Indrelian language

Indrelian
dreyiv, dreyivĕn rhŭnĕn
Pronunciation	[ˈdrɛjɪw, ˈdrɛjɪʋɵ̃ ˈrʏnɵ̃]
Ethnicity	Indrelian people
Language family	Khtozaric Mineian Khtozaric Indrelian
Early forms	Classical Indrelian Middle Indrelian
Writing system	Khtozaric script

Indrelian (dreyiv [ˈdrɛjɪw] or dreyivĕn rhŭnĕn [ˈdrɛjɪʋɵ̃ ˈrʏnɵ̃]) is a Khtozaric language spoken in Paranaja.

Phonology

Consonants

Consonant phonemes in Indrelian

		Labial	Dental	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		m	n			[ŋ]
Stop	Voiceless	p	t			k
	Voiced	b	d			g
Affricate				t͡s	t͡ʃ
Fricative	Voiceless			s	ʃ	x
	Voiced		ð	z	ʒ		[ɦ]
Approximant		ʋ [w]			j
Trill				r

Some consonants have allophones in certain environments. The nasal /n/ is realized as velar [ŋ] before velars. After vowels, the velar fricative /x/ becomes glottal [ɦ] (ex: yehanĕn [jɛˈɦɑnɵ̃]), except before consonants (ex: gohton [goxˈton]). Word-finally when following vowels, the labio-dental /ʋ/ becomes [w] (ex: tsiv [t͡sɪw]).

The realizations of the alveolar consonants differ between manners of articulation: the alveolar /n t d/ are realized as dental [n̪ t̪ d̪], whereas the sibilants and trill /s z t͡s r/ are strictly alveolar. Furthermore, the alveolar trill /r/ is often fronted [r̟~r̪] word-finally following rounded vowels (ex: bor [bor̟]). The realization of /ʋ/ varies between speakers. It is often attested as a fricative [v] while others consistently realize it as labiovelar [w]. The voiced stops /b d g/ are slightly devoiced [b̥ d̥ g̊] word-finally (ex: deb [dɛb̥]). Some speakers even fully devoice them to [p t k].

Vowels

Vowel phonemes in Indrelian

Oral vowels	Front		Central	Back
	Unrounded	Rounded
Close	ɪ	ʏ	ɨ	u
Mid	ɛ
Open				ɑ
Nasal vowels	Front		Central	Back
Close	ɪ̃
Mid			ɵ̃
Open	æ̃

The quality of the central vowel /ɨ/ varies greatly between speakers. It is most often near-close [ɨ̞], though often close-mid to mid [ɘ~ə]. In some dialects, it is even realized as near-open [ɐ].

The nasal vowels /ɪ̃ ɵ̃ æ̃/ are more appropriately analyzed as modal vowels with nasal offglides [ɪɰ̃ əw̃ äj̃]. These offglides assimilate to any following consonants (ex: zĕcindu; eyĕnda; ekranda [zɨˈt͡ʃɪndu ɛˈjəndɑ ɛkˈrändɑ]). In isolation, the nasal vowel /ɵ̃/ (romanized as n) is realized as a syllabic nasal consonant [n̩]. Preceding vowels and most consonants, it is realized as [n‿] and assimilates to the place of articulation of the following consonant (ex: n eynĕ; n dreniv; n pes [ˈnɛjnɨ ˈndrɛnɪw mpɛs]). Preceding /n/, it is realized as [n̩] and the following consonant is dropped (ex: n nŭvnĕ; n ndrŭm [n̩.ˈʏwnɨ n̩.ˈdrʏm])

Phonotactics

The basic syllable structure of Indrelian is (N)(C)(C)V(N)(C), where C is a consonant, V is a vowel and N is a nasal. Stress in Indrelian is somewhat irregular, but generally falls on the penultimate syllable.