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| '''Wibian''' is a descendant of [[Old Wibian]], inspired by German and Burmese. It is currently the Pfiunic language with the most speakers, and is the official language of Wibermîn and a couple of Wibian-speaking nations in Cualuav.
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| ==Phrasebook==
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| *''Hô.'' /ho/ = Yes.
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| *''Nu miud laz querde fo hling./Nu bimiud querde fo hling.'' = (''informal'') You speak of love and hate.
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| ==Phonology==
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| Curiously, Wibian phonology is quite similar to [[Eevo]] phonology, similar to the relationship between Mandarin and English phonology.
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| ===Orthography===
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| ===Consonants===
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| |+'''{{PAGENAME}} consonants'''
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| !Labial
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| !Dental
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| !Alveolar
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| !Palatal
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| !Velar
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| !Glottal
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| ! rowspan="2"|Nasal
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| ! | <small>voiceless</small>
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| |/m̊/
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| |colspan="2"|/n̊/
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| ! | <small>voiced</small>
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| |/m/
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| |colspan="2"|/n/
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| |/ɲ/
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| |/ŋ/
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| ! rowspan="3"|Stop
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| ! | <small>plain</small>
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| |/pʰ/
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| |/tʰ/
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| |/tɕʰ/
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| |/kʰ/
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| |rowspan="3"|/ʔ/
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| ! | <small>tense</small>
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| |/p˭/
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| |/t˭/
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| |[tɕ˭]
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| |/k˭/
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| ! | <small>voiced</small>
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| |/b/
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| |/d/
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| |/d͡ʑ/
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| |/g/
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| ! rowspan="3"|Fricative
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| ! | <small>voiceless</small>
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| |/f/
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| |/θ/
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| |/s/
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| |/ʃ/
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| |rowspan="3"|/h/
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| ! | <small>voiced</small>
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| |[v]
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| |[ð]
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| |/z/
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| ! | <small>aspirated</small>
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| |/sʰ/
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| ! rowspan="2"|Approximant
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| ! | <small>voiceless</small>
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| |/w̥/
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| |/l̥/
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| ! | <small>voiced</small>
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| |/w/
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| |/l/
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| |/j/
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| */h/ may be written as either {{angbr|''h''}} or {{angbr|''ch''}}; it is pronounced [x] after consonants.
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| ===Vowels===
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| vowels: /a ə i u ɔ~aʊ ɛ~aɪ e~eɪ o~oʊ/, ~ denotes alternation.
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| The Wibian alternation is conditioned by the following rule:
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| *diphthongs before /ʔ, s, ŋ/ OR before nasals
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| *monophthongs otherwise?
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| The alternants are marginally phonemic, e.g. before consonants that don't alternate like /l, h/.
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| It originally came from the rule "diphthongs in closed syllables, monophthongs in open syllables" (plus diphthongization before /n, s/). This alternation operates after r, -nj > j and attendant vowel coloring.
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| ===Prosody===
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| ====Stress====
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| ====Intonation====
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| ===Phonotactics===
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| Wibian phonotactics are simple; the maximal syllable is C(j/w)VC.
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| ===Morphophonology===
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| ====Liaison====
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| ====Sandhi====
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| After a word-final orthographic ''s'', /b d g/ turn into their tense counterparts /p˭ t˭ k˭/.
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| ====Alternations upon suffixation====
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| ==Morphology==
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| ===Nouns===
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| The definite article is ''ez'' /ʔɛs/.
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| ===Pronouns===
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| Words derived from the inherited honorific system has replaced pronouns almost completely. Pronouns are an open class as in Japanese. The Quihum first-person pronoun *nax̌ (~ [[Sjowaazheñ]] ''nyaa'', [[Thensarian]] ''nā'', [[Eevo]] ''naw''), though, still survives in modern Wibian as ''nu'' /nu/ - which is a ''second''-person pronoun!
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| ==Syntax==
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