Virelli

Virelli is a language spoken by Zireen.

Pronunciation

Consonants

	labial	dental	alveolar	retroflex	palatal	velar	glottal
stops		th	t		ķ	k	’
nasals	m		n		ņ
fricatives	v	d	s z	hr r	hj j	g	h
lat. fric.			hl l		hļ ļ

Vowels

	front	central	back
high	i		u
mid	e	o
low		a

Morphology

Nouns

Nouns have three cases: Absolutive, Ergative, and Dative. Nouns ending in a vowel add the case ending in a relatively straightforward manner (although the ending varies according to the gender of the noun).

	"person"	"fire"	"sea"	"Rishai"	"air"
Gender:	I	II	III	IV	V
stem	írrá-	’ahrí-	zúlí-	uļí-	thú’a-
absolutive	írrát	’ahrít	zúlíl	uļí	thú’a
ergative	írrájuk	’ahríjuk	zúlísík	uļísík	thú’alik
dative	írránu	’ahríņu	zúlímu	uļíņí	thú’ají

Nouns with consonant-ending stems alter the stems or the endings in various ways according to phonological rules. Examples:

• kaļút- "ice" (gender I) + ergative -juk > kaļúķuk
• kaļút- "ice" (gender I) + dative -nu > kaļúntu
• karas- "stream" (gender III) + absolutive -l > karahl