Gyatalin

Gyatalin Gjatálin
Spoken in:	Gjatá
Timeline/Universe:	(unnamed)
Total speakers:	12,436,391,390
Genealogical classification:	(unnamed)  Shalian   Andirpal    Gyatalin
Basic word order:	SVO
Morphological type:	Inflecting
Morphosyntactic alignment:	Nominative-Accusative
Created by:
maailmaniag	2006

The language of the Gyatalin people (Eng: Gyatalin, Nat: Gjatálin) is a language spoken on the planet of Meishuko, in an alternate universe. It is spoken by approximately 12,436,391,390 people, and is the most widely spoken of the Shalian languages found on the planet.

Phonology/Orthography

Consonants

Consonants
	Bilabial		Labiod.		Dental		Alveolar		Retroflex		Post-alv.		Palatal		Velar		Glottal
Nasal		m						n
Plosive	p	b			t	d									k	g
Ejective	p'				t'										k'
Fricative			f	w			s	z	š	ž	ś	ź			ch		h
Affricate									tš	dž	tś	dź
Approximants		ẃ												j
Lateral Approximant								l

Digraphs

bj bl bn bw bẃ
dj dl dw dẃ
džl džw džẃ
dźj dźw dźẃ
fj fl fẃ
gd gj gl gw gẃ
hl hm hn hẃ
kj kl kn ks kš kś kw kẃ
k’j k’l k’n k’s k’š k’ś k’w k’ẃ
lj lẃ
mj mẃ
nj nẃ
pf pj pl ps pw pẃ
p’f p’j p’l p’s p’w p’ẃ
sf sk sk’ sl sm sn sp sp’ st st’ sw sẃ
šf šk šk’ šl šm šn šp šp’ št št’ šw šẃ
śj św śẃ
tj tl ts tw tẃ
t’y t’l t’s t’w t’ẃ
tšl tšw tšẃ
tśj tśw tśẃ
w wj wl wẃ
chj chw chẃ
zd zg zj zm zn zẃ
žd žg žj žm žn žẃ
źj źw źẃ

Vowels

Vowels
	Front		Central		Back
Close	i	ü				u
Lax Close			y
Close-Mid					ë	o
Open-Mid	e	ö
Near-Open	ä
Open	a

Diphthongs

There are six diphthongs in Gyatalin, and no more:

aj, ej, ij, oj, uj, yj /ai Ei ij oi uj yj/

Vowel Length

There are a total of 2 vowel lengths in Gyatalin: long and short. The short vowels are marked as previous, and the long vowels are marked as follows:

Vowels
	Front		Central		Back
Close	í	ù				ú
Lax Close			ý
Close-Mid					è	ó
Open-Mid	é	ò
Near-Open	à
Open	á

Long diphthongs are formed in exactly the same way: áj éj íj ój új ýj