Koxori language

Standard Koxori (Kokhorü /koˈxory/, [kʰɔˈχɔɾʏ], Kokhorü inš) is a Southern Alapetek language of the Koxoric branch. It is the official and national language of Koxor, as well as its crown dependency Ikhatia. It is most closely related to other Southern Alapetek languages such as Ghazvan and Hethalan, and also to the Eriya, Nyvonic and Daunic languages.

Vowel harmony
In compounding and affixation, Koxori vowels must match with the roundedness of the other vowels in the word. For example, the 3rd-declension masculine ergative singular ending can either be -o/-u or -y/-ÿ, depending on whether the word has rounded or unrounded vowels. The noun lor "land" can be suffixed to other nouns, in which it is affected by harmony: the Ankhulön river, with its rounded vowels -u- and -ö-, is suffixed with the rounded version -lor (Ankhulölor, "Ankhulenia"), whereas zarin "king", with the unrounded -i-, is suffixed with the unrounded version -lyr (zarilyr, "kingdom").

Orthography
For many centuries, Koxoriek scribes used a syllabary writing system known as the Khorensejmi, "Khorensi script". By the mid-1600s, however, this had been all but replaced by an Augustine-based alphabet with 31 letters. The digraphs kh and gh are each counted as letters. b and v are only ever used in loanwords. On systems which do not support them, the letters č, ö, š, ü, ÿ and ž are sometimes transcribed as ch, oe, sh, ue, ij (or ye) and zh respectively.