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''' | '''Tithri''' (''ifrasi-ye tithri'', <small>pronunciation:</small> [[w:Help:IPA|[if.ˈra.si.je ˈti.θri]]]) is an Ukilenic language spoken in the country of [[Rathari]]. It is one of two official languages, and has around 41.6 million native speakers. | ||
Being part of the Ukilen language family, it is related to the [[Baphian language|Baphian]] languages, [[Kzmr language|Kzmr]], [[Jkawi language|Jkawi]], [[Hallusian language|Hallusian]], and Yamahati. | |||
Most vocabulary in Tithri is derived directly from Proto-Ukilen, but many words are from a substrate language known as Pre-Tithri. A very small part of Tithri vocabulary is borrowed from [[Loremese language|Loremese]]. | |||
== Name of the language and etymology == | |||
The name ''Tithri'' is from the Proto-Ukilen word for ''language'', *tuðɹhe''.'' | |||
== History == | |||
Among the Ukilenic languages, Tithri is closest to [[Jkawi language|Jkawi]] due to Tithri being somewhat phonologically conservative, albeit the two languages are not mutually intelligible at all. The language developed out of a variant of Proto-Ukilen spoken on the [NORTHERN CONTINENT]. | |||
== Geographical distribution == | |||
Tithri is the native language of Rathari, being one of two official languages. The other official language is [[Hallusian language|Hallusian]]. | |||
The largest concentration of Tithri speakers is in the capital city of Rathari, [[Thui|Irasi]]. | |||
== Phonology == | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
|+Consonants of ''Ilasi Tithri'' | |||
! colspan="2" | | |||
!Labial | |||
!Dental | |||
!Alveolar | |||
!Dorsal | |||
|- | |||
! colspan="2" |Nasal | |||
|m | |||
| colspan="2" |n | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
! rowspan="2" |Plosive | |||
!-V | |||
|p | |||
| colspan="2" |t | |||
|k | |||
|- | |||
!+V | |||
|b | |||
| colspan="2" |d | |||
|g | |||
|- | |||
! rowspan="2" |Fricative | |||
!-V | |||
|f | |||
|'''θ''' th | |||
|s | |||
|'''x''' kh | |||
|- | |||
!+V | |||
|v | |||
| | |||
|z | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
! colspan="2" |Sonorant | |||
|w | |||
| | |||
|r | |||
|'''j''' y | |||
|} | |||
There is also '''/h/''', but this sound only occurs at the start of words, like in ''haru'' 'I answer'. | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
|+Vowels of ''Ilasi Tithri'' | |||
! | |||
!Front | |||
!Back | |||
|- | |||
!Close | |||
|i | |||
|u | |||
|- | |||
!Mid | |||
|e | |||
|o | |||
|- | |||
!Open | |||
|a | |||
|'''ɑ''' á | |||
|} | |||