Neck Thai

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Neck Thai
Nékthijʔ dòai
Nékthij dòai.png
Pronunciation[/nék.tʰɛ̌j ɗɔ̀ːj/]
Created byIlL
SettingHussmauch
Native speakers50 million (2200 v.C.)
Tie–Dye

Neck Thai (native name Nék-thijʔ dòai /nék.tʰăj ɗɔ̀ːj/) is a Tie–Dye language with over 50 million speakers. It is the official language of Neckthailand (Nékthijmien)

Phonology

Consonants

Initials

Neck Thai initials
Labial Alveolar Click Palatal Velar Uvular Glottal
Nasal m /m/ n /n/ nǃx /ŋǃ/ ng /ŋ/
Plosive plain p /p/ t /t/ ǃx /ǃ/ tj /tɕ/ k /k/ /ʔ/
aspirated ph /pʰ/ th /tʰ/ ǃxh /ǃʰ/ tjh /tɕʰ/ kh /kʰ/
implosive b /ɓ~b/ d /ɗ~d/
Fricative v /f/ z /s/ g, sch /x/ h /h/
Trill/App. w /w/ j /j/
Liquid l /l/ r /ʀ~ʁ/

Allowed initial clusters: pl, pr, phl, phr, vl, vr, tr, ǃxr, kl, kr, kw, khl, khr, khw

Many speakers in the capital Houwá Thing Vîer merge the pairs /pʀ pʰʀ/, /kʀ kʰʀ/. /ǃʀ/ is often pronounced as [ǃ]. Some dialects merge /ʀ-/ and /ŋ-/ into a nasalized uvular flap /ʀ̆ⁿ/ or approximant /ʁ̃/ and also simplify all Cr clusters to C.

Finals

Neck Thai finals
Labial Alveolar Dorsal Laryngeal
Nasal m [m] n, l [n] ng, r [ŋ]
Plosive p [p̚] t [t̚] k [k̚] ' [ʔ]
App. (uw [w]) (i [j])

Vowels

Monophthongs

Neck Thai monophthongs
Front Central Back
short long short long short long
Close i /i/ ie /iː/ u /ʉ/ uu /ʉː/ œ /u/ oe /uː/
Close-mid e /e/ ee /eː/ eo /ɵ/ eu /ɵː/ o /o/ oo /oː/
Open-mid æ /ɛ/ ae /ɛː/ /ɔ/ oa /ɔː/
Open a /ɐ/ aa /aː/

Diphthongs

Long Short
Neckthai IPA Neckthai IPA
aai /aːj/ ij /aj/
aauw /aːw/ ouw, ou /aw/
ia /iːa/ ia' /ia/
ieuw /iw/
oea /uːa/ oea' /ua/
oei /uːj/
eeuw /eːw/ euw /ew/
aeuw /ɛːw/
ua /ʉːa/ ua' /ʉa/
eui /ɵːj/ ui /ɵj/
oai /ɔːj/
ooi /oːj/ oi /oj/

Triphthongs

Neckthai IPA
iauw /iaw/
oeai /uaj/
uai /ʉaj/

Tones

Standard Neckthai uses 5 tones.

  • Mid: raa /ʀāː/ [ʀaː˧] 'easy'
  • Low: ràa /ʀàː/ [ʀaː˨˩] 'loud'
  • Falling: râa /ʀâː/ [ʀaː˥˩˩] 'fruit'
  • High: ráa /ʀáː/ [ʀaː˥] 'white'
  • Rising: raaʔ /ʀǎː/ [ʀaː˨˩˦] 'vase'

Orthography

Neckthai script.png

Grammar

Pronouns

  • I: khôet
  • thou: òer
  • we: ngàe

Loanwords

Many Neck Thai words are Wiebian loanwords which come from all stages of Wiebian, Ancient Wiebian to modern lects.

Loanwords from Ancient Wiebian:

  • hét 'queen, lady' (< Ancient Wiebian Heste /ˈhɛstə/ 'wife')

Derivational morphology