6- rojù 7- jätë 8- daqo 9- cifs 10- gato 20- tiqað 30- receð 40- tasað 50- vitöð 60- rojëðë 70- jäjð 80- däqäðë 90- cifsë 100- jaħëno 1000- ħatanë[/box]