Archive:Niryokulta

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Niryokulta
nyrjokulda
Pronunciation[ˈȵi:ɹjokʰʊɫˌta]
RegionWest Miraria
EthnicityYokultan
Native speakers55,000  (2018 estimate)
Language family
Yokultan
  • Niryokulta
Early forms:
DialectsNgumyokulta, Ngeyv dialect, Duryk dialect, Central dialect, Western dialect, Eastern dialect, Upper eastern dialect
Writing systemDuryk script
Official status
Official language in Akamyokulta
Recognised minority language in Durykia
CWS codeNRJK

Niryokulta is an agglutinative language spoken in Akamyokulta where it is an official language. A more significant minority speak it in Durykia and some Yokultans also live in Ngeyvger and other surrounding countries.

Classification

Niryokulta is an agglutinative language belonging to Yokulta language family what is however rejected by some linguists that suggest Niryokulta is rather an isolate.

History

Approximate place where Niryokulta speakers come from is West Miraria, possibly area of today's Ngeyvger. However, these are just speculations as the language's history is not recorded at all or on a really low level. The only language related to Niryokulta is now extinct Vushyokulta, the sister language that was spoken by minority in the western part of Durykia until 1923 when it went extinct after death of Vuoža Jiris.

Yokultans made contact with Ngeyvic and later Durykian people which resulted in loaning words from both languages that are still present in today's Niryokulta language and frequently used by its speakers.

Phonology

Phonemes

Bilabial Labio-dental Dental Alveolar Alveolo-palatal Palatal Velar Glottal Other
Nasal m n [ȵ] ŋ
Plosive p pʰ [ʰp] [b] t tʰ [ʰt] [ȶ] [ȶʰ] [ʰȶ] k kʰ [ʰk] [ʔ]
Fricative v [θ] ð s ɕ [ʝ] [x] h
Affricate t͡s t͡ɕ
Lateral fricative ɬ
Lateral approximant l [ɫ]
Approximant ɹ j
Front Central Back
Close i i: ʉ ʉ: u:
Near-close ɪ ʊ
Close-mid e e: o o:
Near-open æ:
Open a [ɑ]

Phonotactics

Morphology and syntax

Vocabulary

Writing and literature