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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; otherwise it's not part of any conworld setting.

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	ɨ	u
Mid	e	ə	o
Open		a

Diphthongs	Second component
First component	front	central	back
close	ʊi	ʊɨ	ɪu, ɨu
mid	əi/ɛi, ɔi	əɨ/ɛɨ, ɔɨ	əu/ɛu, ɔu
open	ai	aɨ, ɑːɨ	au

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˦˥˩/