Amarimnu

General information
Amarimnu is a fictional language spoken in the East Mediterranean, it is descended from the Semitic language family but it also has Indo-European influences (Greek, Italian and English).

Consonants

 * "t" is realized both as / θ/ and /t/, while d is realized both as  /ð/ and /d/. This is a difference between mountainous (the former) and coastal (the latter) Amarimnu, both are accepted forms.


 * the standard form of "g" is /ɣ/. "g" is pronounced as "k" when it is immediately followed by another consonant.


 * "r" is pronounced in a variety of ways, depending on a person's dialect. These differences are respected.


 * "â" is pronounced as  /ʕ/ (not to be confused with the glottal stop  ʔ). However, there are some differences. If â is immediately followed by "i" or "j" they are together pronounced as " eɪ" or "eː". At the end of the word it is pronounced as / ħ/.


 * "q" is pronounced as /ʔ/. However, in some dialects it is pronounced as /k/ if "q" stands between two vowels. It is also pronounced /k/ if "q" is followed by the word ending -Vr (jaqar is pronounced jakar, not ja'ar).


 * "h" is silent.

Diphthong

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! Diphthong ! IPA "aw" is often pronounced as "o", especially on the coast.
 * aj
 * aɪ
 * aj
 * eɪ
 * aw
 * oː
 * }
 * aw
 * oː
 * }

Alphabet
The Amarimnu alphabet consists of 25 letters (C, F, V, X and Y do not occur in Amarimnu):

Â A B D E G H Ħ I J K L M N O P Q R S Ş T U W Z Ẓ

Stress
Stress is usually on the last syllable but often also on the penultimate syllable, depending on the syllable weight. There are extreme exceptions, in long words, where the stress is even further back, but those are not very numerous.

Pronouns
Pronouns are quite regular, with some exceptions.


 * There is a difference between etti and ettiwi or hija and hijawe. The latter is used to create extra "passion" in speech. For example, the compliment "etti miqet" ("you are 100 - you are great) is something one would say to a friend. "Ettiwi miqet" is something one would say to a date. Note that "miqet" is pronounced as "mi'et" as "q" is a glottal stop.


 * The first plural has two variants. The first one is the regular first plural. The second one is a special case. Its use is highly subjective. In this case "we" can be understood as family or close friends. For example, at the beginning of basic training, Kbirbian shoulder shout "nachnu jaburim!" (we are warriors!). When they finished their course they will shout "enachnu jaburim!" (we are warriors! and we are a close group of people). An even stronger variant exists in mountain dialects, " ẓenachna". This form of we gives a certain value to the "we" group which the other group lacks. For example " ẓ enachna jaburim!" would mean something like "We are warriors, and they are not".


 * The female variant of the third person plural is only used in some dialects nowadays, instead only the male or "neutral" variant is used. There is a trend to do the same with the second person plural but  this is not widely accepted.