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 becoming a autonomous state. It has its roots in Old-Turkish and takes Persian as a strong influence.

Sound Changes
Key: V - vowel | C - consonant | Ɵ - closed syllable | f - front vowel harmony | b - back vowel harmy | P - plosive | N - nasal {p t k} > {b d g} / #_ Vl > l̩ / Ɵ l > ʁ / #_ ŋ > j ! _C ɢ > ʁ lk > tʃ ŋr > dʒ {k g} > {tʃ dʒ} / _a {b d g ɢ} > {p t k q} / _# VCV̀C > VCC a > e / _f jy > uj *changes vowel harmony o > u / Ɵ ; œ > y / Ɵ ; a > e / Ɵ i > ʲ / C_# g > ʁ / _C Pk > Px a > aɪ̯ / _{ɣ ɯ ʁ} p > k / V_V rz > ʒ ɯ > ɣ / _V rʲ > d͡ʒ ʁ > χ ! _C N{tʃ p t k s} > N{dʒ b d g z} q > χ / _C χ > x? ú > ý / P_P {ì à ò ù} > e / O sti > ʃti u > o / Ó ʁ > ɣ Pitch System

high tone = ↑ ; low tone = ↓ –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Old-Turkic Phonology

[i y e ø ɯ u ɑ o]

[m n ɲ ŋ p b t d tʃ k g q ɢ s z ʃ ɾ ɫ l j]

Example words
 * alkış - applause
 * al - red
 * alın - forehead
 * agrı - pain
 * az - not much/many
 * tağ - mountain
 * taş - stone
 * yag - oil, fat, grease
 * kız - girl
 * boş - empty, free
 * ur - to hit, pound, beat
 * örümçek - spider
 * yüz - hundred
 * sıŋar - deaf
 * tut - hold
 * töri - to be born, arise, spring up
 * töz - root, origin, foundation
 * teŋri - God of the blue sky
 * taban - sole, foot
 * topur - to dry out
 * yaş - age
 * oğur - luck, fortune
 * unıt - forget
 * çerig - army
 * öl - to die, kill
 * çiçek - flower
 * üstin - up, top
 * üze - above, over
 * şiş - skewer
 * çıpık - branch
 * or - city
 * kut - holy, fortune
 * süt - milk
 * uz - to make, to be able to
 * sıgır - cattle
 * yat - to bend, incline, lie
 * yaŋı - new
 * siŋür - digest
 * tat - taste
 * ut - win