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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 ==
<poem>
glips ˀɲat mij wrək,
d̼ap kroj d̼ij ˀɲrək,
d̼lomʔ pə pot-pit,
θ̼lənʔ tsrəts ɕijs daʁʔ d̼ək
</poem>

== 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