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! rowspan="2" | | ! rowspan="2" | Labial | ||
! rowspan="2" | ! rowspan="2" | Inter-<br>dental | ||
! colspan="3" | ! colspan="3" | Alveolar | ||
! rowspan="2" | | ! rowspan="2" | Retroflex | ||
! rowspan="2" | | ! rowspan="2" | Palatal | ||
! colspan="2" | | ! colspan="2" | Velar | ||
! rowspan="2" | ! rowspan="2" | Glottal | ||
|- | |- | ||
! |plain || | ! |plain || sibilant ||lateral | ||
! |plain | | ! |plain || labialized | ||
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! | ! | Stop | ||
| p b | |||
| tθ ddh | | tθ ddh | ||
| t d | | t d | ||
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| ʔ ʼ | | ʔ ʼ | ||
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! | | !|Fricative | ||
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| θ th | | θ th | ||
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| s s | | s s | ||
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| ʂ shr | | ʂ shr | ||
| ʃ sh | | ʃ sh | ||
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! | !|Sonorant | ||
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| n n | | n n | ||
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Revision as of 22:34, 19 December 2024
In Angai, Thean /ˈθiːən/ is a family of analytic monosyllabic tonal languages in the Trans-Sarnathian family, spoken in Aem-Zmaə. Thean is head-initial and SVO.
Thean is an exonym derived from the Kuam pronunciation of the autonym.
Thean is natively written with logographs.
Phonology of Modern Standard Thean
Initials
| Labial | Inter- dental |
Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| plain | sibilant | lateral | plain | labialized | ||||||
| Stop | p b | tθ ddh | t d | ts dz | tɬ dl | ʈʂ dr | tʃ j | k g | kʷ gw | ʔ ʼ |
| Fricative | f f | θ th | s s | ʂ shr | ʃ sh | x kh | xʷ khw | h h | ||
| Sonorant | m m | n n | l l | ɻ r | j y | w w | ||||
Nuclei
Finals
-t -k -n -ng -dh -l -w -j -r /-t -k -n -ŋ -ð -l -w -j -ɻ/ (null is allowed)