Toendran language

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Toendran
Tooendran
Tuuenjik
Pronunciation['Tu:enjik]
RegionNorth-East Astaria
EthnicityToendran
Native speakers
6 million (2015)
Thuado-Thrismaran
  • Germanic
    • West Germanic
      • Toendran
Latin
Official status
Official language in
 Toendraland
Language codes
ISO 639-3
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Tuendran(Tuuenjik ['Tu:enjik]) is a West Germanic language spoken by about 5.8 million as a first language, and 0.2 million as a second language, constituting most of the population of Toendraland(where it is the official language, and the entirity of the Urichi tribes as a second language.

Phonetics

Consonants

Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar
Plosive voiced b ⟨b⟩ d ⟨d⟩ ɡ ⟨gh⟩
voiceless p ⟨p⟩ t ⟨t⟩ k ⟨k⟩
Affricate voiced b͡β ⟨bv⟩ t͡s ⟨c⟩
voiceless p͡ɸ ⟨pf⟩ d͡z ⟨z⟩
Fricative voiced β ⟨v⟩ z ⟨s⟩ ɣ ⟨g⟩
voiceless ɸ ⟨f⟩ s ⟨ss/ß⟩ x ⟨h⟩
Nasal m ⟨m⟩ n ⟨n⟩
Approximant l ⟨l⟩, ɹ ⟨r⟩ j ⟨j⟩ w ⟨w⟩, ʍ ⟨wh⟩

Vowels

Short
Front Central back
Close i ⟨i⟩ ɨ ⟨y⟩ ʉ ⟨ÿ⟩ u ⟨u⟩
Mid e ⟨e⟩ ə ⟨ë⟩ o ⟨o⟩
Open a ⟨a⟩
Long
Front Central back
Close ⟨ii⟩ ɨː ⟨yy⟩ ʉː ⟨ÿÿ⟩ ⟨uu⟩
Open ⟨aa⟩