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'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' is an analytic monosyllabic tonal language with 11 tones: 5 level tones and 6 contour tones. It is head-final and SVO.


{{PAGENAME}} is inspired by East and Southeast Asian tonal languages, Ojitlán Chinantec, Toda, and Saanich.
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|name = {{SUBPAGENAME}}
|nativename = Qua kī̄
|pronunciation=qɨɑ̯˧ ki˥
|setting = [[Verse:Angai]]
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The native Kuam orthography is a deep one (like Thai's).
:''This concerns one of many timelines for Angai.''
 
'''{{SUBPAGENAME}}''' (natively ''Qua kī̄'' /qɨɑ̯˧ ki˥/) is an analytic monosyllabic tonal language with 12 tones: 5 level tones, 3 rising tones, 3 falling tones, and 1 glottalized tone. It is head-final and SVO.
 
{{SUBPAGENAME}} is inspired by East and Southeast Asian tonal languages, Ojitlán Chinantec, Toda, and Saanich.
 
The native {{SUBPAGENAME}} orthography is a deep one (like Tibetan's).


==Phonology==
==Phonology==
The following is the phonology of Standard {{SUBPAGENAME}}.
The following is the phonology of Standard {{SUBPAGENAME}}.
=== Phonotactics ===
=== Phonotactics ===
A morpheme is almost always monosyllabic. A syllable always has the structure IR<sup>T</sup>, where I = initial, R = rime, and T = tone. {{SUBPAGENAME}} has 43 initials, 9 rimes, and 11 tones, making 4257 possible syllables.
A morpheme is almost always monosyllabic. A syllable always has the structure IR<sup>T</sup>, where I = initial, R = rime, and T = tone. {{SUBPAGENAME}} has 43 initials, 9 rimes, and 11 tones, making 4257 theoretical syllables. However, not every rime-tone combination is actually allowed.


=== Rimes ===
=== Rimes ===


i/e/ə/ɑ/ej/əj/ɑj/iə̯/ɨə̯
i/e/ə/ɑ/ej/əj/ɑj/iɑ̯/ɨɑ̯


'''i/e/ə/a/ey/əy/ay/ea/ua'''
'''i/e/ə/a/ey/əy/ay/ea/ua'''
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| '''tr''' /ʈ/
| '''tr''' /ʈ/
| '''tsr''' /ʈʂ/
| '''tsr''' /ʈʂ/
| '''tx''' /ʃ/
| '''tx''' /tʃ/
| '''c''' /c/
| '''c''' /c/
| '''k''' /k/
| '''k''' /k/
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| /˥/ (55)
| /˥/ (55)
| top
| top
| ''kā̄'' /kɑ˥/ 'short'
| ''qā̄'' /qɑ˥/ 'short'
| Often marked by stiff voice.
| Often marked by stiff voice.
|-
|-
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| /˦/ (44)
| /˦/ (44)
| high
| high
| ''kā'' /kɑ˦/ 'coat'
| ''qā'' /qɑ˦/ 'coat'
|
|
|-
|-
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| /˧/ (33)
| /˧/ (33)
| mid
| mid
| ''ka'' /kɑ˧/ 'to take'
| ''qa'' /qɑ˧/ 'to take'
|
|
|-
|-
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| /˨/ (22)
| /˨/ (22)
| low
| low
| ''ka̱'' /kɑ˨/ 'to exhale'
| ''qa̱'' /qɑ˨/ 'to burn (intrans.)'
|
|
|-
|-
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| /˩/ (11)
| /˩/ (11)
| bottom
| bottom
| ''ka̱̱'' /kɑ˩/ 'to burn (intrans.)'
| ''qa̱̱'' /qɑ˩/ 'to exhale'
| Often marked by vocal fry.
| Often marked by vocal fry.
|-
|-
| '''a̗'''
| '''a̗'''
| /˩˥/ (15)
| /˨˦/ (24)
| bottom-rise
| mid-rise
| ''ka̗'' /kɑ˩˥/ 'roof'
| ''qa̗'' /qɑ˨˦/ 'roof'
| Often begins with vocal fry. May be realized as [˩˦] (14), or even [˨˦] (24) in rapid speech.
|  
|-
|-
| '''á'''
| '''á'''
| /˧˥/ (35)
| /˧˥/ (35)
| mid-rise
| high-rise
| ''ká'' /kɑ˧˥/ 'fencepost'
| ''qá'' /qɑ˧˥/ 'fencepost'
|
|
|-
|-
| '''à'''
| '''à'''
| /˥˩/ (51)
| /˥˧/ (53)
| top-fall
| high-fall
| ''kà'' /kɑ˥˩/ 'crow, raven; (ideophone) caw'
| ''qà'' /qɑ˥˧/ 'crow, raven; (ideophone) caw'
| May be realized as [˥˧] (53).
|  
|-
|-
| '''a̖'''
| '''a̖'''
| /˧˩/ (31)
| /˧˩/ (31)
| mid-fall
| low-fall
| ''ka̖'' /kɑ˧˩/ 'finger'
| ''qa̖'' /qɑ˧˩/ 'finger'
|
|
|-
|-
| '''a̬'''
| '''a{{cdb}}'''
| /˨˩˨/ (212)
| /˩˨/ (12)
| dip
| low-rise
| ''ka̬'' /kɑ˨˩˨/ 'oil, fat, grease'
| ''qa{{cdb}}'' /qɑ˩˨/ 'oil, fat, grease'
|  Often realized as [˩˨] (12) in rapid speech.
|   
|-
|-
| '''â'''
| '''â'''
| /˧˦˧/ (343)
| /˦˨/ (42)
| peak
| mid-fall
| ''kâ'' /kɑ˧˦˧/ 'to imprint, to stamp'
| ''qâ'' /qɑ˦˨/ 'to imprint, to stamp'
| May be [˨˧˨] (232). Often realized as [˦˩] (41) or [˦˨] (42) in rapid speech.
|
|-
| '''a{{hoi}}'''
| /11ʔ/ (11)
| stop
| ''qa{{hoi}}'' /qɑ11ʔ/ '<i>Ulva lactuca</i>'
|
|}
|}


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!C (fricative coda) (1/5)
!C (fricative coda) (1/5)
!D (voiceless stop coda) (1/5)
!D (voiceless stop coda) (1/5)
|-
!Glottalized initial (2/8)
|53 (à)
|44 (ā)
|11 (a̱̱)
|55 (ā̄)
|-
|-
!Modal initial (3/8)
!Modal initial (3/8)
|33 (a)
|33 (a)
|212 (a̬)
|12 (a{{cdb}})
|22 (a̱)
|22 (a̱)
|35 (á)
|35 (á)
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!Breathy initial (3/8)
!Breathy initial (3/8)
|31 (a̖)
|31 (a̖)
|15 (a̗)
|24 (a̗)
|343 (â)
|42 (â)
|15 (a̗)
|11ʔ (a{{hoi}})
|-
!Creaky initial (2/8)
|51 (à)
|44 (ā)
|11 (a̱̱)
|55 (ā̄)
|}
|}


===Awkwords input===
== Dialects ==
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== Dialects ==


== Orthography ==
Kuam is written in the Kuam script and uses a very deep orthography, like Tibetan.
[[Category:Angai]]
[[Category:Angai]]

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Qua
Qua kī̄
Pronunciation[qɨɑ̯˧ ki˥]
Created byInthar
SettingVerse:Angai
Keric
  • Qua
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This concerns one of many timelines for Angai.

Qua (natively Qua kī̄ /qɨɑ̯˧ ki˥/) is an analytic monosyllabic tonal language with 12 tones: 5 level tones, 3 rising tones, 3 falling tones, and 1 glottalized tone. It is head-final and SVO.

Qua is inspired by East and Southeast Asian tonal languages, Ojitlán Chinantec, Toda, and Saanich.

The native Qua orthography is a deep one (like Tibetan's).

Phonology

The following is the phonology of Standard Qua.

Phonotactics

A morpheme is almost always monosyllabic. A syllable always has the structure IRT, where I = initial, R = rime, and T = tone. Qua has 43 initials, 9 rimes, and 11 tones, making 4257 theoretical syllables. However, not every rime-tone combination is actually allowed.

Rimes

i/e/ə/ɑ/ej/əj/ɑj/iɑ̯/ɨɑ̯

i/e/ə/a/ey/əy/ay/ea/ua

Notes
  • /ɑ/ and /ɑj/ are phonetically [a̠] and [a̠j].
  • /ɨə̯/ is commonly monophthongized to [ɨ] or [ɨ̞].

Initials

43 initials

Bilabial Linguolabial Lamino-dental Apico-alveolar Subapical Postalveolar Palatal Velar Uvular Glottal
nonsib. sib. nonsib. sib. nonsib. sib.
Nasal m /m/ mʌ /n̼/ nh /n̪/ n /n/ nr /ɳ/
Stop p /p/ pʌ /t̼/ th /t̪/ tz /t̪s̪/ t /t/ ts /ts̠/ tr /ʈ/ tsr /ʈʂ/ tx /tʃ/ c /c/ k /k/ q /q/ /ʔ/
Fricative f /ɸ/ fʌ /θ̼/ zz /θ/ z /s̪/ ss /θ̠/ s /s̠/ sr /ʂ/ x /ʃ/ ch /ç/ kh /x/ qh /χ/ h /h/
Resonant central w /w/ ʌ /ð̼/ zh /ð̞/ r /ɾ/ rr /ɻ/ y /j/ g /ɰ/
lateral lʌ /l̼/ lh /l̪/ l /l/ lr /ɭ/ ly /ʎ/ lg /ʟ/

Tones

Rom. IPA English name Example Description
ā̄ /˥/ (55) top qā̄ /qɑ˥/ 'short' Often marked by stiff voice.
ā /˦/ (44) high qā /qɑ˦/ 'coat'
a /˧/ (33) mid qa /qɑ˧/ 'to take'
a̱ /˨/ (22) low qa̱ /qɑ˨/ 'to burn (intrans.)'
a̱̱ /˩/ (11) bottom qa̱̱ /qɑ˩/ 'to exhale' Often marked by vocal fry.
a̗ /˨˦/ (24) mid-rise qa̗ /qɑ˨˦/ 'roof'
á /˧˥/ (35) high-rise qá /qɑ˧˥/ 'fencepost'
à /˥˧/ (53) high-fall qà /qɑ˥˧/ 'crow, raven; (ideophone) caw'
a̖ /˧˩/ (31) low-fall qa̖ /qɑ˧˩/ 'finger'
ạ /˩˨/ (12) low-rise qạ /qɑ˩˨/ 'oil, fat, grease'
â /˦˨/ (42) mid-fall qâ /qɑ˦˨/ 'to imprint, to stamp'
ả /11ʔ/ (11) stop qả /qɑ11ʔ/ 'Ulva lactuca'

Tone box

A (null or resonant coda) (2/5) B (glottal stop coda) (1/5) C (fricative coda) (1/5) D (voiceless stop coda) (1/5)
Glottalized initial (2/8) 53 (à) 44 (ā) 11 (a̱̱) 55 (ā̄)
Modal initial (3/8) 33 (a) 12 (ạ) 22 (a̱) 35 (á)
Breathy initial (3/8) 31 (a̖) 24 (a̗) 42 (â) 11ʔ (ả)

Dialects

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