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== Tree ==
'''Old Qua''' or '''Ker''' (natively /kəʁ kʼrip/ 'Ker speech') is spoken in Angai's British Isles, contemporaneously with Classical Thean.
* Proto-Trans-Sarnathian
** [[Old Thean]] (Proto-Theic)
*** [[Shei²¹A¹¹Mi³⁵]] (Monosyllabic  Navajo, kinda)
*** [[Middle Thean]]
**** Modern [[Thean]] (Loosely mono-Gwich'in)


== Todo ==
Qua has a history similar to Hmong (stop finals are lost) but takes it a step further (nasal vowels are denasalized)
== Proto-Trans-Sarnathian phonology ==
=== Vowels ===
* Short vowels /i u e o a/
* Long vowels /i: u: e: o: a:/


=== Consonants ===
== Gibberish ==
* /m n l r/
<poem>
* /t ts̠ c k kʷ q qʷ ʔ/
glips ˀɲat mij wrək,
* /dʰ dz̠ʰ ɟʰ gʰ gʷʰ ɢʰ ɢʷʰ/
d̼ap kroj d̼ij ˀɲrək,
* /tʼ ts̠ʼ cʼ kʼ kʷʼ qʼ qʷʼ/
d̼lomʔ pə pot-pit,
* /s̠ ç x xʷ χ χʷ/
θ̼lənʔ tsrəts ɕijs daʁʔ d̼ək
* /z̠ ɣ ɣʷ ʁ ʁʷ/
</poem>
* /j w/


=== Stress ===
== Phonology ==
Word-final
=== Preinitial ===
ʔə is the only preinitial (not counting zero)
=== Initials ===
p t̼ t ts c k ʔ
b d̼ d dz ɟ g
pʼ t̼ʼ tʼ tsʼ cʼ kʼ
m n̼ n ɲ
ˀm ˀn̼ ˀn ˀɲ ˀŋ
ʰm ʰn̼ ʰn ʰɲ ʰŋ
w j
ˀw ˀj
ʰw ʰj
θ̼ θ s ɕ h


=== Release ===
=== Medials ===
Certain (non-resonant) final consonants and clusters have audible release, whereas others are unreleased.
j? l r
==== Released ====
All obst-obst clusters


All ejectives (but safe to assume single ejectives can become unreleased)
=== Nuclei ===
a i ə o


==== Unreleased ====
=== Finals ===
All single non-ejective final stops
p t k m n ŋ w j ʁ
 
=== Postfinals ===
-ʔ -s
 
== Syntax ==
Steal from Old Chinese

Latest revision as of 00:36, 24 June 2025

Old Qua or Ker (natively /kəʁ kʼrip/ 'Ker speech') is spoken in Angai's British Isles, contemporaneously with Classical Thean.

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

Gibberish

glips ˀɲat mij wrək,
d̼ap kroj d̼ij ˀɲrək,
d̼lomʔ pə pot-pit,
θ̼lənʔ tsrəts ɕijs daʁʔ d̼ək

Phonology

Preinitial

ʔə is the only preinitial (not counting zero)

Initials

p t̼ t ts c k ʔ b d̼ d dz ɟ g pʼ t̼ʼ tʼ tsʼ cʼ kʼ m n̼ n ɲ ˀm ˀn̼ ˀn ˀɲ ˀŋ ʰm ʰn̼ ʰn ʰɲ ʰŋ w j ˀw ˀj ʰw ʰj θ̼ θ s ɕ h

Medials

j? l r

Nuclei

a i ə o

Finals

p t k m n ŋ w j ʁ

Postfinals

-ʔ -s

Syntax

Steal from Old Chinese

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