Yþernèıar

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Yþernèıar (X-SAMPA: /iTer\nəjar\/) is a language spoken in northern Antrium, specifically in the Yþernyè region.

Alphabet

The Yþernèıar alphabet contains 45 letters, making it larger than many alphabets, such as the one used in English or French. The Yþernèıar alphabet goes in order as follows: a, á, b, c, d, ð, e, é, è, f, g, h, ı, i, y, ý, ỳ, ÿ, j, ψ, k, l, m, n, ŋ, o, ó, ö, ø, ǿ, p, r, ř, s, ſ, t, þ, u, ú, ü, v, w, λ, x, z.

Vowels

Yþernèıar has 15 vowels, in 4 categories: free, checked, unstressed, and diphthong.

Free

Free vowels are vowels that can be followed by either a vowel or a consonant. There are 7 free vowels in Yþernèıar: a, e, i, y, o, ø, and u.

Letter Name of letter Pronunciation Letter Name of letter Pronunciation
Aa a A as in father Oo o o as in boat
Ee e e as in bayed Øø ø 3 as in bird
İi i y as in French tu Uu u u as in booed
Yy y i as in be

Checked

Checked vowels are vowels that cannot be followed by another vowel. There are six checked vowels in Yþernèıar: á, é, ý, ó, ǿ, and ú. Checked vowels are marked with an acute accent, (´) or "jynøtóſ", literally translating to "checker".

Letter Name of letter Pronunciation Letter Name of letter Pronunciation
Áá ál U as in good Óó ó { as in bad
Éé é E as in bed Ǿǿ ǿ 3~ as in French pain
Ýý ýl I as in did Úú úl V as in mud

Unstressed

There are two unstressed vowels in Yþernèıar: è and ỳ. Unstressed vowels are marked with a grave accent, (`) or "ðenzỳnzóſ", literally translating to "something that destresses", or "destress-er".

Letter Name of letter Pronunciation Letter Name of letter Pronunciation
Èè ə as in Rosa's Ỳỳ lỳ 1 as in roses

Diphthongs

Diphthongs are letters that indicate multiple vowel sounds. While all other Yþernèıar letters only represent a single sound, diphthongs do not, because the language does not contain one of the vowel sounds present in these diphthongs. There are 3 diphthongs in Yþernèıar: ÿ, ö, and ü. Diphthongs are marked with a umlaut or diaeresis, (¨) or "miltèmnóſ", literally meaning "multiplier".

Letter Name of letter Pronunciation Letter Name of letter Pronunciation
Ÿÿ ÿ aI as in buy Üü ü aU as in cow
Öö ö OI as in boy

Consonants

There are 27 vowels in Yþernèıar. They are all individual letters without accents except for ř, which has a "vyrünèıóſ," (ˇ) or "trill" accent.

Letter Name of letter Pronunciation Letter Name of letter Pronunciation
Bb ba b as in bed Ŋŋ éŋ N as in thing
Cc ýc C as in German ich Pp óp p as in pot
Dd da d as in dog Rr ra r\ as in red
Ðð óð D as in this Řř ra-vyrün R\ as in Parisian French r
Ff fa f as in five Ss sa s as in say
Gg ga g as in go Γſ ſa S as in shoe
Hh hi h as in hello Tt ta t as in ten
ıa j as in yes Þþ éþ T as in thing
Jj ja Z as in vision Vv va v as in view
Ψψ èψa J as in canyon Ww wa w as in west
Kk ka k as in cat Λλ λa W as in whine
Ll la l as in lay Xx xa x as in loch
Mm ma m as in man Zz za z as in zoo
Nn ni n as in no

Digraphs

There are four digraphs in Yþernèıar. They represent affricate sounds. Each of them was formerly represented by a letter with a caron, like the accent used on trill r (ˇ), but now are represented by two of the same letter in a row. This does not occur in this language except in these cases.

Digraph Pronunciation Digraph Pronunciation
cc tS as in chip tt ts as in pizza
dd dz as in Albanian x zz dZ as in jump


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