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Thea Ki /θēɐ̯ kī/ is an analytic monosyllabic tonal language of Taivíor with 5 level tones and 4 contour tones.
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* Zhea ___ /ɻeɐ̯˧/ 'rose': inventor of primodality in Hmøøh
{{Infobox language
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|name = {{SUBPAGENAME}}
|nativename = Qua kī̄
|pronunciation=qɨɑ̯˧ ki˥
|setting = [[Verse:Angai]]
|region =
|familycolor=hmong-mien
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== Phonology ==
:''This concerns one of many timelines for Angai.''
Rimes (10):  


i/e/ə/ɑ/ej/əj/ɑj/iɐ̯/eɐ̯/ɨɐ̯
'''{{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.


Initials (32):
{{SUBPAGENAME}} is inspired by East and Southeast Asian tonal languages, Ojitlán Chinantec, Toda, and Saanich.


m/n̪/n/ɳ/p/t̪/t̪s̪/t/ts̠/tʃ/ʈ/ʈʂ/k/ʔ/f/θ/s̪/s̠/ʃ/ʂ/x/h/l̪/r̪/l/r/ɭ/ɻ/ʟ/ʀ/j/w
The native {{SUBPAGENAME}} orthography is a deep one (like Tibetan's).


Tones (9):
==Phonology==
The following is the phonology of Standard {{SUBPAGENAME}}.
=== 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 theoretical syllables. However, not every rime-tone combination is actually allowed.


˥/˦/˧/˨/˩/˩˥/˧˥/˥˩/˥˧
=== Rimes ===


2880 possible syllables
i/e/ə/ɑ/ej/əj/ɑj/iɑ̯/ɨɑ̯
 
'''i/e/ə/a/ey/əy/ay/ea/ua'''
 
;Notes
* /ɑ/ and /ɑj/ are phonetically [a{{ret}}] and [a{{ret}}j]. <!-- Rationale: Backing too much would cause pharyngealization, messing up tones. -->
* /ɨə{{nonsyll}}/ is commonly monophthongized to [ɨ] or [ɨ{{lowered}}].
 
=== Initials ===
43 initials
 
{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="wikitable" style="width: 700px; text-align:center;
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |
! rowspan="2" |Bilabial
! rowspan="2" |Linguolabial
! colspan="2" |Lamino-dental
! colspan="2" |Apico-alveolar
! colspan="2" |Subapical
! rowspan="2" |Postalveolar
! rowspan="2" |Palatal
! rowspan="2" |Velar
! rowspan="2" |Uvular
! rowspan="2" |Glottal
|-
! |<small>nonsib.</small>
! |<small>sib.</small>
! |<small>nonsib.</small>
! |<small>sib.</small>
! |<small>nonsib.</small>
! |<small>sib.</small>
|-
!colspan="2"|Nasal
| '''m''' /m/
| '''mʌ''' /n̼/
|colspan="2"| '''nh''' /n̪/
|colspan="2"| '''n''' /n/
|colspan="2"| '''nr''' /ɳ/
|
|
|
|
|-
!colspan="2"|Stop
| '''p''' /p/
| '''pʌ''' /t̼/
| '''th''' /t̪/
| '''tz''' /t&#810;s&#810;/
| '''t''' /t/
| '''ts''' /ts&#800;/
| '''tr''' /ʈ/
| '''tsr''' /ʈʂ/
| '''tx''' /tʃ/
| '''c''' /c/
| '''k''' /k/
| '''q''' /q/
| /ʔ/
|-
!colspan="2"|Fricative
| '''f''' /ɸ/
| '''fʌ''' /θ̼/
| '''zz''' /θ/
| '''z''' /s&#810;/
| '''ss''' /θ&#800;/
| '''s''' /s&#800;/
|
| '''sr''' /ʂ/
| '''x''' /ʃ/
| '''ch''' /ç/
| '''kh''' /x/
| '''qh''' /χ/
| '''h''' /h/
|-
!rowspan="2"|Resonant
!|<small>central</small>
| '''w''' /w/
| '''ʌ''' /ð̼/
|colspan="2"|'''zh''' /ð&#798;/
|colspan="2"|'''r''' /ɾ/
|colspan="2"|'''rr''' /ɻ/
|
|'''y''' /j/
|'''g''' /ɰ/
|
|
|-
!|<small>lateral</small>
|
|'''lʌ''' /l̼/
|colspan="2"|'''lh''' /l&#810;/
|colspan="2"|'''l''' /l/
|colspan="2"|'''lr''' /ɭ/
|
|'''ly''' /ʎ/
|'''lg''' /ʟ/
|
|
|}
 
=== Tones ===
{|class="wikitable"
! 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'
|
|-
| '''a{{cdb}}'''
| /˩˨/ (12)
| low-rise
| ''qa{{cdb}}'' /qɑ˩˨/ 'oil, fat, grease'
| 
|-
| '''â'''
| /˦˨/ (42)
| mid-fall
| ''qâ'' /qɑ˦˨/ 'to imprint, to stamp'
|
|-
| '''a{{hoi}}'''
| /11ʔ/ (11)
| stop
| ''qa{{hoi}}'' /qɑ11ʔ/ '<i>Ulva lactuca</i>'
|
|}
 
==== Tone box ====
{| class="wikitable"
!
!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 (a{{cdb}})
|22 (a̱)
|35 (á)
|-
!Breathy initial (3/8)
|31 (a̖)
|24 (a̗)
|42 (â)
|11ʔ (a{{hoi}})
|}
 
== Dialects ==
 
 
[[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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