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Jarvis
Jarvis
Pronunciation	/ˈdʒɑːrvɪs/
Region	Nowhere
Native speakers	0 (2017)
Language family	Proto-Jarvis Jarvis;
Writing system	Jarvis script
Language codes
ISO 639-1	none
ISO 639-3	–

Jarvis (/ˈdʒɑːrvɪs/ in English, IPA: [ˈʒɑːɹvɪs] in Jarvis, also called "Jarvish" in English) is an unfinished constructed language that is currently not used by any peoples real or fictional.

It began on 9 January 2017 and has gone through substantial change grammatically and phonetically since its conception. Latin, Old and Modern English, German, Khuzdul, and many other living, dead, and fictional languages have inspired the creation of Jarvis.

The word "jârvis" itself means "language" or "speech" in Jarvis, while the word "jârvê" means "to speak".

Phonology[edit]

Consonants[edit]

Distinguished consonants in spoken Jarvis are listed below.

		Labial	Labiodental	Dental	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar
Plosive	plain	p, b		t, d			k, g
	labial	p^w, b^w		t^w, d^w			k^w, g^w
	palatal	p^j, b^j		t^j, d^j			k^j, g^j
Fricative	plain		f, v	θ, ð	s, z	ʃ, ʒ
	labial		f^w, v^w	θ^w, ð^w	s^w, z^w	ʃ^w, ʒ^w
	palatal		f^j, v^j	θ^j, ð^j	s^j, z^j	ʃ^j, ʒ^j
Nasal	plain	m		n			ŋ
	labial	m^w		n^w			ŋ^w
	palatal	m^j		n^j			ŋ^j
Approximant				ɹ, ɫ

There are no single distinct graphemes for labialized or palatalized consonants: they only become labialized or palatalized when succeeded by ⟨w⟩ or ⟨y⟩, respectively. Also, note that approximants cannot become labialized or palatalized.

English transliteration	Phoneme	IPA	Example
⟨p⟩	/p/	[p]	Always p as in pet.
⟨b⟩	/b/	[b]	Always b as in bet.
⟨t⟩	/t/	[t]	Always t as in test, never t as in notion.
⟨d⟩	/d/	[d]	Always d as in debt, never d as in educate.
⟨c⟩	/c/	[k]	Always c as in cat, never c as in center, cello, or special.
⟨g⟩	/g/	[g]	Always g as in get, never g as in gesture.
⟨f⟩	/f/	[f]	Always f as in feather.
⟨f⟩	/v/	[v]	Only finally, v as in vest.
⟨v⟩	/v/	[v]	Always v as in vest.
⟨v⟩	/f/	[f]	Only finally, f as in feather.
⟨th⟩	/ð/	[ð]	Only initially, th as in there.
⟨th⟩	/θ/	[θ]	Always th as in thin.
⟨dh⟩	/θ/	[θ]	Only initially, th as in thin.
⟨dh⟩	/ð/	[ð]	Always th as in there.
⟨s⟩	/s/	[s]	Always s as in sit, never s as in raise or tissue.
⟨z⟩	/z/	[z]	Always z as in zest.
⟨sh⟩	/x/	[ʃ]	Always sh as in shut.
⟨zh⟩	/j/	[ʒ]	Always s as in vision.
⟨m⟩	/m/	[m]	Always m as in master.
⟨n⟩	/n/	[n]	Always n as in no, never n as in canyon.
⟨ng⟩	/ñ/	[ŋ]	Always ng as in sing.
⟨l⟩	/l/	[ɫ]	Always l as in wool, never l as in slip.
⟨r⟩	/r/	[ɹ]	Always r as in rest.

Vowels[edit]

Distinguished vowels spoken in Jarvis are listed below.

	Front	Near-front	Central	Near-back	Back
Close	iː				uː
Near-close		ɪ		ʊ
Close-mid	eː				oː
Mid			ə
Open-mid	ɛ				ɔ
Open	a				ɒː