Thean

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 (Tone unrestricted)	/p/ b	/tθ/ ddh	/t/ d	/ts/ dz	/tɬ/ dl	/ʈʂ/ dr	/tʃ/ j	/k/ g	/kʷ/ gw	/ʔ/ ʼ
Fricative (Only L and H class tones)	/f/ f	/θ/ th		/s/ s		/ʂ/ shr	/ʃ/ sh	/x/ x	/xʷ/ xw	/h/ h
Sonorant (Tone unrestricted)	/m/ m		/n/ n		/l/ l	/ɻ/ r	/j/ y		/w/ w

Finals

-t -k -n -ng -dh -w -j -r /-t -k -n -ŋ -ð̠˕ -w -j -ɻ/ (null is allowed)

-ng is not as common as in the Sinosphere

Tone

9 in nonchecked syllables, 3 in checked ones