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Written Language

Alphabet

The Diamavyan alphabet consists of 9 vowels, 21 consonants, and the letter Ԓ which acts as both a vowel and a consonant. The alphabet also contains three digraphs which are formed if they are not immediately followed by an H.

Letters

Letters	Name	IPA (Standard pronunciation)	IPA (Alternate pronunciation)	Speech Sound Type	Origin Script	Note
A a	a	[ˈeɪ]		Vowel	Latin
Ѧ ѧ	ѧ	[ˈɔ]	[ˈɒ]	Vowel	Cyrillic	^[1]
B b	ba	[ˈb]		Consonant	Latin
C c	cѧ	[ˈtʃ]		Consonant	Latin
D d	da	[ˈd]		Consonant	Latin
E e	e	[ˈæ]		Vowel	Latin
Ɛ ɛ	ɛ	[ˈi]		Vowel	Latin
F f	ɛf	[ˈf]		Consonant	Latin
G g	gi	[ˈg]		Consonant	Latin
H h	hɛ	[ˈh]		Consonant	Latin
I i	i	[ˈe]	[ˈɪ]	Vowel	Latin	^[2] ^[3]
J j	ja	[ˈdʒ]		Consonant	Latin
K k	ka	[ˈk]		Consonant	Latin
L l	ihl	[ˈl]		Consonant	Latin
Ԓ ԓ	el	[ˈæˡ]		Consonant & Vowel	Cyrillic
M m	ɛm	[ˈm]		Consonant	Latin
N n	ihn	[ˈn]		Consonant	Latin
O o	o	[ˈoʊ]		Vowel	Latin
Ө ө	ө	[ˈaʊ]		Vowel	Cyrillic
P p	pa	[ˈp]		Consonant	Latin
R r	ur	[ˈr]		Consonant	Latin
S s	ihs	[ˈʒ]		Consonant	Latin
Ƨ ƨ	shɛ	[ˈʃ]		Consonant	Latin
Ԏ ԏ	thih	[ˈθ]	[ˈð]	Consonant	Cyrillic	^[4] ^[5] ^[6]
T t	tɛ	[ˈt]		Consonant	Latin
U u	u	[ˈʌ]	['ə]	Vowel	Latin	^[1]
Ц ц	ц	['ʊ]		Vowel	Cyrillic
V v	vih	[ˈv]		Consonant	Latin
W w	wa	[ˈw]		Consonant	Latin
X x	ɛx	[ˈex]		Consonant	Latin
Y y	yih	[ˈj]		Consonant	Latin
Z z	za	[ˈz]		Consonant	Latin

Digraphs and Trigraphs

Letters	Name	IPA (Standard pronunciation)	Origin Script	Note
Ia	ia	['aɪ]	Latin
Ier	ier	['eəʳ]	Latin	^[7]
Iɛn	iɛn	['ŋ]	Latin
Io	io	['ɔɪ]	Latin	^[7]
Ou	ou	['u:]	Latin	^[7]
Цer	цer	['ʊəʳ]	Cyrillic & Latin	^[7]

Grammer

Grammatical Characteristics

Consistently flat adverbs

Personal Pronouns

The table below outline the personal pronouns of the Diamavyan language. Each Diamavyan personal pronoun is preceded by its English counterpart to its left.

Person				Subjective case		Objective case		Dependent possessive		Independent possessive		Reflexive
Singular	Animate	First-preson	Feminine	I	Ƨun	Me	Ƨum	My	Ƨup	Mine	Ƨups	Myself	Ƨuԏ
			Masculine		Jun		Jum		Jup		Jups		Juԏ
			Neutral		Nun		Num		Nup		Nups		Nuԏ
		Second-preson	Feminine	You	Ƨцn	You	Ƨцm	Your	Ƨцp	Yours	Ƨцps	Yourself	Ƨцԏ
			Masculine		Jцn		Jцm		Jцp		Jцps		Jцԏ
			Neutral		Nцn		Nцm		Nцp		Nцps		Nцԏ
		Third-preson	Feminine	She	Ƨԓ	Her	Ƨԓm	Her	Ƨԓp	Hers	Ƨԓps	Herself	Ƨԓԏ
			Masculine	He	Jԓ	Him	Jԓm	Him	Jԓp	His	Jԓps	Himself	Jԓԏ
			Neutral	They	Nԓa	Them	Nԓma	Their	Nԓpa	Theirs	Nԓpsa	Themself	Nԓԏa
	Inanimate		Neutral	It	Nԓih	It	Nԓmih	Its	Nԓpih	Its	Nԓpsih	Itself	Nԓԏih
	Animate	Indefinite	Formal	One	Mѧv	One	Mѧvihm	Ones	Mѧvs	One's	Mѧvihms	Oneself	Mѧԏ
		Indefinite	Informal	You	Mѧv	You	Mѧvihm	Your	Mѧvs	Yours	Mѧvihms	Yourself	Mѧԏ
Plural		First-preson	Feminine	We	Ƨuv	Us	Ƨuvihm	Our	Ƨuvs	Ours	Ƨuvihms	Ourselves	Ƨuvihԏs
			Masculine		Juv		Juvihm		Juvs		Juvihms		Juvihԏs
			Neutral		Nuv		Nuvihm		Nuvs		Nuvihms		Nuvihԏs
		Second-preson	Feminine	You	Ƨцv	You	Ƨцvihm	Your	Ƨцvs	Yours	Ƨцvihms	Yourselves	Ƨцvihԏs
			Masculine		Jцv		Jцvihm		Jцvs		Jцvihms		Jцvihԏs
			Neutral		Nцv		Nцvihm		Nцvs		Nцvihms		Nцvihԏs
		Third-preson	Feminine	They	Ƨԓv	Them	Ƨԓvihm	Their	Ƨԓvs	Theirs	Ƨԓvihms	Themselves	Ƨԓvihԏs
			Masculine		Jԓv		Jԓvihm		Jԓvs		Jԓvihms		Jԓvihԏs
			Neutral		Nԓva		Nԓvihma		Nԓvsa		Nԓvihmsa		Nԓvihԏsa
	Inanimate		Neutral		Nԓvih		Nԓvihmih		Nԓvsih		Nԓvihmsih		Nԓvihԏsih
Relative			Relative & Interrogative	Who	Mav	Whom	Mavihm	Whose	Mavs	Whose	Mavihms
			Relative & Interrogative	What	Iav	What	Iavihm
			Interrogative Only	Which	Oav	Which	Oavihm

Glossary of Words

Word in English	Word in Diamavyan
Above	Өtur
Air	Eihr
All	Ihnem
Alliance	Ihnemyihn
And	Iht
And is	Ihtiz
And the	Ihtaz
Arch	Art
Company	Klihndrov
Coscivian	Kosihvyihn
Great (Geographical)	Glѧjцmn
Great (Personal)	Plѧjцmn
Home	Yihnɛr
Is	Iz
Land	Atihr
Love	Dihmarz
Nomadic	Orejihn
Northern	Nihrehr
Media	Zjiniaԏrɛu
Minute	Mihnuote
Of	Zat
Of the	Zataz
One (Numerical)	Vone
Our	Ƨup
Outermost	Tolizemyy
Party (Political)	Vekre
People (Singular)	Pѧpyoule
People (Plural)	Pѧpyoulez
Region	Kresiah
Southern	Siahr
State	Tierenfih
Tea	Ta
Territory	Tinansyiene
To	Ezt
The	Taz
Union (National)	Sԓioz
Union (Personal)	Sԓioh
Vandarchal	Vendurtihn

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Alternate pronunciation does not differ significantly from the standard pronunciation. Different sounds are made on a word by word basis, but the phonetic difference can really be heard and rarely matters.
↑ The letter I makes the [ˈe] sound when it or the vowel after it is immediately followed by an H.
↑ The letter I makes the [ˈɪ] sound when it or the vowel after it is not immediately followed by an H.
↑ The letter Ԏ makes the [ˈθ] when followed by a vowel. Ԏ also makes the [ˈθ] sound when preceded by a vowel when it is the last letter of the word.
↑ The letter Ԏ makes the [ˈð] when preceded by a vowel or when simultaneously preceded and followed by a vowel.
↑ The letter Ԏ does not need to abide by the previously stated conventions if the word is a loan word. For example, "Gѧԏik" ("Gothic" in English) makes the [ˈθ] sound despite being preceded and followed by a vowel.
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 ^7.3 The letters that make up this digraph make their seperate sounds if the second letter is immediately followed by an H.

[insdisc8-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Alternate pronunciation does not differ significantly from the standard pronunciation. Different sounds are made on a word by word basis, but the phonetic difference can really be heard and rarely matters.

[insdisc1-2] The letter I makes the [ˈe] sound when it or the vowel after it is immediately followed by an H.

[insdisc2-3] The letter I makes the [ˈɪ] sound when it or the vowel after it is not immediately followed by an H.

[insdisc3-4] The letter Ԏ makes the [ˈθ] when followed by a vowel. Ԏ also makes the [ˈθ] sound when preceded by a vowel when it is the last letter of the word.

[insdisc4-5] The letter Ԏ makes the [ˈð] when preceded by a vowel or when simultaneously preceded and followed by a vowel.

[insdisc5-6] The letter Ԏ does not need to abide by the previously stated conventions if the word is a loan word. For example, "Gѧԏik" ("Gothic" in English) makes the [ˈθ] sound despite being preceded and followed by a vowel.

[insdisc6-7] 7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 ^7.3 The letters that make up this digraph make their seperate sounds if the second letter is immediately followed by an H.

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