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'''Humpback Whelsh''' (''Mór-fîl'') is a tonal language with a Welsh aesthetic. It is meant to be spoken in Humpback Wales.
:[[Swyr/Lexicon]]
:[[Swyr/Swadesh list]]


==Phonology==
'''Swyr''' (natively ''thau Swyr'' [ˈθaɨ̯ suɨ̯ɭ]; Vietnamese ''tiếng Xuê'') is an [[Verse:Irta|Irta]]n Sino-Xenic language spoken in our Guangxi, Guangdong and Hainan. it is inspired by Welsh and Vietnamese.
===Consonants===
Humpback Whelsh uses these consonants:
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
! colspan="2"  |
!  Labial
!  Dental
!  Alveolar
!  Postalveolar
!  Palatal
!  Velar
! Labiovelar
!  Glottal
|-
! rowspan="2" | Nasal
! <small>voiceless</small>
| m̥
|
| n̥
|
|
| ŋ̊
|
|
|-
! <small>voiced</small>
| m
|
| n
|
|
| ŋ
| ŋʷ
|
|-
! rowspan="2" | Plosive
! <small>aspirated</small>
| pʰ
|
| tʰ
|
|
| kʰ
|
|
|-
! <small>unaspirated</small>
| p
|
| t
|
|
| k
| kʷ
|
|-
! rowspan="2" | Fricative
! <small>voiceless</small>
| f
| θ
| s
| ʃ
|
| x
| xʷ
| h
|-
! <small>voiced</small>
| v
| ð
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
! rowspan="2" | Trill
! <small>voiceless</small>
|
|
| r̥
|
|
|
|
|
|-
! <small>voiced</small>
|
|
| r
|
|
|
|
|
|-
! rowspan="2" | Approximant
! <small>voiceless</small>
|
|
| l̥~ɬ
|
|
|
|
|
|-
! <small>voiced</small>
|
|
| l
|
| j
|
| w
|
|}
Unlike in Welsh, the consonants written <mh nh ngh> are true voiceless nasals.
====Finals====
Humpback Whelsh allows these finals: -b, -d, -g, -m, -n, -ng, -l and -r. The first three are unreleased stops /-p̚ -t̚ -k̚/.
===Vowels===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
! rowspan="1" |
! colspan="1" | Front
! colspan="1" | Central
! colspan="1" | Back
|-
!Close
| i || ɨ || u
|-
!Mid
| e || ə || o
|-
!Open
| || a ||
|}


 
[[Category:Languages]]
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
[[Category:Conlangs]]
! Diphthongs || colspan="3" | Second component
|-
! First component || front || central || back
|-
! close
| ʊi
| ʊɨ
| ɪu, ɨu
|-
! mid
| əi/ɛi, ɔi
| əɨ/ɛɨ, ɔɨ
| əu/ɛu, ɔu
|-
! open
| ai
| aɨ, ɑːɨ
| au
|}
 
===Tones===
 
Humpback Whelsh has four contrastive tones: level, rising, falling and peaking.
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Tone
!colspan=2 | Example
! Notes
|-
| Level || ''llyr'' (blow) || /ɬɨr˧/ ||
|-
| Rising || ''séng'' (place) || /seŋ˨˥/ ||
|-
| Falling || ''chà'' (assist) || /xa˨˩/ || May be slightly creaky voiced.
|-
| Peaking || ''rhêud'' (pebble) || /r̥eɨt̚˦˥˩/ ||
|}
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