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(Vercian) Riyon
Riyon
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Pronunciation	/Ri:jõ/
Spoken in	Vösia
Region	geographic region in which it is mainly spoken
Total speakers	˜4,800,000
Ranking	language's ranking in the 'list of languages by number of native speakers'
Language family	whatever you want to say
Writing system	Latin
Official status
Official language in	Vösia
Recognised minority language in	list of countries in which it is a recognised minority language
Regulated by	regulatory body or language academy for the language
Language codes
ISO 639-1	ryn
ISO 639-2	ryo
ISO 639-3	language code of the first dialect – name of the first language dialect
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Riyon or Modern Vercian is the official modern Vercian spoken language used throughout the country, and in the region of Aerien in  Hyldia. It is an old language, dating back to 500 CE.

The phonology of standard Vercian is based on the Halstät dialect of Hoxen. There are 3 different dialects spoken across the central, and south-eastern regions of  Vösia.

Contents 1 Geographic distribution 2 Dialects 3 History 4 Phonology 5 Writing system 5.1 Orthography 6 Grammar 6.1 Personal Pronouns 7 Vocabulary 8 Examples

Geographic distribution

Dialects

History

The Riyon language is hypothesised to date back to 350BCE. Evidence has backed up this theory with carved engravings found at the steppes of the north-eastern Verszian mountains. The first texts in riyon are found near lyimnen, in Hyldia. These texts date back to 195CE.

Phonology

Riyon vowels

	Front				Central		Near-back		Back
	Unrounded		Rounded						Rounded
	Short	Long	Short	Long	Short	Long	Short	Long	Short	Long
Close	i	i:							u	u:
Near-close					ɵ ~ ʊ
Close-mid	e		œ~ø
Mid					ɜː
Open-mid	ɛ	ɛ:			ɐ				ɔ	ɔ:
Open					a	a:

Riyon consonants

	Labial	Dental	Alveolar	Postalveolar/ Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	m	n
Plosive	p, b	t, d			k, ɡ
Fricative	v	θ	s, z			h
Flap			r
Approximant			l	j	ʍ, w

Writing system

А а	B b	C c	D d	E e	F f	G g
H h	I i	J j	K k	L l	M m	N n
O o	Ǫ ǫ	Œ œ	Q q	P p	R r	S s
T t	Þ þ	U u	V v	W w	Y y	Z z

Orthography

Spelling IPA Example a a Kapp aː Kap aa waarm ä æ Käpp e ɛ Decken e liesen ə hellefen i i Gitt iː siwen ii Kiischt ö œ ø o ɔ Sonn o droleg õ ɔː Sõ o: Sprõch ũ ʊ̈~ʊ Hũtt uː Tũt u Lucht

Spelling IPA Example ai ai Gebai ei deier éi ei Schnéi au au Mauer ɛːu Maul äi ɛːi räich oi ɔi Moien ou ou Kou

Spelling IPA Example ae aːə Aen ie iːə liesen oe oːə Joer ue uːə Buedem äe ɛːə Päerd

Grammar

Personal Pronouns

	Subjective	Objective	Possesive
1sg	ek	ja	men (më)
2sg	htu	htu	den (dë)
3sgm	han (en)	hien (en)	him (em)
3sgf	si (se)	si (se)	hir (er)
3sgn	hatt (et)	hatt (et)	him (em)
1pl	mir (mer)	äis/eis	äis/eis
2pl	dir (der)	iech	iech
3pl	si (se)	si (se)	hinnen (en)

Vocabulary

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Examples

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