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== Tree ==
Kua has a history similar to Hmong (finals are lost) but takes it a step further (nasal vowels are denasalized)
* Proto-Trans-Sarnathian
** [[Old Thean]] (Proto-Theic)
*** [[Shei²¹A¹¹Mi³⁵]] (Monosyllabic  Navajo, kinda)
*** [[Middle Thean]]
**** Modern [[Thean]] (Loosely mono-Gwich'in)
 
== Todo ==
== Proto-Trans-Sarnathian phonology ==
=== Vowels ===
* Short vowels /i u e o a/
* Long vowels /i: u: e: o: a:/
 
=== Consonants ===
* /m n l r/
* /t ts̠ c k kʷ q qʷ ʔ/
* /dʰ dz̠ʰ ɟʰ gʰ gʷʰ ɢʰ ɢʷʰ/
* /tʼ ts̠ʼ cʼ kʼ kʷʼ qʼ qʷʼ/
* /s̠ ç x xʷ χ χʷ/
* /z̠ ɣ ɣʷ ʁ ʁʷ/
* /j w/
 
=== Stress ===
Word-final
 
=== Release ===
Certain (non-resonant) final consonants and clusters have audible release, whereas others are unreleased.
==== Released ====
All obst-obst clusters
 
All ejectives (but safe to assume single ejectives can become unreleased)
 
==== Unreleased ====
All single non-ejective final stops

Revision as of 02:22, 8 June 2025

Kua has a history similar to Hmong (finals are lost) but takes it a step further (nasal vowels are denasalized)