Istrian Language

The Istrian Language (ɔɔ Jshtrjæn, ээ Ештрӏан) is one of the official languages of the Istria.

Phonology and Alphabet

Consonant inventory: /b d f g h j k l m n p s t v w z ð ŋ ɹ ʃ ʒ ʤ ʧ θ/

↓Manner/Place→	Bilabial	Labiodental	Dental	Alveolar	Palato-alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	m			n			ŋ
Stop	p b			t d			k g
Affricate					ʧ ʤ
Fricative		f v	θ ð	s z	ʃ ʒ			h
Approximant				ɹ		j
Lateral approximant				l

Co-articulated phonemes

↓Manner/Place→	Labial-velar
Approximant	w

Vowel inventory

Diphthongs: aʊ, eɪ, oʊ

	Front	Central	Back
High	iː i	ɨ ʉ	uː u̘
Near-high	ɪ		ʊ
High-mid	e
Low-mid	ɛ	ɜː	ɔː
Near-low	æ	ɐ
Low			ɑ ɒ

Basic and important words

• ɔɔ Jshtrjæn (ээ Ештрӏан) = The Istrian
• 1 - mæ (мӏа)
• 2 - nu̘ (нух)
• 3 - fii (фы)
• 4 - ri (ри)
• 5 - lɜɜ (лее)
• 6 - ɔɔ (ээ)
• 7 - tâ (тъ)
• 8 - tûjâ (тужъ)
• 9 - mâ (мъ)
• 10 - ne (не)
• 11 - yâkii (йъкии)
• 12 - tâpo (тъпо)
• 13 - pæwê (пӏаве)
• 14 - tu̘yûshâ (тюшъ)
• 15 - mætî (мӏати)
• 16 - lênengî (лэненгы)
• 17 - yâmûso (ямусо)
• 18 - nûdæ (нудӏа)
• 19 - pæzâ (пӏазъ)
• 20 - mîgu̘lâ (мыгулъ)
• 21 - mîgu̘lâmæ (мыгулъмӏа) “twenty-one”
• 400 - mæ rîtæ (мӏа рытӏа) “one fourhundred”
• 401 - mæ rîtæ mæ (мӏа рытӏа мӏа) “one fourhundred one”
• 800 - nu̘ rîtæ (ну рытӏа) “two fourhundred”
• 8000 - mæ zhu̘wɔɔ (мӏа жувээ) “one eightthousand”