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	Near-back	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 four basic conjugation patterns:

Pattern 1

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