Preshi Istan [PRIS]
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Language type
A priori
Place & SpeakersPreshi Istan is spoken by a population of around 1,437,000 in Avomek Seler.
Species
Human/humanoid
About Preshi Istan
Preshi Istan (Preši Istan) is a language spoken in 
Avomek Seler and some of the surrounding area.
Avomek Seler and some of the surrounding area.
Sample of Preshi IstanCan't find any yet.
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||||||
| Nasal | m m: | n n: | ||||||||||||
| Plosive | p p: | b b: | t t: | d d: | k k: | g g: | ||||||||
| Fricative | f f: | s s: | [z]1 [z:]2 | ʃ ʃ: | x x: | [ɣ]3 [ɣ:]4 | h | |||||||
| Lateral approximant | l l: | |||||||||||||
| Approximant | ɹ ɹ: | [j]5 | ||||||||||||
| Trill | [r]6 [r:]7 | |||||||||||||
- before voiced plosives/fricatives, or after a voiced plosive/fricative in the same syllable, allophone of /s/
- before voiced plosives/fricatives, or after a voiced plosive/fricative in the same syllable, allophone of /s:/
- after fricatives, allophone of /g/
- after fricatives, allophone of /g:/
- before or after vowels, allophone of /i/
- word-finally, allophone of /ɹ/
- word-finally, allophone of /ɹ:/
| Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Near- back | Back | |||||
| Close | i | y | u | |||||||
| Near-close | ɪ | ʊ | ||||||||
| Close-mid | e | ø | o | |||||||
| Mid | ə | |||||||||
| Open-mid | ɛ | |||||||||
| Open | a | [ɑ]1 | ɒ | |||||||
- before [ɹ] or [ɹ:], allophone of /ɒ/
Syllable StructureSyllable structure is (C)(C)V(C)(C)(C). Syllables with null onsets can only occur word-initially.
Sonority hierarchy: vowel > semivowel > rhotic > lateral > nasal > fricative > plosive
Syllables must follow the sonority hierarchy, with the exception that a fricative can follow a plosive syllable-finally.
Sonority hierarchy: vowel > semivowel > rhotic > lateral > nasal > fricative > plosive
Syllables must follow the sonority hierarchy, with the exception that a fricative can follow a plosive syllable-finally.
OtherLong consonants never occur where they could be replaced by two short consonants, each in a different syllable, without violating phonotactics; for example, "šammor" (to walk) is phonemically /ʃam.mər/ rather than /ʃa.m:ər/.
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Preshi Istan. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 Preshi IstanOrthography [edit] | |||||||||||
| Aa/a/, /ɒ/, [ɑ]1 | Ää/ɛ/ | Bb/b/ | Dd/d/ | Ee/e/, /ɛ/ | Ff/f/ | Gg/g/, [ɣ]2 | Hh/h/, /x/ | Ii/i/, /ɪ/, [j]3 | Kk/k/ | Ll/l/ | Mm/m/ |
| Nn/n/ | Oo/ə/, /o/ | Öö/ø/ | Pp/p/ | Rr/ɹ/, [r]4 | Ss/s/, [z]5 | Šš/ʃ/ | Tt/t/ | Uu/ʊ/, /u/ | Üü/y/ | Xx// | |
| ✔ Shown in correct order [change] | |||||||||||
- before [ɹ] or [ɹ:]
- after fricatives
- before or after vowels
- word-finally
- before voiced plosives/fricatives, or after a voiced plosive/fricative in the same syllable
Additional NotesLong consonants are written with doubled letters; for example, /s:/ is written with the digraph ⟨ss⟩.
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Verbs in Preshi Istan
An overview of conjugation
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