Orserrin

Consonants

 * 1The voiceless dental non-sibilant fricative is only pronounced within the letter combination tr pronounced [θr].
 * 2The sibilant affrictates are written as a combination of the letter t and their corresponding sibilant fricative letter, e.g. [dz] is spelled tz

Other consonants

 * [ɧ], sj-sound
 * [k'], voiceless velar ejective
 * [ɥ], voiced labial-palatial approximant

Writing System
Orserrin is written in its own script, Atshein, which is not render-able on this page. Therefore, a latin approximation of Atshein is being used to represent Orserrin text and letters, corresponding on a one-to-one basis with Atshein letters. Atshein does not have a formal alphabetical order. Thus this page is written roughly in the order of the IPA tables. Letters marked with a * do not have an Atshein equivalent, but are marked to specify their pronunciation.

Irregular sounds
Orserrin has some sounds with irregular spellings. The following is a list of the most notable, with examples:


 * tt corresponds to [θᵊθ], or two [θ] sounds pronounced in rapid succession. In some dialects, a schwa is added in between the [θ] sounds, but in others, there is no separating vowel. This sound is often used as a replacement for the [θ] sound found in neighboring languages such as Therolînkhaar. One example of this letter is the Orserrin word for Therolîn, natively pronounced [θeroːlɪn], which is spelled tteiirolin [θᵊθeːrɔlin]. The exact origin of this rule is heavily debated, but it is theorized that Kadjébaizh Thlev'ven, a language which regularly interacted with Orserrin, might have had a role, due to the double-consonants very common in it, such as the simliar [vᵊv].
 * tr corresponds to [θr]. One example of this is the Orserrin-speaking city Bhetredesk Siste, which is pronounced as [pʰɛθrɛdɛsk sistɛ] by it's inhabitants.
 * xhr, hr, and xr are pronounced as rr.
 * x, h, and xh before another consonant make any preceding vowel long and aren't pronounced. For example, the word for spouse in Orserrin is ana-ehru. However, the h is not pronounced, meaning it would be pronounced as [änäʔɛːry].