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'''Humpback Whelsh''' (''Mór fîl'') is a tonal language with a Welsh aesthetic. It is meant to be spoken in Humpback Wales, and Old Humpback Whelsh has lent some words to [[Tigal]]. It is an in-universe conlang in [[Verse:Tricin]].
:[[Swyr/Lexicon]]
:[[Swyr/Swadesh list]]


==Phonology==
'''Swyr''' (natively ''thau Swyr'' [ˈθaɨ̯ suɨ̯ɭ]; Vietnamese ''tiếng Xuê'') is an [[Verse:Irta|Irta]]n Sino-Xenic language spoken in our Guangxi, Guangdong and Hainan. it is inspired by Welsh and Vietnamese.
===Consonants===
Humpback Whelsh uses these consonants:
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
! colspan="2"  |
!  Labial
!  Dental
!  Alveolar
!  Postalveolar
!  Palatal
!  Velar
! Labiovelar
!  Glottal
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! rowspan="2" | Nasal
! <small>voiceless</small>
| '''mh''' /m̥/
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| '''nh''' /n̥/
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| '''ngh''' /ŋ̊/
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! <small>voiced</small>
| '''m''' /m/
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| '''n''' /n/
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| '''ng''' /ŋ/
| '''ngw''' /ŋʷ/
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! rowspan="2" | Plosive
! <small>aspirated</small>
| '''p''' /pʰ/
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| '''t''' /tʰ/
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| '''c''' /kʰ/
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! <small>unaspirated</small>
| '''b''' /p/
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| '''d''' /t/
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| '''g''' /k/
| '''gw''' /kʷ/
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! rowspan="2" | Fricative
! <small>voiceless</small>
| '''ff, ph''' /f/
| '''th''' /θ/
| '''s''' /s/
| '''si''' /ʃ/
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| '''ch''' /χ/
| '''chw''' /xʷ/
| '''h''' /h/
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! <small>voiced</small>
| '''f''' /v/
| '''dd''' /ð/
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! rowspan="2" | Trill
! <small>voiceless</small>
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| '''rh''' /r̥/
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! <small>voiced</small>
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| '''r''' /r/
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! rowspan="2" | Approximant
! <small>voiceless</small>
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| '''ll''' /l̥~ɬ/
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! <small>voiced</small>
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| '''l''' /l/
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| '''i''' /j/
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| '''w''' /w/
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Unlike in Welsh, the consonants written '''mh nh ngh''' are true voiceless nasals.
====Finals====
Humpback Whelsh allows these finals: -b, -d, -g, -m, -n, -ng, -l and -r. The first three are unreleased stops /-p̚ -t̚ -k̚/.


===Vowels===
[[Category:Languages]]
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
[[Category:Conlangs]]
! rowspan="1" |
! colspan="1" | Front
! colspan="1" | Central
! colspan="1" | Back
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!Close
| '''i''' /i/ || '''y''' /ɨ/ || '''w''' /w/
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!Mid
| '''e''' /e/ || (ə) || '''o''' /o/
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!Open
| || '''a''' /a/ ||
|}
 
 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
! Diphthongs || colspan="3" | Second component
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! First component || front || central || back
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! close
| '''wy''' /ʊi/
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| '''iw''' /ɪu/, '''yw''' /ɨu/
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! mid
| '''ei''' /əi/, '''oe''' /ɔi/
| '''eu''' /əɨ/
| '''ew''' /ɛu/
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! open
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| '''ae''' /aɨ, ɑːɨ/
| '''aw''' /au/
|}
 
The schwa /ə/ is written '''y''' and shows up in unstressed words.
 
===Tones===
 
Humpback Whelsh has four contrastive tones: level, rising, falling and peaking.
{| class="wikitable"
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! Tone
!colspan=2 | Example
! Notes
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| Level || ''llyr'' (blow) || /ɬɨr˧/ ||
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| Rising || ''séng'' (place) || /seŋ˨˥/ ||
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| Falling || ''chà'' (assist) || /xa˨˩/ || May be slightly creaky voiced.
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| Peaking || ''rhêud'' (pebble) || /r̥eɨt̚˦˥˩/ ||
|}
 
===Mutations===
 
Humpback Whelsh uses three kinds of initial consonant mutations for derivational purposes: the soft (''chweul teb mỳng''), the nasal (''chweul teb nhẁd'') and the aspirate (''chweul teb sŷr'') mutations.
 
{| class="wikitable"
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! Consonant !! b !! d !! g !! p !! t !! c !! ll !! rh !! m
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| Soft || f || dd || Ø || b || d || g || l || r || f
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| Nasal || m || n || ng || mh || nh || ngh || ll || rh || m
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| Aspirate || b || d || g || ph || th || ch || ll || rh || m
|}
 
==Numbers==
0. ngéud
1. ỳd
2. cêng
3. rhâw
4. nod
5. thẁy
6. lleb
7. sèun
8. fen
9. llawr
10. hwr
11. chwàed
12. góed
144. máe
1728. ddẃyl
1728^2. óng

Latest revision as of 18:58, 30 January 2023

Swyr/Lexicon
Swyr/Swadesh list

Swyr (natively thau Swyr [ˈθaɨ̯ suɨ̯ɭ]; Vietnamese tiếng Xuê) is an Irtan Sino-Xenic language spoken in our Guangxi, Guangdong and Hainan. it is inspired by Welsh and Vietnamese.

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