Tschintierst language

Tschintierst
chorn-zirsh Tschörnsirsch
Pronunciation	[tɕøɐ̯nziɐ̯ɕ]
Native to	33 countries Tschintiessteiss Küüztschüüsches Åbduscho Barkasche Buuschotsch Dröövache Dwichmii Giidirtschizmii 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	Gintems
Native speakers	X
Language family	Yasgan Tschintieric Old Tschintierst Tschintierst
Early form	Old High Tschintierst
Writing system	Dhimze script (Tschintierst script)
Official status
Official language in	33 countries Tschintiessteiss Küüztschüüsches Åbduscho Barkasche Buuschotsch Dröövache Dwichmii Giidirtschizmii 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
Regulated by	Royal University of Tschintiessteiss
Areas where Tschintierst is the majority language (medium blue) or a minority language (light blue)

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, Soderic, and Rirscheic; which are part of the Hithinic languages. Tschintierst is the most widely spoken Tschintieric language.

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

Consonant phonemes in Tschintierst

		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar
Nasal		m   m	n   n
Stop	voiceless	p   p	t   t		k   k
	voiced	b   b	d   d		ɡ   g
Fricative	voiceless	f   f	s   s	ɕ   sh	x   c
	voiced	v   v	z   z
Affricate			t͡s   zh	t͡ɕ   ch
Approximant				j   j
Rhotic			r   r

Notes:

• /r/ has a variety of realizations depending on the dialect, and is not limited to being an alveolar trill.

Vowels

Vowel phonemes in Tschintierst

		Front		Back
Close	short	i   i	y   y	ɯ   i	u   y
	long	i:   í	y:   ý	ɯ:   í	u:   ý
Mid	short	e   e	ø   o		o   o
	long	e:   é	ø:   ó		o:   ó
Open	short	a   a		ɑ   a
	long	a:   æ		ɑ:   æ

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 tkheovs “device,” which is exceedingly rare cross-linguistically.

Orthography

Main article: 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 y could represent either [u] or [y]. Natively known as the 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.

Vowel and consonant letters

Letter	Romanization	Name	IPA transcription
a (none after consonant)	a or å	a-kyn Akün	[a] or [ɑ]
æ	aa or åå	a-kyn-shtesh Akün Schtesch	[a:] or [ɑ:]
y	u or ü	y-ní Unyy	[u] or [y]
ý	uu or üü	y-ní-shtesh Unyy Schtesch	[u:] or [y:]
v	w	væ Waa	[v]
f	v	f-n Vånå	[f]
p	p	p-n Pånå	[p]
e	e	e-ran Eran	[e]
é	ee	e-ran-shtesh Eran schtesch	[e:]
s	ss	zu-ku Suku	[s]
t	t	ty-my Tumu	[t]
k	k	kys Kuss	[k]
ch	tsch	chys Tschuss	[t͡ɕ]
z	s	cíc Hiich	[z]
i	i or y	i-ní Inii	[i] or [ɯ]
í	ii or yy	i-ní-shtesh Inii schtesch	[i:] or [ɯ:]
j	j	ji Ji	[j]
r	r	rí-tí Riitii	/ʁ/
o	o or ö	ó Oo	[o] or [ø]
ó	oo or öö	ó-shtesh Oo schtesch	[o:] or [ø:]
m	m	mí Mii	[m]
g	g	gí-mí Giimii	[g]
n	n	n-ní Nånyy	[n]
d	d	dí-m Diima	[d]
b	b	b-rí Båryy	[b]
sh	sch	shy-ví Schuwyy	[ɕ]
c	h or ch	cic Hich	[x]
zh	z	zhy-ky Zuku	[t͡s]

Punctuation

Letter	Name	Function
a	?	Denotes a null consonant
-	vysh-gen Wüschgen	Syllable delimiter
.	?	Full stop
!	?	Emphasis marker