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.

Shirerothian	IPA
a	[ɑ]
æ	[æ]
b	[b]
c	[tʃ]
ç	[dʒ]
d	[d]
ð	[ð]
e	[e]
f	[f]
g	[g]
h	[h]
i	[i]
j	[j]
k	[k]
l	[l]
m	[m]
n	[n]
o	[o]
ö	[ø]
p	[p]
r	[r]
s	[s]
sx	[ʃ]
t	[t]
þ	[θ]
u	[u]
v	[v]
w	[w]
wx	[ʍ]
y	[y]
z	[z]
zx	[ʒ]

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 exhibits a typical VSO word order.