Paang

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Paang (rhư nténg Pạng) is a classical language of Tsayfuan's fantasy world. It is a monosyllabic tonal language with initial consonant mutations. It is inspired in-universe by Scellan and Æ, and I was actually inspired by Insular Celtic and Southeast Asian languages.

Todo

  • May liberally steal vocab from Irish in Paang
    • miền 'desire'
    • riêmh 'never'
    • ciên 'age; distance'
    • fiển 'soldier'
    • téng (clf. rhưN) 'language'
    • biêdh 'food'
    • riền 'path'

Phonology

Initials: /k kh χ ng hng ngh (γ) t th θ n hn nh ð p φ f m hm mh v j r hr l hl w hw s h 2/

Nuclei: /i e a (ư) ə u o iə (ư)ə uə/

Finals: /w~ n ng r p t k j ð (ư) w/

Tones: Thai tones: a à ạ á ả = mid low fall high rise

<g c ch ng hng nc gh d t th n hn nt dh b p f m hm mp bh j r rr l ll w ww s h 0 i e a ư ơ a u o ia/iê ưa/ươ ua/uô mh n ng r b d g i dh gh u>