Marsrian language
| Marsrian | |
|---|---|
| Marzlian | |
| Pronunciation | [maɹslian'] |
Native speakers | (2 cited 08.01.2026) |
Default
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
Marsrian ([maɹzlian']) is a language spoken by approximately 2 people in the world.
Phonology
Vowels
Marsrian has a vowel system consisting of five monophthongs and five diphthongs.
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| unrounded | rounded | ||
| Close | i | u | |
| Mid | e | o | |
| Open | a |
The vowels /i/ and /u/ are consistently close, while /e/ and /o/ range from close-mid to mid. The low central vowel /a/ is typically realized as [ä].
Diphthongs
Marsrian features five productive diphthongs, all of which are falling diphthongs:
| Orthography | IPA | Description | Example | Gloss |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ai | /ai/ | open to close front | prai | "to pray" |
| au | /au/ | open to close back | nuit | "sadness" |
| eu | /eu/ | mid front to close back | teu | "you" |
| iu | /iu/ | close front to close back | liu | "name" |
| oi | /oi/ | mid back to close front | koi | "fish" |
Consonants
The consonant inventory of Marsrian consists of 10 phonemes distributed across four places and four manners of articulation.
| Labial | Alveolar | Post- alveolar |
Velar | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | p | t | k | ||
| Nasal | m | n | |||
| Approximant | ɹ | ||||
| Fricative | voiceless | s | ʃ | ||
| voiced | ʒ | ||||
| Lateral | l | ||||
Notes:
- /ɹ/ (written ⟨r⟩) is realized as an alveolar approximant, similar to the English ⟨r⟩.
- The postalveolar fricatives /ʃ/ (written ⟨z⟩) and /ʒ/ (written ⟨ʒ⟩) can be realised as /s/ and /z/.
Phonotactics
The syllable structure of Marsrian follows a (C)(C)V(C) pattern, where:
- Onset consonants are optional
- The nucleus must be a vowel or diphthong
- Coda consonants are limited to /n/, /m/, /l/, and /s/
Consonant clusters are allowed in both onset and coda position.
Stress in Marsrian is predictable and typically falls on the last syllable of the word.
Orthography
Marsrian is written using the Latin alphabet with 15 letters. The orthography is largely phonemic, with the following correspondences:
| Grapheme | Phoneme | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| a | /a/ | |
| e | /e/ | |
| i | /i/ | |
| o | /o/ | |
| u | /u/ | |
| k | /k/ | |
| t | /t/ | |
| p | /p/ | |
| s | /s/ | |
| z | /ʃ/ | |
| ʒ | /ʒ/ | |
| r | /ɹ/ | |
| n | /n/ | |
| m | /m/ | |
| l | /l/ |
References
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