Vexirian language

Vexirian language is the official language of Vexiristen, where it is the most widely-spoken language.

Geographic distribution
Around 82% of Vexirian speakers live in Vexiristen. Other nations with sizeable Vexirian-speaking populations include the neighbouring countries of Shavokhbezi, Gvetkleshmon, Raluda, Dospekisten, and Pajisten; there is also a high concentration of Vexirian speakers in the Medlat province of the Caredzinian Union.

Consonants

 * /ʃ/ is postalveolar.
 * The sequences /pr/ and /br/ are realised as [ʙ].
 * In the standard (Maktir) dialect, /t d/ are palatalised to [t͡sʲ d͡zʲ] before /ɪ/.
 * In most of Fory Region and some of southern Maktiry Region, they are instead realised as [t͡ʃ d͡ʒ].
 * /k g/ are realised as [q ɢ] before the vowels /u/ and /o/.

Vowels

 * /ɪ/ is written ⟨y⟩ only when it marks the genitive/possessive case of a noun; in all other instances, it is written ⟨i⟩.
 * In the standard (Maktir) dialect, /ɪ/ is near-front and near-back.
 * In some dialects, it is instead realised as close [i~ɨ].
 * The historical phonemes /i/ and /ɨ/ have merged into a single phoneme in almost all dialects; the only major dialect without the merger is that of Durakan.
 * In the dialects of the Brizy-Rety and Shayiry Regions, /ɛ/ is realised as /e/ in stressed syllables.
 * In the Durakan dialect, /a/ is realised as [ɑ] in unstressed syllables.

Phonotactics
Vexirian syllable structure is (C)V(C), or PrV(C) where P is a plosive. The approximants /l j/ cannot appear in syllable codas, and only word-initial syllables can start with a vowel.

Some interjections violate these rules, such as s /s̩/, which can be used to get somebody's attention.

Stress
Most roots are stressed on their first syllable. Most prefixes can take no stress, but some are always stressed and make all other syllables of a word unstressed. Stress is never lexically contrastive in Vexirian.

Grammar
Vexirian uses VSO word order.

Plural/Genitive
Plural and genitive nouns are both formed by adding the suffix -y; if a noun already ends in a vowel, then that vowel is removed.