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| Modalnian Špüchre Modalnia | |
| Spoken in: | Modalnia |
| Timeline/Universe: | (unnamed) |
| Total speakers: | 528,319,211 |
| Genealogical classification: | (unnamed) Modalnian |
| Basic word order: | SVO |
| Morphological type: | Inflecting |
| Morphosyntactic alignment: | Nominative-Accusative |
| Created by: | |
| maailmaniag | 2006 |
Modalnian (Eng: Modalnian, Nat: špüchre modalnia is a language spoken on the planet of Meishuko, in an alternate universe. Spoken by approximately 528,319,211 people, it is the most widely spoken of the Modalnian languages.
Modalnian has been heavily influenced by the German language, as large numbers of German-speaking people migrated to Modalnia in the years prior to, and the years during World War II.
Phonology/Orthography
Consonants
| Consonants | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bilabial | Labiodent. | Alveolar | Post-alv. | Uvular | Velar | Glottal | ||||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | c | g | ||||||||||
| Fricative | f | v | s | z | š | ž | ch | h | ||||||||
| Affricate | ts | dz | č | ğ | ||||||||||||
| Trill | ř | |||||||||||||||
| Flap | r | |||||||||||||||
| Lateral Approximant | l | |||||||||||||||
Digraphs/Trigraphs
bl br bř bv
ch cl cm cn cr cř
dl dr dř dv dz
fl fr fř
gl gn gr gř gs gš gv
mb ml mr mř
nd ng
pf pl pr př ps pš
sb sc sč sf sl sm sn sp squ sr sř st sv
šc šč šl šm šn šp šqu šr šř št
tl tr tř ts tv
vl vr vř
zl zm zn zr zř
žğ žl žm žn žr žř
chl chn chr chř
pfl
scl scm scn scr scř
spl spr spř
str stř
šcl šcm šcn šcr šcř
špl špr špř
štr štř
Vowels
| Vowels | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Front | Near-Front | Central | Back | |||||||
| Close | i | ü | u | |||||||
| Near-Close | ï | |||||||||
| Close-Mid | o | |||||||||
| Mid | ë | |||||||||
| Open-Mid | e | ö | ||||||||
| Near-Open | ä | |||||||||
| Open | a | |||||||||
Diphthongs/Triphthongs
ai au äi âi âu āi āu
ei eo eu êi êo êu ēi ēo ēu
ia ie ii io iu iä ië iï iö iü iî îa îe îi îo îu īa īe īi īo īu iā iē iī iō iū
oi öi ôi ōi
ua ue ui uo uä uë uï uö uü ûa ûe ûi ûo ûu ūa ūe ūi ūo uā uē uī uō uū
As can be seen, i u are allophones for <j w>
iai iau iäi iâi iâu iāi iāu uai uau uäi uâi uâu uāi uāu
iei ieo ieu iêi iêo iêu iēi iēo iēu uei ueo ueu uêi uêo uêu uēi uēo uēu
ioi iöi iôi iōi uoi uöi uôi uōi
Vowel Diacritics
A circumflex denotes irregular stress in single vowels, and separation in diphthongs.
A macron denotes a long vowel.
