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====Diphthongs==== | ====Diphthongs==== | ||
Numerous '''-j''' and '''-w''' diphthongs (some from PWio -dj and -hw) | Numerous '''-j''' and '''-w''' diphthongs (some from PWio -dj and -hw) | ||
''*nkwaadj'' 'song, chant' > Old Tsj. ''gváj'' 'chant' | |||
==Morphology== | ==Morphology== | ||
==Syntax== | ==Syntax== | ||
Revision as of 23:08, 13 May 2018
Old Tsjoen was an older form of Tsjoen, spoken ca. -100~300 fT (around the time of Old Wiobian).
Phonology
Old Norse-Middle Chinese hybrid gib
Consonants
| Labial | Dental | Alveolar | Medial | Palatal | Velar | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m /m/ | n /n/ | ng /ŋ/ | ||||
| Plosive | voiceless | p /p/ | t /t/ | k /k/ | |||
| voiced | b /b/ | d /d/ | g /g/ | ||||
| Fricative | voiceless | f /f/ | ϑ /θ/ | s /s/ | x /ɬ/ | h /x~h/ | |
| voiced | β /β/ | δ /δ/ | z /z/ | γ /ɣ/ | |||
| Affricate | voiceless | ts /ts/ | |||||
| voiced | dz /dz/ | ||||||
| Resonant | v /w/ | r /r/ | l /l/ | ζ /ɻ/ | j /j/ | ||
Vowels
Old Tsjoen probably had 9 short and long monophthongs.
| Front | Central | Back | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| unrounded | rounded | |||
| Close | i /i/, í /iː/ | y /y/, ý /yː/ | u /u/, ú /uː/ | |
| Mid | e /e/, é /eː/ | ø /ø/, ǿ /øː/ | ə /ə~ɨ/, ə́ /əː/ | o /o/, ó /oː/ |
| Open | æ /ɛ/, ǽ /ɛː/ | a /a/ | á /ɑː/ | |
Diphthongs
Numerous -j and -w diphthongs (some from PWio -dj and -hw)
*nkwaadj 'song, chant' > Old Tsj. gváj 'chant'