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! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |
! rowspan="2" |
! rowspan="2" | [[Labial consonant|Labial]]
! rowspan="2" | Labial
! rowspan="2" | [[Interdental consonant|Inter-<br>dental]]
! rowspan="2" | Inter-<br>dental
! colspan="3" | [[Alveolar consonant|Alveolar]]
! colspan="3" | Alveolar
! rowspan="2" | [[Retroflex consonant|Retroflex]]
! rowspan="2" | Retroflex
! rowspan="2" | [[Palatal consonant|Palatal]]
! rowspan="2" | Palatal
! colspan="2" | [[Velar consonant|Velar]]
! rowspan="2" | Velar
! rowspan="2" | [[Glottal consonant|Glottal]]
! rowspan="2" | Glottal
|-
|-
! |plain || |[[sibilant]] || |lateral
! |plain || sibilant ||lateral
! |plain || |[[Labialized velar consonant|labialized]]
|-
|-
! rowspan="4" | [[Plosive]]/<br>[[Affricate]]
! | Stop (Tone unrestricted)
! |plain
| /p/ b
| (p b)
| /tθ/ ddh
| tθ ddh
| /t/ d
| t d
| /ts/ dz
| ts dz
| /tɬ/ dl
| tɬ dl
| /ʈʂ/ dr
| ʈʂ dr
| /tʃ/ j
| tʃ j
| /k/ g
| k g
| /ʔ/ ʼ
| kʷ gw
| ʔ ʼ
|-
|-
! |aspirated
!|Fricative (Only L and M class tones)
|
| /f/ f
| tθʰ tth
| /θ/ th
| tʰ t
| tsʰ ts
| tɬʰ tl
| ʈʂʰ tr
| tʃʰ ch
| kʰ k
| kʷʰ kw
|
|-
! |ejective
|
| tθʼ tthʼ
| tʼ tʼ
| tsʼ tsʼ
| tɬʼ tlʼ
| ʈʂʼ trʼ
| tʃʼ chʼ
| kʼ kʼ
|
|
|-
! |prenasalized
|
|
| ⁿd nd
|
|
|
| ⁿdʒ nj
|
|
|
|-
! rowspan="2" | [[Fricative]]
! |voiced
| v v
| ð dh
|
| z z
|
| ʐ zhr
| ʒ zh
| ɣ gh
| ɣʷ ghw
|
|
| /s/ s
|
| /ʂ/ shr
| /ʃ/ sh
| /x/ x
| /h/ h
|-
|-
! |voiceless
!|Sonorant (Tone unrestricted)
| (f f)
| /m/ m
| θ th
|
| s s
| ɬ ł
| ʂ shr
| ʃ sh
| x kh
| xʷ khw
| h h
|-
! rowspan="2" | [[Sonorant]]
! |voiced
| (m m)
|
| n n
|
| l l
| ɻ r
| j y
|
| w w
|
|-
! |voiceless
|
|
| n̥ nh
|
|
| ɻ̥ rh
|
|
|
| /n/ n
|
|
| /l/ l
| /ɻ/ r
| (/j/ y)
| (/w/ w)
|
|
|}
|}


=== Nuclei ===
=== Nuclei ===
-j-, -w- medials?
=== Finals ===
=== Finals ===
-t -k -n -ng -dh -l -w -j -r /-t -k -n -ŋ -ð -l -w -j -ɻ/ (null is allowed)
-t -k -n -ng -dh -w -j -r /-t -k -n -ŋ -ð̠˕ -w -j -ɻ/ (null is allowed)
 
-ng is not as common as in the Sinosphere
 
=== Tone ===
=== Tone ===
9 in nonchecked syllables, 3 in checked ones
[[Category:Angai]]
[[Category:Angai]]

Latest revision as of 23:13, 19 December 2024

In Angai, Thean /ˈθiːən/ is a family of analytic monosyllabic tonal languages in the Trans-Sarnathian family, spoken in Aem-Zmaə. Thean is head-initial and SVO.

Thean is an exonym derived from the Kuam pronunciation of the autonym.

Thean is natively written with logographs.

Phonology of Modern Standard Thean

Initials

Labial Inter-
dental 		Alveolar Retroflex Palatal Velar Glottal
plain sibilant lateral
Stop (Tone unrestricted) /p/ b /tθ/ ddh /t/ d /ts/ dz /tɬ/ dl /ʈʂ/ dr /tʃ/ j /k/ g /ʔ/ ʼ
Fricative (Only L and M class tones) /f/ f /θ/ th /s/ s /ʂ/ shr /ʃ/ sh /x/ x /h/ h
Sonorant (Tone unrestricted) /m/ m /n/ n /l/ l /ɻ/ r (/j/ y) (/w/ w)

Nuclei

-j-, -w- medials?

Finals

-t -k -n -ng -dh -w -j -r /-t -k -n -ŋ -ð̠˕ -w -j -ɻ/ (null is allowed)

-ng is not as common as in the Sinosphere

Tone

9 in nonchecked syllables, 3 in checked ones

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