Tschintierst language
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.
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
Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nasal | m | n | |||
Stop | voiceless | p | t | k | |
voiced | b | d | ɡ | ||
Fricative | voiceless | f | s | ɕ | x |
voiced | v | z | |||
Affricate | t͡s | t͡ɕ | |||
Approximant | j | ||||
Rhotic | r |
Notes:
- /r/ has a variety of realizations depending on the dialect, and is not limited to being an alveolar trill.
Vowels
Front | Back | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Close | short | i | y | ɯ | u |
long | i: | y: | ɯ: | u: | |
Mid | short | e | ø | o | |
long | e: | ø: | o: | ||
Open | short | a | ɑ | ||
long | a: | ɑ: |