Braereth

Braereth is actually a collection of three fairly mutually intelligible dialects. Classical Braereth was a Western Romance language spoken in pockets of mountainous areas from the Alps to the Carpathians until the mid-sixteenth century, when it fell out of use.

The modern language is still often written in the classical orthography, though the two dialects that have emerged from it sometimes diverge sharply. The dialect known as Tenibvreth is much more conservative to the original phonology. The Eomentesa dialect, however, has a sound that is much more similar to modern Iberian languages.

For the purposes of this text, We will use the Classical spelling of the language; where appropriate and necessary, dialectal forms will be shown in double-brackets, e.g. undix [unˈdi] ‘where’, but Tenibvrith ⟪ubvi⟫ [ˈuvi] or Eomentesa ⟪quondex⟫ [kwonˈde]. Specific differences in the phonologies of the two modern dialects are described under Phonology.

Phonology

Classical Braereth

Consonants	Labial	Dental	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar		Vowels	Front	Back
Plosive	p · b [p · b]	t · d [t̪ · d̪]		cj · gj [c · ɟ]	c · g [k · ɡ]		High	i [i]	u [u]
Affricate	bv [β]		tz [ts · dz]	tj · dj [ʧ · ʤ]			Mid	e [e]	o [o]
Fricative	f · v [f · v]	th · [θ ·]	s · z [s · z]	sj · zj [ʃ · ʒ]			Low	a [ä]
Nasal	m [m]	n [n̪]		nj [ɲ]	ng [ŋ]		Diphthongs	Rising Front	Rising Back
Lateral		l [l̪]		lj [ʎ]			High	ui [ui̯]	ou [ou̯]
Trill			r [r~ɾ]				Mid	ei [ei̯]	eu [eu̯]
Approximant	u [w]			i [j]			Low	ae [ai̯]	au [au̯]