Iberic

Iberic хэбьер̀эч йэзок
Pronounced:	Standard: /xɛ.bʲer.ɛt͡ʃ jɛ.zok/ Northern: [xɛ.bʲe.rɛt͡ʃ jɛ.zok] Southern: [xɜ.bʲer(ɜ)t͡ʃ jzok]
Species:	Human
Spoken:	Mainly around Basque country
Total speakers:	~4,000,000
Writing system:	Cyrillic
Genealogy:	Proto-Slavic Old Iberic Iberic
Typology
Morphological type:	Fusional
Morphosyntactic alignment:	Ergative
Basic word order:	Free
Credits
Creator:	Lumi
Created:	December 11th, 2025

Iberic (Iberic: хэбьер̀эч йэзок, /xɛ.bʲer.ɛt͡ʃ jɛ.zok/) is a Slavic language spoken in Iberia, around Basque country, it is notable for the significant amount of influence it has recieved from Basque, especially the shift of the nominative/accusative system into an ergative/absolutive one.

Dialects

Iberic has two main dialects (though they are more accurately called "dialect groups"), those being Northern and Southern. The standard form of the language is based on the Northern varieties, as they tend to preserve vowels better.

The largest difference between Northern and Southern is pronunciation, as grammar stays relatively uniform across all varieties.

Northern

Northern (Iberic: шеврхэбьер̀эч йэзок (formal) or шеврйэзок (usual)) is spoken in the Basque autonomous region of Spain.

Northern is often considered the more prestigious dialect, especially that spoken in and around Vitoria-Gasteiz, though the far north varieties are often considered improper by those farther south, this leads to a stigma around it for some speakers, which causes them to try to use a different variety, often overcorrecting themselves.

Southern

Southern is spoken in Basque country, in the areas south of the Basque autonomous region.

Southern is known for its vowel deletion (affecting reduced /ɛ/ and /ɔ/), which leads to clusters the Northern dialects do not allow, such as [jzok] (Northern [jɜ.zok]), see the phonology section below for further information.

Phonology and Orthography

Phonology

		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar
Nasal		m	n	ɲ
Plosive	Unvoiced	p	t	c	k
	Voiced	b	d	ɟ	g
Fricative	Unvoiced	f	s̻, s̺	ʃ	x
	Voiced	v	z	ʒ
Affricate	Unvoiced		t͡s̺	t͡ʃ
	Voiced			d͡ʒ
Approximant		w	ɾ, r, l	j

Orthography

Letter	Transcription	Name	Pronunciation
			Phoneme	North	South
А а	A a		/ɑ/	[ɑ~ɐ~ä]	[ɑ~ɐ~ä]
Б б	B b		/b/	[b]	[b~β̞]
В в	W w		/w/	[w]	[w]
В̀ в̀	V v		/v/	[v~ʋ~w]	[ʋ~w]
Г г	G g		/ɡ/	[ɡ]	[ɡ~ɣ̞]
Ѓ ѓ	Ď ď		/ɟ/	[ɟ]	[ɟ~ʝ̞~j]
Д д	D d		/d/	[d]	[d~ð̞]
Е е	E e		/e/	[e~ɘ]	[e~ɘ~ə]
Ж ж	Ž ž		/ʒ/	[ʒ]	[ʒ]
З з	Z z		/z/	[z]	[z]
И и	I i		/i/	[i~ɨ]	[i~ɨ]
Й й	Y y		/j/	[j]	[j]
К к	K k		/k/	[k]	[k]
Ќ ќ	Ť ť		/c/	[c]	[c~kʲ]
Л л	L l		/l/	[l]	[l]
Л́ л́	Ľ ľ		/ʎ/	[ʎ~ʝ]	[ʝ]
М м	M m		/m/	[m]	[m]
Н н	N n		/n/	[n]	[n]
Н́ н́	Ň ň		/ɲ/	[ɲ]	[ɲ]
О о	O o		/o/	[o~ɵ]	[o~ɵ~ə]
П п	P p		/p/	[p]	[p]
Р р	R r		/ɾ/	[ɾ~r]	[ɾ]
Р̀ р̀	Ř ř		/r/	[r]	[r]
С с	S s		/s̻/	[s̻]	[s̻~θ]
Т т	T t		/t/	[t]	[t]
У у	U u		/u/	[u~ʊ]	[u~ʊ]
Ф ф	F f		/f/	[f]	[f]
Х х	H h		/x/	[x]	[x]
Ц ц	Č č		/t͡s̺/	[t͡s̺]	[t͡s̺~t͡ʃ]
Џ џ	J j		/d͡ʒ/	[d͡ʒ]	[d͡ʒ]
Ч ч	Ć ć		/t͡ʃ/	[t͡ʃ]	[t͡ʃ]
Ш ш	Ś ś		/ʃ/	[ʃ]	[ʃ]
Щ щ	Š š		/s̺/	[s̺]	[s̺~ʃ]
Ъ ъ	Ǫ ǫ		/ɔ/	[ɔ~ɞ]	[ɔ~ɞ~∅]
Ь ь	Y y		/ʲ/	[ʲ]	[ʲ]
Э э	Ę ę		/ɛ/	[ɛ~ɜ]	[ɛ~ɜ~∅]