Ahitereiran Language

Ahitereiran
Ahitereirano
AHITEREIRANU
Pronunciation	/ahitɛɾeiɾanu/
Native to	High Kingdoms of Alaxia
Region	East Alaxia
Ethnicity	Ahitereiran
Native speakers	260 million (2526)
Language family	Anter
Writing system	Anternian Script
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–

Ahitereiran (Ahitereirano or AHITEREIRANU [ahitɛɾeiɾanu]) is Anternian language, originating in the Gulf of Kloresa. It is an official language of the High Kingdoms of Alaxia and previously Ahitereira and Illuaq. It has approximately 260 million speakers, with the majority learning it as a second language.

Phonology

Consonants

The ancient Anternian system of consonants is still seen in the phonology of modern day Ahitereiran with the usage of /m/, /n/, /b/, /p/, /d/, /t/, /k/, /f/, /z/,/l/ ,/s/ and /r/, but also sees the various influences from the surrounding regions, such as /x/ from the Kentronik regions, the /ɲ/ from the native Kloresans and the /h/ and /ɾ/ from the Empherian peoples.With the other sounds developing naturally the language.

Consonant phonemes of Ahitereiran (Ahitereira)

	Labial	Denti-Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	/m/	/n/	/ɲ/
Stop	/b/ /p/	/d/ /t/		/g/ /k/ (q)	/h/
Fricative	/f/	/z/ /s/ /t͡s/ /d͡z/	/t͡ʃ/ /d͡ʒ/ /ʃ/	/x/
Approximant			/j/
Trill		/r/
Flap		/ɾ/
Lateral		/l/

Phonetic Notes:

• It is common for the omission of the Voiceless glottal fricative in the southern regions, specially in the Urban Koresan accent.
• The /x/ sound is often transformed into an /h/ in the Northern region of the country.

Vowels

Ahitereiran has one of the richest vowel phonologies of all Anter languages, having both oral and nasal vowels, diphthongs, and triphthongs. A phonemic distinction is made between close-mid vowels /e o/ and the open-mid vowels /ɛ ɔ/, though there is a certain amount of vowel alternation.

Oral Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
High	/i/		/u/
High-Mid	/e/		/o/
Low-Mid	/ɛ/		/ɔ/
Low		/a/

Nasal Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
High	/ĩ/		/ũ/
High-Mid	/ẽ/		/õ/
Low		/ã/