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Middle Wiebian
Wieb-Muts
Created byIlL
Pfeuno-K'aitian
Language codes
ISO 639-3qwb
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Middle Wiebian is the ancestor language of Zwehrer and Gauf Wiebian lects.

Orthography

See also: Wiebian/Script.

Historical phonology

AW inventory

Ancient Wiebian:
ɪ iː ʏ yː ʊ uː
ɛ eː œ øː ɔ oː
a aː
ɪɐ iːɐ ʏɐ yːɐ ʊɐ uːɐ
ɛɐ eːɐ œɐ øːɐ ɔɐ oːɐ
aɐ aːɐ
aʊ aɪ ɔʏ
aʊɐ aɪɐ ɔʏɐ
ə

Sound changes

AW > Pre-OZw

  • Vʀɐ > Vɐ
  • ɪɐ iːɐ > iɐ, ʏɐ yːɐ > yɐ, ʊɐ uːɐ > uɐ, aɐ a:ɐ > aɐ
  • ai > əi / _(voiceless) (after AV)
  • au > əʊ / _(voiceless)
  • ɔʏ > əʏ / _(voiceless)
  • əl > ʊ in unstressed syllables

Initial changes

  • ts > s
  • Cv > Cw
  • Pr Br Fr r > ʈ ɖ ʂ ʐ
Aspiration
  • sp/pf sb st sd sʈ sɖ s! sg! sk sg > pʰ bʰ tʰ dʰ ʈʰ ɖʰ !ʰ g!ʰ kʰ gʰ
  • sv sz > wʰ s
  • sm sn > mʰ nʰ
Séimhiú
  • Vp Vb Vt Vd Vʈ Vɖ V! Vg! Vk Vg > f v θ ð ʂ ʐ ɧ ɧ̬ x ɣ
  • Vf Vv Vs Vz > ʔ ɦ h ɦ
  • Vm Vl > v j
  • aspirated consonants mutate the same as non-aspirated ones, except: mʰ > wʰ, nʰ > nʰ, lʰ > wʰ, wʰ > wʰ
Urú
  • np nb nt nd nʈ nɖ n! ng! nk ng > b m d n ɖ ɳ g! ŋ! g ŋ
  • nf ns nɧ > v z ɧ̬
  • nsm nsn > m n
  • nsp nst nsʈ ns! (nsk) > mʰ nʰ ɳʰ ŋʰ! ŋʰ
  • nsl > l
Pharyngealization split
  • Cl, Cʀ > Cˁ
  • s-ʀ > hˁ, ʀ > ʔˁ
Other changes
  • v > w

Pre-OZw > OZw

  • a aː > æ æː
  • e i o u ø y > æ e ɑ o æ ø / _Cɐ
  • eː iː oː øː uː yː > jaː eː waː ɥaː oː øː / _Cɐ
  • a e i ø y > ɑ ø y o u / _Cʊ
  • aː eː iː øː yː> oː øː yː oː uː / _Cʊ
  • final ɐ, ʊ lost
  • ai aw ay > eː oː øː
  • iɐ̯ eɐ̯ > iːa
  • ɛɐ̯ > jaː
  • uɐ̯ oɐ̯ > uːa
  • ɔɐ̯ > waː
  • yɐ̯ > yːa
  • øɐ̯ > ɥaː
  • aɐ̯ > æː
  • ˁæ ˁe ˁi ˁo ˁø ˁu ˁy > ˁɑ ˁæ ˁe ˁɑ ˁæ ˁo ˁø
  • ˁaː ˁeː ˁiː ˁoː ˁøː ˁuː ˁyː > ˁɑː ˁay ˁey ˁaw ˁoy ˁow ˁoy
  • ˁVɐ̯ > ˁəa (if V != a)
  • ˁaɐ̯ > ˁaː > ˁɑː
  • æː eː iː oː uː øː yː > eː iː ai uː aw yː oy (GVS)
  • əa > əː
  • əi əu əy (both pharyngealized and unpharyngealized) > iː uː yː

AW > OZw finals

  • cluster ending in fricative > breathy tone, cluster lost w/ compensatory lengthening
  • cluster ending in plosive > glottalized tone, cluster lost w/ compensatory lengthening
  • -w results from the first consonant in the final being a labial (unless final is single /-p/)
  • -j results from /ç, ɧ/ as the first consonant

Phonology

Consonants

Middle Wiebian initials
Labial Alveolar Retroflex Click Velar Uvular Glottal
Nasal voiceless /m̊/ /n̊/ /ɳ̊/ /ŋ̊!/ /ŋ̊/ /ɴ̊/
voiced /m/ /n/ /ɳ/ /ŋǃ/ /ŋ/ /ɴ/
Stop tenuis /p/ /t/ /ʈ/ /ǃ/ /k/ /q/ /ʔ/
aspirated /pʰ/ /tʰ/ /ʈʰ/ /ǃʰ/ /kʰ/ /qʰ/
voiced /b/ /d/ /ɖ/ /ɡǃ/ /ɡ/ /ɢ/
Spirants voiceless /f/ /θ/ /ɧ/ /x/ /χ/ /h/
voiced /ð/ /ɧ̬/ /ɣ/ /ʁ/
Sibilants voiceless /s/ /ʂ/
voiced /z/ /ʐ/
Approximant voiceless /ʍ/ /l̥/
voiced /w/ /l/

Vowels

Middle Wiebian vowels
Front Central Back
unrounded rounded
short long short long short long short long
Close /i/ /iː/ /y/ /yː/ /u/ /uː/
Mid /e/ /eː/ /ø/ /øː/ /əː/ /ɔ/ /oː/
Open /æ/ /æː/ /ɑ/ /ɑː/

Diphthongs: /ai au oy ja je iːa jaː wa wo uːa waː ɥa ɥø yːa ɥaː aiɐ auɐ oyɐ/

Tones (allophonic)

  • (-p m)
  • (-p b)
  • (-p g)
  • (+p m)
  • (+p b)
  • (+p g)

Grammar

For ordinal numerals: Schmielke 'order' e.g. wahm Schmielke Hauer 'the first king' (or Zwind? any relation to zweid 'walk'?)

Phrasebook

wahm, discher, narg, đauf, sälisch, stuhm, raut, lerz, pfarb, kier:

we:m (-p m), dej (-p b), ne:k (-p g), g!u: (-p b), zi: (-p b), tʰaum (-p m), ʔaut (+p g), lja: (-p b), pʰe:p (-p g), kaiɐ̯ (-p m)


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