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{{Infobox language
| name             = Tschintierst
| nativename       = {{cs|dhm|chorn-zirsh}}<br>Tschörnsirsch
| pronunciation    = [tɕøɐ̯nziɐ̯ɕ]
| states           = {{collapsible list
  | title       = 33 countries
  | titlestyle  = text-align:left;font-weight:normal;background:transparent
  | {{flag|Tschintiessteiss}}
  | {{flag|Küüztschüüsches}}
  | [[Åbduscho]]
  | [[Barkasche]]
  | [[Buuschotsch]]
  | [[Dröövache]]
  | [[Dwichmii]]
  | [[Giidirtschizmii]]
  | {{flag|Gistetschö}}
  | [[Hebratsche]]
  | [[Hinzgööss]]
  | [[Jatschüümürns]]
  | [[Jepemarke]]
  | [[Kasööchen]]
  | [[Måårbåryn]]
  | [[Muurågo]]
  | [[Niichstschüzrii]]
  | [[Öjestwiiss]]
  | [[Oorkåscho]]
  | [[Pustschoscho]]
  | [[Såskootschyndyn]]
  | [[Sküssaskeess]]
  | [[Tschåvmurnoo]]
  | [[Tschuchåschotscho]]
  | [[Tschumyyss]]
  | [[Tuustschuschuun]]
  | [[Üü]]
  | [[Vatessmüürnen]]
  | [[Vöötschüpe]]
  | [[Wörwritschööss]]
  | [[Wryyschochutsch]]
  | [[Wügünz]]
  | [[Wütschööss]]
}}
| ethnicity        = [[Gintem people|Gintems]]
| speakers         = X
| date             = 
| speakers2        = 
| familycolor      = Yasgan
| fam2             = [[Tschintieric languages|Tschintieric]]
| fam3             = [[Old Tschintierst language|Old Tschintierst]]
| fam4             = 
| ancestor         = [[Old High Tschintierst]]
| script           = [[Dhimze script]] ([[Tschintierst orthography|Tschintierst script]])
| nation           = {{collapsible list
  | title       = 33 countries
  | titlestyle  = text-align:left;font-weight:normal;background:transparent
  | {{flag|Tschintiessteiss}}
  | {{flag|Küüztschüüsches}}
  | [[Åbduscho]]
  | [[Barkasche]]
  | [[Buuschotsch]]
  | [[Dröövache]]
  | [[Dwichmii]]
  | [[Giidirtschizmii]]
  | {{flag|Gistetschö}}
  | [[Hebratsche]]
  | [[Hinzgööss]]
  | [[Jatschüümürns]]
  | [[Jepemarke]]
  | [[Kasööchen]]
  | [[Måårbåryn]]
  | [[Muurågo]]
  | [[Niichstschüzrii]]
  | [[Öjestwiiss]]
  | [[Oorkåscho]]
  | [[Pustschoscho]]
  | [[Såskootschyndyn]]
  | [[Sküssaskeess]]
  | [[Tschåvmurnoo]]
  | [[Tschuchåschotscho]]
  | [[Tschumyyss]]
  | [[Tuustschuschuun]]
  | [[Üü]]
  | [[Vatessmüürnen]]
  | [[Vöötschüpe]]
  | [[Wörwritschööss]]
  | [[Wryyschochutsch]]
  | [[Wügünz]]
  | [[Wütschööss]]
}}
| minority         = 
| agency           = Royal University of Tschintiessteiss
| lingua           = 
| map              = Tschintierst Language Spread.png
| mapcaption       = Areas where Tschintierst is the majority language (medium blue) or a minority language (light blue)
| map2             = 
| mapcaption2      = 
| glottorefname    = Tschintierst}}

'''Tschintierst''' (Tschörnsirsch, pronounced [tɕøɐ̯nziɐ̯ɕ]) is a Tschintieric language mainly spoken in the [[Gintem Confederation]]. It is an official language in every Gintem country, as well as their overseas colonies. Traditionally Tschintierst is considered to be a single language within it's own branch of Tschintieric, however there are many Tschintieric "dialects" spoken throughout the Gintem Confederation. Tschintierst is also similar to [[Vrishtic language|Vrishtic]], [[Soderic language|Soderic]], and [[Rirscheic language|Rirscheic]]; which are part of the [[Hithinic languages]]. Tschintierst is the most widely spoken Tschintieric language.

==Classification==

==Standard Tschintierst==

==History==

==Geographical distribution==

==Dialects==

==Phonology==
Tschintierst has 18 distinct consonant phonemes and 18 distinct vowel phonemes, and the vowel phonemes can be grouped as pairs of short and long vowels.

===Consonants===
{| class="wikitable" style=text-align:center
|+Consonant phonemes in Tschintierst
!colspan=2|
![[Wikipedia:Labial consonant|Labial]]
![[Wikipedia:Alveolar consonant|Alveolar]]
![[Wikipedia:Palatal consonant|Palatal]]
![[Wikipedia:Velar consonant|Velar]]
|-
!colspan=2| [[Wikipedia:Nasal consonant|Nasal]]
| m
| n
| 
| 
|-
!rowspan=2| [[Wikipedia:Stop consonant|Stop]]
! {{small|[[Wikipedia:voicelessness|voiceless]]}}
| p
| t
|
| k
|-
! {{small|[[Wikipedia:voice (phonetics)|voiced]]}}
| b
| d
|
| ɡ
|-
!rowspan=2|[[Wikipedia:Fricative consonant|Fricative]]
! {{small|[[Wikipedia:voicelessness|voiceless]]}}
| f
| s
| ɕ
| x
|-
! {{small|[[Wikipedia:voice (phonetics)|voiced]]}}
| v
| z
| 
| 
|-
!colspan=2| [[Wikipedia:Affricate consonant|Affricate]]
| 
| t͡s
| t͡ɕ
| 
|-
!colspan=2|[[Wikipedia:Approximant consonant|Approximant]]
|
| 
| j
| 
|-
!colspan=2|[[Wikipedia:Rhotic consonant|Rhotic]]
| 
| r
| 
| 
|-
|}
Notes:
* /r/ has a variety of realizations depending on the dialect, and is not limited to being an alveolar trill.

===Vowels===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ Vowel phonemes in Tschintierst
|-
!colspan=2|&nbsp;
!colspan=2|[[Wikipedia:Front vowel|Front]]
!colspan=2|[[Wikipedia:Back vowel|Back]]
|-
!rowspan=2|[[Wikipedia:Close vowel|Close]]
!{{small|[[Wikipedia:Vowel length|short]]}}
| i
| y
| ɯ
| u
|-
!{{small|[[Wikipedia:Vowel length|long]]}}
| i:
| y:
| ɯ:
| u:
|-
!rowspan=2|[[Wikipedia:Close-mid vowel|Mid]]
!{{small|[[Wikipedia:Vowel length|short]]}}
| e
| ø
| 
| o
|-
!{{small|[[Wikipedia:Vowel length|long]]}}
| e:
| ø:
|
| o:
|-
!rowspan=2|[[Wikipedia:Open vowel|Open]]
!{{small|[[Wikipedia:Vowel length|short]]}}
| a
|
| ɑ
|
|-
!{{small|[[Wikipedia:Vowel length|long]]}}
| a:
|
| ɑ:
|
|-
|}

Tschintierst exhibits a system of strict front-back vowel harmony, a common feature among the Tschintieric languages, and unique among the Yasgan language family. Words and subsequent affixes can only contain matching front and back vowels, e.g. ''Tschösöneess'' “barrel” which is fully front and ''Konschupooss'' “concrete” which is fully back. Tschintierst even exhibits this feature in loanwords, such as ''Techejöws'' “machine” from [[Dhimze language|Dhimze]] ''tkheovs'' “device,” which is exceedingly rare cross-linguistically.

==Orthography==
{{main|Dhimze script}}
Tschintierst is written using the Dhimze script, though with several notable differences from most other languages writing in it. The script is an alphasyllabary that makes use of 18 consonant letters, 9 vowel markers, as well as a syllable delimiter. Each vowel letter except for <e> represents both its front and back vowel counterpart, so {{cs|dhm|y}} could represent either [u] or [y]. Natively known as the {{cs|dhm|av-bech}} ''Awbetsch'', the script has a long literary tradition within Tschintiessteiss, the Gintem Confederation, and the surrounding Hithinic languages. This tradition has largely been separate from the literary traditions of Dhimrai and the Doccábhan Empire, sometimes to the extent that the variety of the Dhimze script used in Tschintierst-speaking nations is called the Tschintierst script.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ Tschintierst script
! Letter
! Romanization
! Name
! IPA<br> transcription
|-
! {{cs|dhm|æ}}
| ''aa'' or ''åå''
| {{cs|dhm|a-kyn-shtesh}}<br>''Akün Schtesch''
| [a:] or [ɑ:]
|-
! {{cs|dhm|y}}
| ''u'' or ''ü''
| {{cs|dhm|y-ní}}<br>''Unyy''
| [u] or [y]
|-
! {{cs|dhm|ý}}
| ''uu'' or ''üü''
| {{cs|dhm|y-ní-shtesh}}<br>''Unyy Schtesch''
| [u:] or [y:]
|-
! {{cs|dhm|v}}
| ''w''
| {{cs|dhm|væ}}<br>''Waa''
| [v]
|-
! {{cs|dhm|f}}
| ''v''
| {{cs|dhm|f-n}}<br>''Vånå''
| [f]
|-
! {{cs|dhm|p}}
| ''p''
| {{cs|dhm|p-n}}<br>''Pånå''
| [p]
|-
! {{cs|dhm|e}}
| ''e''
| {{cs|dhm|e-ran}}<br>''Eran''
| [e]
|-
! {{cs|dhm|é}}
| ''ee''
| {{cs|dhm|e-ran-shtesh}}<br>''Eran schtesch''
| [e:]
|-
! {{cs|dhm|s}}
| ''ss''
| {{cs|dhm|zu-ku}}<br>''Suku''
| [s]
|-
! {{cs|dhm|t}}
| ''t''
| {{cs|dhm|ty-my}}<br>''Tumu''
| [t]
|-
! {{cs|dhm|k}}
| ''k''
| {{cs|dhm|kys}}<br>''Kuss''
| [k]
|-
! {{cs|dhm|ch}}
| ''tsch''
| {{cs|dhm|chys}}<br>''Tschuss''
| [t͡ɕ]
|-
! {{cs|dhm|z}}
| ''s''
| {{cs|dhm|cíc}}<br>''Hiich''
| [z]
|-
! {{cs|dhm|i}}
| ''i'' or ''y''
| {{cs|dhm|i-ní}}<br>''Inii''
| [i] or [ɯ]
|-
! {{cs|dhm|í}}
| ''ii'' or ''yy''
| {{cs|dhm|i-ní-shtesh}}<br>''Inii schtesch''
| [i:] or [ɯ:]
|-
! {{cs|dhm|j}}
| ''j''
| {{cs|dhm|ji}}<br>''Ji''
| [j]
|-
! {{cs|dhm|r}}
| ''r''
| {{cs|dhm|rí-tí}}<br>''Riitii''
| /ʁ/
|-
! {{cs|dhm|o}}
| ''o'' or ''ö''
| {{cs|dhm|ó}}<br>''Oo''
| [o] or [ø]
|-
! {{cs|dhm|ó}}
| ''oo'' or ''öö''
| {{cs|dhm|ó-shtesh}}<br>''Oo schtesch''
| [o:] or [ø:]
|-
! {{cs|dhm|m}}
| ''m''
| {{cs|dhm|mí}}<br>''Mii''
| [m]
|-
! {{cs|dhm|g}}
| ''g''
| {{cs|dhm|gí-mí}}<br>''Giimii''
| [g]
|-
! {{cs|dhm|n}}
| ''n''
| {{cs|dhm|n-ní}}<br>''Nånyy''
| [n]
|-
! {{cs|dhm|d}}
| ''d''
| {{cs|dhm|dí-m}}<br>''Diima''
| [d]
|-
! {{cs|dhm|b}}
| ''b''
| {{cs|dhm|b-rí}}<br>''Båryy''
| [b]
|-
! {{cs|dhm|sh}}
| ''sch''
| {{cs|dhm|shy-ví}}<br>''Schuwyy''
| [ɕ]
|-
! {{cs|dhm|c}}
| ''h'' or ''ch''
| {{cs|dhm|cic}}<br>''Hich''
| [x]
|-
! {{cs|dhm|zh}}
| ''z''
| {{cs|dhm|zhy-ky}}<br>''Zuku''
| [t͡s]
|}

==Grammar==

==Vocabulary and comparison to other Tschintieric languages==

[[Category:Languages]][[Category:Yasgan languages]]