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[[{{PAGENAME}}/Mór fîl|Llyn gweim dô fyn Mór fîl (This page in Humpback Whelsh)]]
[[{{PAGENAME}}/Mór fîl|Llyn gweim dô fyn Mór fîl (This page in Humpback Whelsh)]]


'''Humpback Whelsh''' (''Mór fîl'' /mor˨˥ vil˦˥˩/) is a minority language in [[Verse:Bjeheond|Bjeheond]], spoken in the region of Humpback Wales. It's a tonal language with a Welsh aesthetic.
'''Humpback Whelsh''' (''Mór vîl'' /mor˨˥ vil˦˥˩/) is a minority language in [[Verse:Bjeheond|Bjeheond]], spoken in the region of Humpback Wales. It's a tonal language with a [[Gussnish]] aesthetic.


==Phonology==
==Phonology==
===Consonants===
Humpback Whelsh uses these consonants:
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
! colspan="2"  |
!  Labial
!  Dental
!  Alveolar
!  Postalveolar
!  Palatal
!  Velar
! Labiovelar
!  Glottal
|-
! rowspan="2" | Nasal
! <small>voiceless</small>
| '''mh''' /m̥/
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| '''nh''' /n̥/
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| '''ngh''' /ŋ̊/
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! <small>voiced</small>
| '''m''' /m/
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| '''n''' /n/
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| '''ng''' /ŋ/
| '''ngw''' /ŋʷ/
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! rowspan="2" | Plosive
! <small>aspirated</small>
| '''p''' /pʰ/
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| '''t''' /tʰ/
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| '''c''' /kʰ/
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! <small>unaspirated</small>
| '''b''' /p/
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| '''d''' /t/
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| '''g''' /k/
| '''gw''' /kʷ/
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! rowspan="2" | Fricative
! <small>voiceless</small>
| '''ff, ph''' /f/
| '''th''' /θ/
| '''s''' /s/
| '''si''' /ʃ/
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| '''ch''' /χ/
| '''chw''' /xʷ/
| '''h''' /h/
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! <small>voiced</small>
| '''f''' /v/
| '''dd''' /ð/
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! rowspan="2" | Trill
! <small>voiceless</small>
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| '''rh''' /r̥/
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! <small>voiced</small>
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| '''r''' /r/
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! rowspan="2" | Approximant
! <small>voiceless</small>
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| '''ll''' /l̥~ɬ/
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! <small>voiced</small>
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| '''l''' /l/
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| '''i''' /j/
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| '''w''' /w/
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|}
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===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
! rowspan="1" |
! colspan="1" | Front
! colspan="1" | Central
! colspan="1" | Back
|-
!Close
| '''i''' /i/ || '''y''' /ɨ/ || '''w''' /w/
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!Mid
| '''e''' /e/ || (ə) || '''o''' /o/
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!Open
| || '''a''' /a/ ||
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
! Diphthongs || colspan="3" | Second component
|-
! First component || front || central || back
|-
! close
| '''wy''' /ʊi/
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| '''iw''' /ɪu/, '''yw''' /ɨu/
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! mid
| '''ei''' /əi/, '''oe''' /ɔi/
| '''eu''' /əɨ/
| '''ew''' /ɛu/
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! open
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| '''ae''' /aɨ, ɑːɨ/
| '''aw''' /au/
|}
The schwa /ə/ is written '''y''' and shows up in unstressed words.
===Tones===
===Tones===


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===Mutations===
===Mutations===
Humpback Whelsh uses three kinds of initial consonant mutations for derivational purposes: the soft (''chweul teb mỳng''), the nasal (''chweul teb nhẁd'') and the aspirate (''chweul teb sŷr'') mutations.
{| class="wikitable"
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! Consonant !! b !! d !! g !! gw !! p !! t !! c !! ll !! rh !! m
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| Soft || f || dd || Ø || w || b || d || g || l || r || f
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| Nasal || m || n || ng || ngw || mh || nh || ngh || ll || rh || m
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| Aspirate || b || d || g || gw || ph || th || ch || ll || rh || m
|}
==Morphology==
==Morphology==


Revision as of 07:35, 7 August 2017

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Llyn gweim dô fyn Mór fîl (This page in Humpback Whelsh)

Humpback Whelsh (Mór vîl /mor˨˥ vil˦˥˩/) is a minority language in Bjeheond, spoken in the region of Humpback Wales. It's a tonal language with a Gussnish aesthetic.

Phonology

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˦˥˩/

Mutations

Morphology

Classifiers

Syntax

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

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