Chyrin (language)

A language of the Lächyr species. It is the most commonly spoken language on Morhwyn, and is used as their primary language of commerce, especially with other planets.

Phonology

Letters represent standard orthography when written in Latin characters. Where letters appear in pairs, the one on the right is voiced.

Consonants

	Bilabial	Labiodental	Labial-Velar	Dental	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Plosive	p b			t d			k g
Nasal	m				n		ng
Fricative	fh vh	f v	hw w	th dh	s z	sh zh	kh gh	h
Lateral Fricative				lh
Approximant					r	j
Lateral Approximant					l

Vowels

The chart below shows the common orthography when transcribed to the Latin alphabet. "Long" vowels are marked by an umlaut; those at a different articulation point than their "short" versions may not always be held for double length. Vowels to the left of a | are unrounded; vowels to the right of a | are rounded.

	Front	Near-front	Central	Back
Close	ï \|		\| ÿ	\| u/ü
Near-close		i \| y
Close-mid	ë \|			\| o/ö
Mid
Open-mid	e/ä \|
Open	a \|

Grammar

Pronouns

	Masculine	Feminine
I	lu	lhan
you	ky	kÿn
he/she	vho	vhya
it	hwem
we	lanar	luze
you (plural)	khjar	khÿr
they	vher	vhyn

Verbs

Verbs can follow one of three basic conjugation patterns:

Pattern 1

dhawr–to be		rilh–to live
I am	lu/lhan dhawr	I live	lu/lhan rilhr
you are	ky/kÿn dhawe	you live	ky/kÿn rilhe
he/she is	vho/vhya dhaw	he/she lives	vho/vhya rilh
we are	lanar/luze dhawn	we live	lanar/luze rilhn
you (pl.) are	khjar/khÿr dhaw	you (pl.) live	khjar/khÿr rilh
they are	vher/vhyn dhawr	they live	vher/vhyn rilhr

Pattern 2

thyr–to love
I love	lu/lhan thyr
you love	ky/kÿn thëjre
he/she loves	vho/vhya thyr
we love	lanar/luze thëjren
you (pl.) love	khjar/khÿr thyr
they love	vher/vhyn thyr

Pattern 3

lewa–to see
I love	lu/lhan leow
you love	ky/kÿn leowe
he/she loves	vho/vhya lewa
we love	lanar/luze leowen
you (pl.) love	khjar/khÿr leow
they love	vher/vhyn lewa