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Liroitian {{IPA|/lɪˈɹɔɪʃən/}}, native Liroitak {{IPA|/liˈrojtak/}} is a highly endangered isolate language spoken by a handful of people in northwestern Italy. It is similar typologically to Bausque, being agglutinative, SVO, and head-final, but no relation is apparent.
Liroitian {{IPA|/lɪˈɹɔɪʃən/}}, native Liroitach {{IPA|/liˈrojtakʰ/}} is a highly endangered isolate language spoken by a handful of people in northwestern Italy. It is similar typologically to Bausque, being agglutinative, SVO, and head-final, but no relation is apparent.


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Phonemic /v/ is only found word-initially and in consonant clusters.<br>
/f/ and /s/ are voiced intervocalically.<br>
Velar stops become palatal before /j/.<br>
===Vowels===
Lirotian has a simple 5-vowel system of {{IPA|/a e i o u/}} plus diphthongs {{IPA|/eu oi/}}.<br>

Revision as of 19:03, 7 April 2011

Liroitian
Liroitach
Spoken in: Italy (Italya)
Conworld: League of Lost Languages
Total speakers: ~100
Genealogical classification: Isolate
Isolate
Liroitian
Liroitian
Basic word order: SOV
Morphological type: Agglutinative
Morphosyntactic alignment: Accusative
Writing system:
Created by:
Taylor Selseth 2011 C.E.

Liroitian /lɪˈɹɔɪʃən/, native Liroitach /liˈrojtakʰ/ is a highly endangered isolate language spoken by a handful of people in northwestern Italy. It is similar typologically to Bausque, being agglutinative, SVO, and head-final, but no relation is apparent.

Phonology

Phoneme Inventory

The most notable aspect of Liroitian's consonant inventory is a 3-way voicing-aspiration contrast not unlike Ancient Greek.

Consonants

IPA

Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar
Stops, Plain p t k
Stops, aspirated
Stops, Voiced b d g
Nasals m n
Fricatives, unvoiced f s
Fricatives, voiced v
Approximants l j
Trills r

Orthography

Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar
Stops, Plain p t c
Stops, aspirated ph th ch
Stops, Voiced b d g
Nasals m n
Fricatives, unvoiced f s
Fricatives, voiced v
Approximants l y
Trills r


Phonemic /v/ is only found word-initially and in consonant clusters.
/f/ and /s/ are voiced intervocalically.
Velar stops become palatal before /j/.

Vowels

Lirotian has a simple 5-vowel system of /a e i o u/ plus diphthongs /eu oi/.