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{{Infobox language
*''hüläfä'' (m) = legend
|image =
*''Əstansə'' (m) = a holiday
|imagesize =
*''əgiti'' (PLak *àgit 'fall' + -s) (f) = autumn
|creator = [[User:IlL|IlL]]
*''lisdəw'' (v) = to learn (< lidəw 'to find')
|name = Modern Standard Wiobian
==Numbers==
|nativename = ''Wiob-Muts''; ''Reber-Muts''
0-12: ñic, dän, rat, əscəw, əmšäk, ümuc, dak, ešəb, oläy, taf, suyäw, üsruk
|pronunciation=
|region = Wiobermin
|speakers = 70 million
|date = 2200 v.C.
|familycolor=raxo-talsmic
|fam1= [[Gamedan languages|Gamedan]]
|fam2= [[Wiobian]]
|script=Wiobian script
|iso3=qwb
|notice=IPA
}}
 
[[Wiobian/Sketchbook|Sandbox]]<br/>
[[Wiobian/Lexicon|Lexicon]]<br/>
[[Wiobian/Verse|Wiobian verse]]<br/>
[[Wiobian/Music|About Wiobian music]]<br/>
[[Wiobian/Wiobian|'''engunn&fiungs mieh Wäls tur Wiob-Hien!''']] ("View this page in Wiobian!")<br/>
[[Wiobian/de|Diese Seite auf Deutsch ansehen]]<br/>
 
'''{{PAGENAME}}''' (Wiobian: ''Reber-Wiob-Muts'' [''żai4ziou6my5''] 'Courtly Wiobian') or '''Rzaimy''' (''Reber-Muts'' [''żai4my5''] 'the courtly language') is the standard variety of Modern [[Wiobian]].
 
==Todo==
*''Pei-käh-kiob, in gerbänk-klers iete!'' (''bi-ga-dźu, yn fạng-dlái ed!'')
*''Mäßtes riet!'' - Greetings!
*''Wiob-Schriof-Ahm-Hölsch'' "Wiobian-style collection-piece" - Wiobian Suites
 
==Notes on notation==
*<sup>''i''</sup> - denotes i-umlaut of the root.
*<sup>''u''</sup> - denotes u-umlaut of the root.
 
==Orthography==
:''See also: [[Wiobian/Script]].''
 
==Phonology==
===Phonotactics===
(C)V(C)<sup>T</sup>
 
Words are mainly monosyllabic, occasionally trochees.
 
Compounds are left-headed and trochaic.
 
===Initials===
The following 'Wiobian pinyin' could be used to represent Modern Greater Wiobian words phonetically:
<poem>
Tones: Cantonese tones, numbered as in Cantonese
 
Initials:
labials: ƀ /ɓ/ b /p/ p /pʰ/ m /m/ f /f/ pf /pf/
dentals: đ /ɗ/ d /t/ t /tʰ/ n /n/ s /s/ z /z/
laterals: dź /tɬ/ ć /tɬʰ/ ś /ɬ/ l /l/ ł /ɫ/
retroflexes: dż /tʂ/ cz /tʂʰ/ sz /ʂ/ ż /ʐ/ nz /ɳ/
co-articulated: gq /!/ q /!ʰ/ sj /ɧ/ zj /ɧ̬/ nq /ŋ!/
palatals: dzi /tɕ/ ci /tɕʰ/ si /ɕ/ zi /ʑ/ ni /ɲ/ j /j/
velars: g /k/ k /kʰ/ ch /x/ ng /ŋ/
laryngeals: (null) /ʔ/ h /h/
 
Vowels: a /a/ e /ɛ/ i /i/ o /ɔ/ u /u/ y /ɨ/ ơ /œ/ ư /y/
 
Finals: -p /p/ -t /t/ -k /k/ -m /m/ -n /n/ -ng /ŋ/ -i /j/ -u /w/
</poem>
{| class="bluetable lightbluebg " style="width: 700px; text-align: center;"
|+ '''Modern Standard Wiobian initials'''
! colspan="2"|
! | Labial
! | Alveolar
! | Lateral
! | Retroflex
! | Coarticulated
! | Palatal
! | Velar
! | Glottal
|-
! colspan="2" | Nasal
| /m/
| /n/
|
| /ɳ/
| /ŋ!/
| /ɲ/
| /ŋ/
|
|-
! rowspan="3" |Plosive
! | <small>plain</small>
| /p/
| /t/
|
|
| /!/
|
| /k/
| /ʔ/
|-
! | <small>aspirated</small>
| /pʰ/
| /tʰ/
|
|
| /!ʰ/
|
| /kʰ/
|
|-
! | <small>implosive</small>
| /ɓ/
| /ɗ/
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
! rowspan="2" |Affricate
! | <small>plain</small>
| /pf/
|
| /tɬ/
| /ʈʂ/
|
| /tɕ/
|
|
|-
! | <small>aspirated</small>
|
|
| /tɬʰ/
| /ʈʂʰ/
|
| /tɕʰ/
|
|
|-
! rowspan="2" |Fricative
! | <small>plain</small>
| /f/
| /s/
| /ɬ/
| /ʂ/
| /ɧ/
| /ɕ/
| /x/
| /h/
|-
! | <small>voiced</small>
| /v/
| /z/
|
| /ʐ/
| /ɧ̬/
| /ʑ/
|
|
|-
! colspan="2" |Approximant
|
|
| /l/, /ɫ/
|
|
| /j/
|
|
|}
 
====Rimes====
A whole rime dictionary would be necessary to describe all the rimes, since the rules are so complex/irregular. Sorry
====Nucleus====
{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="width: 540px; text-align:center;"
|+ '''Modern Standard Wiobian monophthongs'''
|-
! rowspan="2" style="width: 90px; "|
! colspan="2" style="width: 180px; " |Front
! rowspan="2" style="width: 90px; " |Central
! rowspan="2" colspan="1" style="width: 90px; " |Back
|-
! colspan="1" style="width: 90px; " |<small>unrounded</small>
! colspan="1" style="width: 90px; " |<small>rounded</small>
|-
! style="" |Close
| /i/
| /y/
| [ɨ]<sup>1</sup>
| /u/
|-
! style="" |Mid
| /e/
| /ø/
|
| /o/
|-
! style="" |Open
|
|
| /a/
|
|}
 
<sup>1</sup> Allophone of /i/ and /y/ after dental and retroflex initials.<br/>
<sup>2</sup> Allophone of /æ/ after retroflex consonants.
 
Short vowels (which only occured in closed syllables) are fairly stably preserved.
 
====Umlaut====
*short ''u'' /u/ i-umlauts to short ''ü'' /y/
*''io'' /y/? i-umlauts to ''ie'' /i/?
*''ia'' /jæ/ i-umlauts to ''ie'' /i/?
*short ''o'' /o/ i-umlauts to short ''ö'' /e/
*short ''a'' /æ/ i-umlauts to short ''ä'' /e/
*short ''e'' /ə/ i-umlauts to short ''i'' /i/
*''uo'' i-umlauts to ''üö''
*short ''a'' /æ/ u-umlauts to short ''å'' /o/
 
====Coda consonants====
Only the following coda consonants may occur: [p t k m n ŋ j w].
 
 
====Tones====
Stressed syllables may have one of 6 tones.
 
# high level tone (˥) (high falling (˥˩) in pausa) < LMW high modal
# mid rising tone (˧˥) < LMW high breathy
# mid level tone (˧) < LMW high glottalized
# low falling tone (˨˩) < LMW low modal
# low rising tone (˩˧) < LMW low breathy
# low level tone (˨) < LMW low glottalized
 
Example syllable: /maj/ ''mai''
 
# /maj˥/ (''mai1'') ''Schmörr'': liver
# /maj˧˥/ (''mai2'') ''Kmas'': border/edge
# /maj˧/ (''mai3'') ''schmeig'': lie
# /maj˨˩/ (''mai4'') ''Meder'': valley
# /maj˩˧/ (''mai5'') ''Mels'': lightning
# /maj˨/ (''mai6'') ''enbelt'': provoke
 
==Grammar==
==Derivational morphology==
Some suffixes are pronounced differently depending on the final consonant of the root.
 
*''<sup>U</sup>(-n)'': nominalization, patient
**''Þiem'' 'deed' < ''þiom'' 'do'
*''be-'': intensive/applicative/denominal verb prefix; common like in German
**'''''be'''rast'' 'make powerful, strengthen' < ''Rast'' 'power'
*''deß-'': detransitivizing/valency-decreasing
*''em-/(w)en-'': perfective; causative/valency-incrementing
*''<sup>U</sup>-em'': adjectival/attributive/place noun suffix
**''Jünd'''em'''ruoger'' 'tapestry of life'
*''-er'': collective, augmentative, place noun, resultative
**''Puog'''er''''' 'throne' < ''Puog'' 'chair'
**''Ruog'''er''''' 'statue' < ''ruog, rieg, Ruogs'' 'carve'
**''Jeng'''er''''' 'ocean, sea' < ''Jeng'' 'water'
*''ger-'': inceptive, dynamic
**'''''ger'''zißt'': 'initiate' < ''zißt'' 'run' (intransitive)
*''i-'' (< PWio {{recon|''ī''}} < PGam {{recon|''hiz''}}): negative
**'''''i'''biul'' 'not straight, unjust' < ''biul'' 'straight, just'
*''-li'' agent noun, someone associated with [NOUN]
**''Winkli'' 'mortal' < ''wink-'' 'die' + ''-li''
*''-mack'': resultative, ability
*''-null'': prototypical member of a set, ''Ur-''
*''-ung'': singulative/some singular nouns
*''-s'' (< PGam {{recon|''λ''}} ~ Thm. supine ''-dh''): verbal nouns, nominalization
*''-zi'': abstract noun, -ness/-hood
*''uo-'' (< PWio {{recon|''ā-''}} < PGam {{recon|''ʔāz-''}}): augmentative
**'''''Uo'''res, '''Uo'''rs'' 'wolf, predatory beast' < euphemistically derived from ''Rüös'' 'dog'
*''wech-'': perfective/telic
*''-zim'': characterized by [noun]
 
==Phrasebook==
*''Woi2 szan6''! - Hello.
*''ta2 hung2'' - thank you.
 
{{List subpages|caption=Related pages with more information}}
 
[[Category:Gamedan languages]][[Category:Wiobic languages]][[Category:Pseudo-Germanic]][[Category:Hussmauch]]

Latest revision as of 20:26, 7 July 2018

  • hüläfä (m) = legend
  • Əstansə (m) = a holiday
  • əgiti (PLak *àgit 'fall' + -s) (f) = autumn
  • lisdəw (v) = to learn (< lidəw 'to find')

Numbers

0-12: ñic, dän, rat, əscəw, əmšäk, ümuc, dak, ešəb, oläy, taf, suyäw, üsruk