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Erina language

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Erina
Native toPakistan
RegionGilgit-Baltistan, Dardistan
Era14th to 18th century BC[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-1er
ISO 639-2ern
ISO 639-3ern
Glottologerina1242[2]

Erina (Persian:عريني‎) is a Indo-European language of Pakistan was spoken by Erina peoples in Baltistan.

History[edit]

The Ancient language was spoken by 3,000 peoples in Dardikistan region about 300 years ago the language have many loanwords from Indo-European languages specially from Slavic language.

Consonants[edit]

Labial Coronal Retroflex Palatal Velar Glottal
Stop Plain p t ʈ k
Aspirated ʈʰ
Voiced b d ɖ ɡ
Affricate Plain ts
Aspirated tsʰ tʂʰ tʃʰ
Voiced dz[lower-alpha 1] [lower-alpha 1]
Fricative Plain (f) s ʂ ʃ x[lower-alpha 1] h
Voiced z ʐ ʒ[lower-alpha 1] ɣ[lower-alpha 1] ɦ[lower-alpha 1]
Nasal m n ɳ ŋ
Lateral l
Rhotic r ɽ[lower-alpha 2]
Semivowel ʋ~w j
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 According to Rajapurohit (2012, p. 33–34)
  2. Degener (2008, p. 14) lists it as a phoneme

Diphthongs[edit]

In Erina there are the following diphthongs:[3]

  • falling: ae̯, ao̯, eə̯, ɛi̯, ɛːi̯, ue̯, ui̯, oi̯, oə̯;
  • falling nasalized: ãi̯, ẽi̯, ũi̯, ĩũ̯, ʌĩ̯;
  • raising: u̯i, u̯e, a̯a, u̯u.

Grammar[edit]

In 1982 the first Erina Grammar was published.[4]

Phonology[edit]

Erina has a variety of dialects which may vary phonemically The following tables lay out the basic phonology of erina.

Tone[edit]

Erina, like many Slavic languages has either phonemic tone or stress distinctions.[5]

The Erina principal vowel sounds

Front Mid Back
unrounded rounded
High i u
Lower high e o
Higher low ɛ ə ʌ ɔ
Low a

All vowels but /ɔ/ can be either long or nasalized, though no minimal pairs with the contrast are found.[6]

Writing system[edit]

Erina was written in the Latin script and later Persian script during eighteenth century Because of Persian was official language of the state at this time.

Sample[edit]

Sample of Erina language with English translations.