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	t̪ · d̪		c · ɟ	k · ɡ		High	i	u
Affricate	· b͡β		t͡s · d͡z	t͡ʃ · d͡ʒ			Mid	e	o
Fricative	ɸ · β	θ · [ð]	s · [z]	ʃ · (ʒ)	(x) ·		Low	a
Nasal	m	n̪		ɲ	[ŋ]		Diphthongs	To Front	To Back
Lateral		l̪		ʎ			High	ui̯	ou̯
Trill			r [ɾ]	r̝			Mid	ei̯	eu̯
Approximant	w			j			Low	ae̯	au̯

* Characters in square brackets are allophones; they are not phonemic.
* Characters in parentheses only occur in borrowings.

Tenibvreth Dialect

Consonants	Labial	Dental	Alveolar	Palatal	Dorsal		Vowels	Front	Back
Plosive	p · b		t · d		k · ɡ		High	i	u
Affricate			t͡s · d͡z	t͡ɕ · d͡ʑ			Mid	e	o
Fricative	f · v	θ · [ð]	s · z	ɕ · ʑ	χ ·		Low	a
Nasal	m		n	ɲ	[ŋ]		Diphthongs	To Front	To Back
Lateral		l̪	[ɬ] · ɮ	[ʎ]	[ɫ]		High	ui̯	iu̯
Trill			r [ɾ]	r̝			Mid		eu̯
Approximant	ʋ			j			Low	ai̯	au̯

Eomentesa Dialect

Consonants	Labial	Dental	Alveolar	Palatal	Dorsal		Vowels	Front	Back
Plosive	p · b	t̪ · d̪			k · ɡ		High	i	u
Affricate			t͡s · d͡z				Mid	e̞, e̞ː	o̞
Fricative	f · v	θ ·	s · z	(ç) ·			Low	a
Nasal	m	n̪			[ŋ]		Diphthongs	To Front	To Back
Lateral		l̪					High
Trill			r [ɾ]				Mid
							Low		au̯

Orthographic and Phonemic Mapping

Orth.	Brae.	Ten.	Eom.	Example	Classical	Tenibvreth	Eomentesa	Environment/Notes
a	a	a	a	ath ‘to’	[aθ]	[aθ]	[ats]
ae	ae̯	ai̯	e̞ː	laectje ‘milk’	[ˈl̪ae̯.cʧe̞]	[lai̯ʨ]	[l̪eːʦ]
aou	au̯	au̯	a.o̞	saou ‘salt’	[sau̯]	[sau̯]	[ˈsa.o̞]	Only occurs word-finally.
au	au̯	au̯	au̯	aubvru ‘tree’	[au̯.b͡βru]	[au̯vʀ(ʊ)]	[ˈau̯.bro̞]
au	au̯	au̯	a.o̞	normau ‘normal’	[n̪orˈmau̯]	[norˈmau̯]	[n̪o̞rˈma.o̞]	/_#
b	b	b	b	baclu ‘stick’	[ˈba.kl̪u]	[bakɬ]	[ˈba.klo̞]
bl	bl̪	bɮ	bl̪	blancu ‘white’	[ˈbl̪aŋ.ku]	[bɮaŋk]	[ˈbl̪aŋ.ko̞]
bv	b͡β	v	b	ribveu ‘level’	[ri.ˈb͡βeu̯]	[riˈveu̯]	[riˈbe̞.o̞]	Only occurs word-internally.
c	k	k	k	cou ‘with’	[kou̯]	[ku]	[ko̞]
c	c	ʨ	ʦ	glacja ‘ice’	[ˈɡl̪a.ca]	[ˈɡɮa.ʨa]	[ˈɡl̪a.ʦa]	/_{i,e}
c	c	ʨ	s	centrau ‘central’	[ce̞n̪ˈt̪ɾau̯]	[ʨenˈtɾau̯]	[sen̪ˈt̪ɾa.o̞]	/#_{i,e}
cj	c	ʨ	ʦ	radjicja ‘root’	[raˈʤi.ca]	[raˈʥiʨ(a)]	[raˈʣi.ʦa]
cj	c	ʨ	s	cjambiare ‘to change’	[camˈbja.re]	[ʨamˈbjar̝]	[sam.biˈar]	/#_
cl	kl̪	kɬ	kl̪	clubvra ‘snake’	[ˈkl̪u.b͡βra]	[ˈkɬu.vra]	[ˈkl̪u.bra]
ctj	cʃ	ʨ	ʦ	fruictju ‘fruit’	[ˈɸrui̯.cʧu]	[ˈfruj.ʨ(ʊ)]	[ˈfruː.ʦo̞]