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 Neck Thailand (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/ sch /ɧ/ g /x/ h /h/
Approximant w /ʋ/ j /j/
Liquid l /l/ r /ʀ~ʁ/

Allowed initial clusters: pl, phl, phr, vl, vr, thr, ǃxhr, kl, kw, khl, khr, khw

Most speakers merge the pairs /pʀ pʰʀ/, /tʀ tʰʀ/ and /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 /ə/ eu /ɵː/ o /o/ oo /oː/
Open-mid æ /ɛ/ ae /ɛː/ /ɔ/ oa /ɔː/
Open a /ɐ/ aa /aː/

Diphthongs

Long Short
Neck Thai IPA Neck Thai IPA
aai /aːj/ ij /aj/
aauw /aːw/ ouw /aw/
ia /iːɐ/ ia' /iɐ/
ieuw /iw/
oea /uːɐ/ oea' /uɐ/
oei /uːj/ œi /uj/
eeuw /eːw/ euw /ew/
aeuw /ɛːw/
ua /ʉːɐ/ ua' /ʉɐ/
eui /ɵːj/ ui /ɵj/
oai /ɔːj/
ooi /oːj/ oi /oj/

Triphthongs

Neck Thai IPA
iauw /iaw/
oeai /uaj/
uai /ʉaj/

Tones

Standard Neck Thai 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

File:Neck Thai 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. Tergetian and Whetmer are also significant sources of loanwords.

Loanwords from Ancient Wiebian:

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

Loanwords from Tergetian:

  • !xheeuwʔ 'chalice' (< Tergetian ŧèabh)

Numbers

uum - 0

tjhanʔ - 1

ijʔ - 2

vòet - 3

gâai - 4

zèng - 5

!xìet - 6

vae - 7

nôea - 8

ngîat - 9

ràat - 10

jæ̂ng - 100

Derivational morphology