Metsx

Metsx (Metsx marus /mɛtʃ ˈmarus/) is the language of the fictional country of Metsx. It is spoken by approximately 900,000,000 people.

Classification and Dialects
Metsx has two main dialects - the South Metsx (Sapametsx) and the Latgalian Metsx (Latgalsk). Both are spoken by less than 2 million people, mostly in the south part of the country.

Consonants
-In certain positions, especially if stressed and before /ɛ/, a consonant can get palatalized.

- /p/, /b/ and /k/ can get aspirated.

-/r/ and /s/ are sometimes voiceless.

Vowels
-Vowels /ɛ/ and /ɔ/ can be nasalized.

-/ɛ/ can alternate into /ɛ:/ in the inferential, renarrative or dubitative infix -te-.

-/ɛ/ can also change into /ɨ/ in an unstressed syllable at the beginning of a word that have 4 or more syllables.

-In stressed syllables /ɛ/ makes the consonant before it palatalized.

Writing System
-The apostrophy is not counted as a letter, but it represents the palatalization of the syllable before it. e.g. -ibbe' /ibbʲɛ/ or the glottal stop.