Fysai
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| Fysai | |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /pɨ.ʃɑ.ɪ/ |
| Date | 2021 |
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| ISO 639-3 | – |
Fysai is a constructed language developed by Johann Kümmel and Leon Montan. The language is mainly derived from the Polish language.
Etymology
The word "fysai" means "language", and is derived from the Fai root words "f" (person) and "ai" (speak), with the plural "-ys" prefix added to the end of "f". The word literally means "people speak".
Phonology
Vowels
Consonants
| Labial | Dental | Alveolar | Post- alveolar |
Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | t | d | k | ||||||||||||
| Affricate | t̠ʃ | |||||||||||||||
| Fricative | v | ʃ | ʐ | |||||||||||||
| Approximant | l | j | w | |||||||||||||
Orthography
| Letter | a | e | ę[a] | i | u | y | j[b] | m | n | f | t | d | r | s | k | ć | z | ł | w | l |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /ɑ/ | /ɛ/ | /ɛw/ | /ɪ/ | /u/ | /ɨ/ | /j/ | /m/ | /n/ | /p/ | /t/ | /d/ | /r/ | /ʃ/ | /k/ | /t̠ʃ/ | /ʐ/ | /w/ | /v/ | /l/ |
Bibilography
- Kümmel, Johann; Montan, Leon; Medilin, Logan (2021). Grammar of Fysai, First Edition. https://docs.google.com/document/d/14VD8AsiqURfAMl8GvIWBM4Zq4yCSCo_lciBro29XUqU/edit?usp=sharing.