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The Shirerothian alphabet contains 30 letters and 3 digraphs. The letter ''x'' does not have a pronunciation of its own, and is used only in combinations with other letters.
The Shirerothian alphabet contains 30 letters and 3 digraphs. The letter ''x'' does not have a pronunciation of its own, and is used only in combinations with other letters.


The table below shows the correspondence between the Shirerothian alphabet and IPA.
The table below shows the correspondence between the Shirerothian alphabet and IPA. The English pronunciations are based on General American English.


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! Shirerothian
! Shirerothian
! IPA
! IPA
! English pronunciation
|-
|-
| a
| a
| [ɑ]
| [ɑ]
| f'''a'''ther
|-
|-
| æ
| æ
| [æ]
| [æ]
| f'''a'''t
|-
|-
| b
| b
| [b]
| [b]
| '''b'''at
|-
|-
| c
| c
| [tʃ]
| [tʃ]
| '''ch'''urch
|-
|-
| ç
| ç
| [dʒ]
| [dʒ]
| bri'''dg'''e
|-
|-
| d
| d
| [d]
| [d]
| '''d'''og
|-
|-
| ð
| ð
| [ð]
| [ð]
| '''th'''e
|-
|-
| e
| e
| [e]
| [e]
| Like '''a'''te
|-
|-
| f
| f
| [f]
| [f]
| '''f'''at
|-
|-
| g
| g
| [g]
| [g]
| '''g'''ift
|-
|-
| h
| h
| [h]
| [h]
| '''h'''ome
|-
|-
| i
| i
| [i]
| [i]
| d'''ee'''d
|-
|-
| j
| j
| [j]
| [j]
| '''y'''es
|-
|-
| k
| k
| [k]
| [k]
| '''k'''ing
|-
|-
| l
| l
| [l]
| [l]
| '''l'''ow
|-
|-
| m
| m
| [m]
| [m]
| '''m'''an
|-
|-
| n
| n
| [n]
| [n]
| '''n'''o
|-
|-
| o
| o
| [o]
| [o]
| Like c'''oa'''l
|-
|-
| ö
| ö
| [ø]
| [ø]
| No equivalent
|-
|-
| p
| p
| [p]
| [p]
| '''p'''ie
|-
|-
| r
| r
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| s
| s
| [s]
| [s]
| '''s'''ock
|-
|-
| sx
| sx
| [ʃ]
| [ʃ]
| '''sh'''ock
|-
|-
| t
| t
| [t]
| [t]
| '''t'''ame
|-
|-
| þ
| þ
| [θ]
| [θ]
| '''th'''in
|-
|-
| u
| u
| [u]
| [u]
| f'''oo'''d
|-
|-
| v
| v
| [v]
| [v]
| '''v'''ein
|-
|-
| w
| w
| [w]
| [w]
| '''w'''ant
|-
|-
| wx
| wx
| [ʍ]
| [ʍ]
| '''wh'''ale
|-
|-
| y
| y
| [y]
| [y]
| No English equivalent
|-
|-
| z
| z
| [z]
| [z]
| '''z'''oo
|-
|-
| zx
| zx
| [ʒ]
| [ʒ]
| mira'''ge'''
|}
|}


Revision as of 13:50, 24 December 2010

Shirerothian Language (Præta Sxiröþes)
Pronunciation: [ˈprætɑ ʃiˈrøθes]
Spoken in: Shireroth
Region: National
Total speakers: 0
Language family: Shirerothian
Writing system: Latin (Shirerothian variant)
Official status
Official language in: Shireroth
Regulated by: Department of Constructed Languages

The Shirerothian or Shirerithian language (Præta Sxiröþes in Shirerothian) is a constructed language from Shireroth.

History

Shirerothian has been spoken in Shireroth for thousands of years.

Orthography

The Shirerothian alphabet contains 30 letters and 3 digraphs. The letter x does not have a pronunciation of its own, and is used only in combinations with other letters.

The table below shows the correspondence between the Shirerothian alphabet and IPA. The English pronunciations are based on General American English.

Shirerothian IPA English pronunciation
a [ɑ] father
æ [æ] fat
b [b] bat
c [tʃ] church
ç [dʒ] bridge
d [d] dog
ð [ð] the
e [e] Like ate
f [f] fat
g [g] gift
h [h] home
i [i] deed
j [j] yes
k [k] king
l [l] low
m [m] man
n [n] no
o [o] Like coal
ö [ø] No equivalent
p [p] pie
r [r]
s [s] sock
sx [ʃ] shock
t [t] tame
þ [θ] thin
u [u] food
v [v] vein
w [w] want
wx [ʍ] whale
y [y] No English equivalent
z [z] zoo
zx [ʒ] mirage

Phonology

The Shirerothian language contains a rich inventory of 25 consonant and 6 vowel phonemes.

Consonants

The table below shows the Shirerothian consonant phonemes.

Bilabial Labiodental Dental Alveolar Postalveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal m n ŋ
Plosive p   b t   d k   g
Affricate tʃ   dʒ
Fricative f   v θ   ð s   z ʃ   ʒ x    h   
Approximant l j ʍ   w

Vowels

The table below shows the Shirerothian consonant phonemes.

Front Back
High i   (y) u
Mid e   (ø) o
Low æ ɑ

Morphology

Shirerothian is a highly inflected language.

Nouns

Verbs

Syntax

Shirerothian exhibits a typical SVO word order.

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