Tenibvreth (dialect)

Tenibvreth is one of two modern dialects of Braereth, spoken primarily by the vampire clans.

The phonology is similar to Classical Braereth, but is marked by vowel raising, vowel deletion, the establishment of a pure palatal series, and fricativization of the traditional palatal lateral.

Tenibvreth is also characterised by extensive borrowing of terms from Germanic, Slavic, Gothic, and other Romance sources; conversely, certain Classical Latin terms are preserved which were lost in most or all other Romance languages.

Phonology

Consonants	Labial	Dental	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar		Vowels	Front	Back
Plosive	p · b	t · d			k · ɡ		High	i	u
Affricate			ʦ · ʣ	ʨ · ʥ			Mid	e	o
Fricative	f· v	θ · [ð]	s · [z]	ɕ · (ʑ)	[x](χ) ·		Low	a~ä, ə
Nasal	m	n		ɲ	[ŋ]		Diphthongs	To Front	To Back
Lateral		l	[ɬ] · ɮ	[ʎ]			High	ui̯	iu̯
Rhotic			r [ɾ]	r̝	[ʀ]		Mid		eu̯
Approximant	ʋ			j			Low	ai̯	au̯

Notable Changes from Braereth to Tenibvreth

• ⟨bv⟩: β → v
• ⟨cj⟩, ⟨tj⟩: ʧ → ʨ
• ⟨gj⟩, ⟨dj⟩: ʤ → ʥ
• ⟨sj⟩: ʃ → ɕ
• ⟨zj⟩: ʒ → ʑ
• ⟨ei⟩: ej → i
• ⟨ou⟩: ow → u
• ⟨lj⟩: ʎ → ɮ
• ⟨ou⟩: ow → ∅ (when unstressed at the end of a word)
• ⟨e⟩: e → ∅ (when unstressed at the end of a word)
• ⟨ctj⟩: ʧ → kɕ