Shirerothian language

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]	Approx. like ate
f	[f]	fat
g	[g]	gift
h	[h]	home
i	[i]	deed
j	[j]	yes
k	[k]	king
l	[l]	leave
m	[m]	man
n	[n]	no
o	[o]	Approx. like coal
ö	[ø]	(German) schön
p	[p]	pie
r	[r]	(Spanish) burro
s	[s]	sock
sx	[ʃ]	shock
t	[t]	tame
þ	[θ]	thin
u	[u]	food
v	[v]	vein
w	[w]	want
wx	[ʍ]	(Old-fashioned) whale
y	[y]	(French) tu
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.

Syntax

Shirerothian typically exhibits a VSO word order.