Nureki

General Information
Sogdianian (American English: [sɑgdiˈeɪ̯niɪn]) is a language spoken in the Sughd region of Tajikistan and the area around the Kairakum resevoir (Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan). It's a historical language language that had taken much influence from Greek in its early days (around the time of Alexander the Great) where it was a small language isolate on the Silk Road. It has seen a recent explosion in Tajikistan after its independence. It has its roots in Proto-Turkish with Ancient Greek as old influence, Persian as middle and modern influence, and Turkish and English as modern influences (Turkish because of those who wish to have a "purity" in their words and therefore take from another Turkic language with Turkish holding more prestige than Tajik and much more than Dari (as Tajik words are taken among the majority, but Dari is considard a low-end speach)).

Sound Changes at the bottom of the page (Proto-Turkish > Turkish link )

Phonology
(*) - can be palatalized; (**) look at alphabet

Orthography
There are two alphabets (latin and cyrillic) that are used. The cyrillic is the official one, but many dialects (particularly among those in the west).

Note that all the consonants that can be palatalized (look at the consonant chart above) are before a front vowel or [j]. (1) allophonically before front vowels. (2) allophonically before velars/uvulars. (3) allophonically before another consonant

Sound Changes
C = consonants; V = vowels; acute (´) = stressed; grave (`) = unstressed; Ɵ = closed syllable; O = open syllable (Ɵ_ = final closed syllable; _Ɵ = initial closed syllable; etc); P = plosive; F = fricative; Vˡ = later vowel; J = front vowel; W = back vowel; N = nasal; ~ = next syllable

Note vowel harmony throughout with emphasis on the second vowel in the set then the stressed p, t > b, d/#_, V_V ɲ, kʲ, gʲ > j/#_ ʎ, ɲ > ʲ/C_ ʎ > j/V_ g, d > ʁ, ð/V_V!_V: Vowel Harmony: e > ɤ/_~W k > q/_Ẃ b > v/_# s > z/_#, Ɵ_ rʲ > ʒ r > z/_# sʲ > ʃ p > f/#_ b > v/_V!_V: d > ð/_V̀# lP > Pʲ; ls > ʃ d > g/V́_# k, g > c, ɟ/_J, J_# Vl > Vˡ/_F!V:F t͡ʃ > ʃ/#_ t͡ʃ > d͡ʒ/_W Vowel Harmony: ä > æ/_~J; ä > ɑ/_~W j > ʒ/_J P > N/_P ŋt > ɲ q > h/_J ŋ > ∅/_V ʁ > h/#_ b > m/_# kP > xP V: > V CVrP > CrVP

Proto-Turkic Phonology

[p, t, k, b, d, g, t͡ʃ, s, m, n, ɲ, ŋ, r, rʲ, l, ʎ] (with allophonic palatalization before front vowels)

[i, e, y, ø, u, o, ɯ, a]