Ure'oi is a language that is spoken within the Thrid Vekpoji Republic in the Udek'owek region which primarily refers to the regions around the capital city (Udek'owek aka Ure'oi) and the Niwis River (aka The Niupis).This language is the most widely spoken Luhvi language in the republic but not by a large margin. Ure'oi is written using the Luhvi script which consists of logograms and syllable characters. Because of the high amount of irregularity, variation in dialects, and complex writing system, Ure'oi is considered a difficult language to learn and master within the world it exists in (most of the other Luhvi languages fall into the same case for similar reasons). A brief description is provided below:
Consonants:
Bilabial/Labio-dental | Dental/Alveolar | Post-alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |
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Nasal | m mː (mm) | n nː (nn) | ||||
Plosive/Affricate | p pː (pp) b bː (bb) | t tː (tt) d dː (dd) | t͡ʃ (ch) t͡ʃː (cch) d͡ʒ (j) d͡ʒː (jj) | k kː (kk) g gː (gg) | ʔ (') | |
Fricative | f fː [β (v)] | s sː z zː [ð (dh)] | ʃ (sh) ʃː (ssh) ʒ (zh) ʒː (zzh) | {ɕ (sy)} {ɕː (ssy)} | x (h) [ɣ (gh)] | |
Liquid | l [ɾ (r)] | j (y) | [w] |
Allophony (phones in brackets are allophones) (unless otherwise mentioned all listed allophones are intervocallic)
Items in curly brackets are regional phonemes & parenthesis indicate orthography
Vowels:
Front | Central | Back | |
---|---|---|---|
Close | i y (ì) | {ɨ (ù)} | u |
Mid | e {ø (ò)} | o | |
Open | a |