Hezeri

The Hezeri language or Gezeri (Хезәрі) is the official national language of Hezeristan. It is a Turkic language of the Oghuz branch, closely related to Turkmen, and slightly less closely to Turkish and Azerbaijani. 93.9% of the people speak Hezeri.

Phonology
The following phonemes are present in the Turkmen language:

Vowels
Hezeri vowels may be either short or long, and the language exhibits vowel harmony, like all Turkic languages.

In the Hezeri vowel harmony scheme, the central vowel /a/ is considered back.

Consonants
Hezeri consonant phonemes:

Alphabet

 * Ә - pronounced like Ö in German
 * Ы - pronounced like Yi in English

Transliteration
Most notably, "Х" and the Х-sound (H in English) is often transliterated as "G", as no hard G sound exists in Hezeri. Historically represented as "H", it has largely been replaced by the G, though is still commonly used, though only officially for Hezeristan and the Hezeri language.

Known sound changes

 * /g/ --> /h/ or /x/
 * /d/ --> /n/ word finally