New Mifernian

New Mifernian (≪∺≠∨⊼⋖:∺∓∠⋖ ⊥∺⊼⩛∓×∺⊼≒ Mifërn'ijan lirujhirŧ, [mɪfərnijan ʎirujçɪrθ]) is a conlang, and is the main language of the Mifernian Republic. It is a revised version of the original Mifernian language.

Phonology

Consonants

Mifernian has 37 consonants in its inventory, as shown by this chart:

		Labial	Dental	Alveolar	Retroflex	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		m		n		ɲ	ŋ
Plosive	voiceless	p	t			c	k
	voiced	b	d			ɟ	g
Affricate	voiceless			ts	tʂ	tɕ
	voiced			dz	dʐ	dʑ
Fricative	unvoiced			s	ʂ	ɕ
	voiced			z	ʐ	ʑ
Fricative	unvoiced	f	θ			ç	x	h
	voiced	v	ð				ɣ
Approximant		w				j
Trill				r~ɾ
Lateral			l			ʎ

Vowels

Mifernian has 13 vowels in the inventory, as shown by this chart:

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i~ɪ y~ʏ		ʊ~u
Mid	ɛ~e	ə	ɔ~o
Open	a~ɑ

Phonotactics

A syllable in New Mifernian follows the structure (C)(H)V(H)(C), where the medials are liquids (/j w l r/). There is no known restriction on what consonants can be put at onset and coda.

Some consonants are palatalized when placed before /i/.

Grammar

The grammar of New Mifernian hasn't yet been decided. However, by the examples, it seems like the word order is OVS.

Writing system

There are 2 scripts for Mifernian.

Mifernian script

∠ /ɑ/ ~ /a/
≤ /b/
⋜ /v/
⟔ /g/, /ɟ/ before ∺
⟆ /ɣ/
⟓ /ʐ/
⊩ /d/, /dʑ/ before ∺
× /h/, /ç/ before ∺
⨰ /x/
≘ /e/ ~ /ɛ/
≒ ≓ /ð/ ~ /θ/
∨ /ə/
∓ /j/
± /y/ ~ /ʏ/
⟇ /k/, /c/ before ∺
∺ /ɪ/ ~ /i/
⊥ /l/, /ʎ/ before ∺
≫ ≪ /m/
⋗ ⋖ /n/, /ɲ/ before ∺, /ŋ/ before velar consonants
⟀ /ɔ/ ~ /o/
⋌ /p/
= ≠ /f/
⋈ /z/, /ʑ/ before ∺
⊼ /r~ɾ/
⊒ /t/, /tɕ/ before ∺
⩛ /ʊ/ ~ /u/
⋉ /s/, /ɕ/ before ∺
≑ /ʂ/
≶ /w/

: /ʔ/ or for non-palatal consonants before ∺ (e.g ⊩∺ = /dʑi/, ⊩∶∺ = /di/)

Digraphs:
⟔∓ /ɟ/ not before i
⊩∓ /dʑ/ not before i
×∓ /ç/ not before i
⟇∓ /c/ not before i
⊥∓ /ʎ/ not before i
⋗∓ /ɲ/ not before i
⋈∓ /ʑ/ not before i
⊒∓ /tɕ/ not before i
⋉∓ /ɕ/ not before i
⊒≑ /tʂ/
⊩⟓ /dʐ/
⊒⋉ /t͡s/
⊩⋈ /d͡z/

Punctuation
∘, ⁒ and ∗ are put in front of the sentence/word.
‸ (comma)
∘ (period)
⁒ (exclamation mark)
∗ (question mark)
⫰⫯ (quotation marks)
⫠⫟ (proper noun marker)
▵ (numeral)
⩿ or ⪀ (mifernian currency (⋗∠⟇⩛⋗∠ nakuna)) ≀ (loanword)

Latin script

A a /ɑ/ ~ /a/
B b /b/
C c /ts/
Č č /tʂ/
Ć ć /tɕ/
D d /d/, /dʑ/ before i
Đ đ /dʑ/
Dz dz /dz/
Dž dž /dʐ/
E e /e/ ~ /ɛ/
Ë ë /ə/
F f /f/
G g /g/, /ɟ/ before i
Ǵ ǵ /ɟ/
Ġ ġ /ɣ/
H h /h/, /ç/ before i
Hj hj /ç/
I i /ɪ/ ~ /i/
J j /j/
K k /k/, /c/ before i
Ḱ ḱ /c/
L l /l/, /ʎ/ before i
Ĺ ĺ /ʎ/
M m /m/
N n /n/, /ɲ/ before i, /ŋ/ before velar consonants
Ń ń /ɲ/
O o /ɔ/ ~ /o/
P p /p/
R r /r~ɾ/
S s /s/, /ɕ/ before i
Š š /ʂ/
Ś ś /ɕ/
T t /t/, /tɕ/ before i
Ŧ ŧ /ð/ ~ /θ/
U u /ʊ/ ~ /u/
V v /v/
W w /w/
X x /x/
Y y /y/ ~ /ʏ/
Z z /z/, /ʑ/ before i
Ž ž /ʐ/
Ź ź /ʑ/

D' d' /d/ before i
G' g' /g/ before i
K' k' /k/ before i
L' l' /l/ before i
N' n' /n/ before i
S' s' /s/ before i
T' t' /t/ before i
Z' z' /z/ before i

Numerals

There are 2 numeral systems in Mifernian.

Mifernian numerals

Mifernian numerals work like Roman numerals.
Numerals are marked by a ▵ character in the Mifernian script.
∠ = 1 ≤ = 2 ⋜ = 3 ⟔ = 4 ⟆ = 5
⟓ = 6 ⊩ = 7 × = 8 ⨰ = 9 ≘ = 10
≒ = 20 ∨ = 30 ∓ = 40 ± = 50 ⟇ = 60
∺ = 70 ⊥ = 80 ≪ = 90 ⋖ = 100 ⟀ = 200
⋌ = 300 ≠ = 400 ⋈ = 500 ⊼ = 600 ⊒ = 700
⩛ = 800 ⋉ = 900 ≑ = 1000 ≶ = 1000000
↿ = *1000 (eg. ≤↿ = 2000)
↟ = *1000000 (eg. ≤↟ = 2000000)

Examples:
▵∠ 1
▵≘∠ = 11
▵⋉≪⨰ = 999
▵≑⟀∨⟔ = 1234
▵≤↿≒≤ = 2022
▵∨≤↿⊒⟇× = 32768
▵⋖≒⋜↟≠±⟓↿⊒⊥⨰ = 123456789

Arabic numerals

The Latin script uses regular Arabic numerals.
− (1)
¬ (2)
≡ (3)
∧ (4)
⊿ (5)
⩗ (6)
⊓ (7)
⊔ (8)
⩘ (9)
⋄ (0)

Dictionary

Main article: New Mifernian dictionary

Comments

comment
-- -gge, creator of mineral fish (talk) 🇨🇦 08:31, 22 February 2022 (UTC)

Should we call it New Mifernian script or just Mifernian script?
-- OllyTheFoldy (talk) 15:58, 5 March 2022 (UTC)