Verse:Mwail/Ker
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Old Qua or Ker (natively /kəʁ kʼrip/ 'Ker speech') is spoken in Angai's British Isles, contemporaneously with Classical Thean.
Qua has a history similar to Hmong (stop finals are lost) but takes it a step further (nasal vowels are denasalized)
Gibberish
glips ˀɲat mij wrək,
d̼ap kroj d̼ij ˀɲrək,
d̼lomʔ pə pot-pit,
θ̼lənʔ tsrəts ɕijs daʁʔ d̼ək
Phonology
Preinitial
ʔə is the only preinitial (not counting zero)
Initials
p t̼ t ts c k ʔ b d̼ d dz ɟ g pʼ t̼ʼ tʼ tsʼ cʼ kʼ m n̼ n ɲ ˀm ˀn̼ ˀn ˀɲ ˀŋ ʰm ʰn̼ ʰn ʰɲ ʰŋ w j ˀw ˀj ʰw ʰj θ̼ θ s ɕ h
Medials
j? l r
Nuclei
a i ə o
Finals
p t k m n ŋ w j ʁ
Postfinals
-ʔ -s
Syntax
Steal from Old Chinese