Verse:Mwail/Ker: Difference between revisions

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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)

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

ʔə is the only preinitial (not counting zero)

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

j? l r

a i ə o

p t k m n ŋ w j ʁ

-ʔ -s

Steal from Old Chinese

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-'''Old Qua''' or '''Ker''' (natively ''kəʁ kʼrip'' 'Qua language') is spoken in Angai's British Isles, contemporaneously with Classical Thean.
+'''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 ==
+<poem>
+glips ˀɲat mij wrək,
+d̼ap kroj d̼ij ˀɲrək,
+d̼lomʔ pə pot-pit,
+θ̼lənʔ tsrəts ɕijs daʁʔ d̼ək
+</poem>
 == Phonology ==
+=== Preinitial ===
+ʔə is the only preinitial (not counting zero)
 === Initials ===
 p t̼ t ts c k ʔ
-ⁿp ⁿt̼ ⁿt ⁿts ⁿc ⁿk
+b d̼ d dz ɟ g
-pʼ t̼ʼ tʼ cʼ kʼ
+pʼ t̼ʼ tʼ tsʼ cʼ kʼ
 m n̼ n ɲ
 ˀm ˀn̼ ˀn ˀɲ ˀŋ
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 === Medials ===
-j l r
+j? l r
 === Nuclei ===
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 === Postfinals ===
 -ʔ -s
+== Syntax ==
+Steal from Old Chinese