Étirian

Étirian (étirana [ɛtɪrænə]) is a macrolanguage spoken by the people of the fictional continent of Étir. It is one of only a few languages spoken on the continent. The origin of the language is unknown, and dates before the Fall; however, it is known that the language began to diverge after survivors speaking the language were isolated after the fall in discrete geographical regions, leaving them to evolve their own dialects, which they still have today. A person who speaks Étirian is referred to as an Étirian in English, or an étirla in Étirian.

Every city on the continent uses the language in an official capacity; however, it is the dialect of the language used that differs from region to region. The 2000 Cassal census found there to be over 500 million primary speakers of the language across Étir, and 200 million primary speakers of the Iperion dialect of the language. Only 50 thousand people speak Étirian as a secondary language.

Classification and Dialects
Étirian is an a posteriori conlang that, if it did not exist only in a fantasy universe, could be considered to be a Romance language. It takes most sentence structure from languages likes French and Spanish, though verbs do not decline according to person like French (the ending changes only for voice, mood, number and sometimes tense). However, Étirian exists in a universe isolated from Romance languages, and therefore much of its core vocabulary is not shared with those languages.

Étirian has, depending on who you ask, either seven or eight dialects:
 * Iperion (dáiu canoná, DC)
 * Riverland (dáiu loíla, DL)
 * Issar (issarina, IS)
 * Corellian Issar (issarina coriá, IC)
 * Alcalan (alcalana, AL)
 * Aolian (aolina, AO)
 * Valettan (valeina, VA)
 * Nól Viraton (viratona, VI)Étirian_Dialects.png

Phonotactics

 * Syllables should contain a nucleus; however, they do not need an onset or a coda.
 * If a portmanteau word has two accented vowels adjacent to each other, only the first vowel keeps the accent except for if the second vowel is the adjectival 'á', in which case only the 'á' keeps its accent.
 * Syllables should contain at least one vowel.
 * A word cannot end in /ɾ/.
 * The diphthong /ks/ covers two syllables (/k.s/) when used in a word.
 * An infinitive of a verb must have at least two syllables.
 * The 're' ending of an infinitive verb must not be preceded by an 'a'.

Iperion (DC)
The pronunciation given on this page is for DC dialect, as it is the most popularly spoken. No changes are necessary.

Riverland (DL)

 * The digraph 'rr' is always pronounced as /ɾ/.
 * The vowel /ɛ/ is pronounced like /ɛy/.

Issar

 * The consonant 's' is allowed to be pronounced as /z/, and more often is.
 * The vowel 'i', when used at the beginning of a word and preceding a vowel, is nearly always pronounced as /dʒ/.
 * The diphthong 'iá' at the end of a word is pronouced as /ij/.

Corellian Issar

 * The consonant 's' is allowed to be pronounced as /z/, and more often is.

Alcalan

 * The vowel /ɛ/ is pronounced like /ɛy/.
 * The consonant 'r' is always pronounced as /ʀ/.

Aolian

 * The consonant 'r' is always pronounced as /ʀ/.
 * The consonant 'v' can sometimes be pronounced as /β/.

Valettan

 * The vowel /ɛ/ is pronounced like /ɛy/.
 * The diphthongs 'iá' and 'ia' at the end of a word are pronouced as /ij/.

Nól Viraton

 * The consonant 's' is allowed to be pronounced as /z/, and more often is.
 * The consonant 'p' is allowed to be pronounced as /pʰ/.

Writing System
Étirian uses an abugida writing system, but it can be written in a Latin alphabet for real-world convenience.