Swyr

Humpback Whelsh (Mór fîl) is a tonal language with a Welsh aesthetic. It is meant to be spoken in Humpback Wales, and Old Humpback Whelsh has lent some words to Tigal. It is an in-universe conlang in Verse:Tricin.

Phonology

Consonants

Humpback Whelsh uses these consonants:

		Labial	Dental	Alveolar	Postalveolar	Palatal	Velar	Labiovelar	Glottal
Nasal	voiceless	mh /m̥/		nh /n̥/			ngh /ŋ̊/
	voiced	m /m/		n /n/			ng /ŋ/	ngw /ŋʷ/
Plosive	aspirated	p /pʰ/		t /tʰ/			c /kʰ/
	unaspirated	b /p/		d /t/			g /k/	gw /kʷ/
Fricative	voiceless	ff, ph /f/	th /θ/	s /s/	si /ʃ/		ch /χ/	chw /xʷ/	h /h/
	voiced	f /v/	dd /ð/
Trill	voiceless			rh /r̥/
	voiced			r /r/
Approximant	voiceless			ll /l̥~ɬ/
	voiced			l /l/		i /j/		w /w/

Unlike in Welsh, the consonants written mh nh ngh are true voiceless nasals.

Finals

Humpback Whelsh allows these finals: -b, -d, -g, -m, -n, -ng, -l and -r. The first three are unreleased stops /-p̚ -t̚ -k̚/.

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i /i/	y /ɨ/	w /w/
Mid	e /e/	(ə)	o /o/
Open		a /a/

Diphthongs	Second component
First component	front	central	back
close	wy /ʊi/		iw /ɪu/, yw /ɨu/
mid	ei /əi/, oe /ɔi/	eu /əɨ/	ew /ɛu/
open		ae /aɨ, ɑːɨ/	aw /au/

The schwa /ə/ is written y and shows up in unstressed words.

Tones

Humpback Whelsh has four contrastive tones: level, rising, falling and peaking.

Tone	Example		Notes
Level	llyr (blow)	/ɬɨr˧/
Rising	séng (place)	/seŋ˨˥/
Falling	chà (assist)	/xa˨˩/	May be slightly creaky voiced.
Peaking	rhêud (pebble)	/r̥eɨt̚˦˥˩/

Numbers

0. ngéud 1. ỳd 2. cêng 3. rhâw 4. nod 5. thẁy 6. lleb 7. sèun 8. fen 9. llawr 10. hwr 11. chwàed 12. góed 144. máe 1728. ddẃyl 1728^2. óng