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! rowspan="2" | Retroflex
! rowspan="2" | Retroflex
! rowspan="2" | Palatal
! rowspan="2" | Palatal
! colspan="2" | Velar
! rowspan="2" | Velar
! rowspan="2" | Glottal
! rowspan="2" | Glottal
|-
|-
! |plain || sibilant ||lateral
! |plain || sibilant ||lateral
! |plain || labialized
|-
|-
! | Stop
! | Stop (Tone unrestricted)
| p b
| /p/ b
| tθ ddh
| // ddh
| t d
| /t/ d
| ts dz
| /ts/ dz
| tɬ dl
| // dl
| ʈʂ dr
| /ʈʂ/ dr
| tʃ j
| // j
| k g
| /k/ g
| kʷ gw
| /ʔ/ ʼ
| ʔ ʼ
|-
|-
!|Fricative
!|Fricative (Only L and M class tones)
| f f
| /f/ f
| θ th
| /θ/ th
|
|
| s s
| /s/ s
|  
|  
| ʂ shr
| /ʂ/ shr
| ʃ sh
| /ʃ/ sh
| x kh
| /x/ x
| xʷ khw
| /h/ h
| h h
|-
|-
!|Sonorant
!|Sonorant (Tone unrestricted)
| m m
| /m/ m
|
|
| n n
| /n/ n
|
|
| l l
| /l/ l
| ɻ r
| /ɻ/ r
| j y
| (/j/ y)
|
| (/w/ w)
| 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