Verse:Lõis/Vietnamese

Vietnamese in Lõis is essentially the same as in our timeline, but uses a different Romanized orthography developed by a Welsh convert to Catholicism in the 17th century. (We stipulate that ph already spirantized by that time in Lõis.)

Djuб Gwog Nguб.

Initials

• m n nj ng = m n nh ng
• b ƀ d đ dr dj g = p b t đ tr ch c/k/qu
• ff t c = ph th kh
• s rh = x s
• f dd j gg = v d gi g
• l r = l r

-w- medial

Rimes

• The nuclei are:
  • i u w e ȳ y o η ā a ɷ = i/y ư u ê ơ â ô e a ă o (The capital form of η is И)
  • î û ŵ = ia/iê, ưa/ươ, ua/uô
• -m -n -ng -b -d -g are used for the finals -m -n -ng -p -t -c
• Rimes with /j/ and /w/ finals:
  • îw, ûw, ûi, ŵi = iêu, ươu, ươi, uôi
  • iw, uw, ui, wi = iu, ưu, ưi, ui
  • ew, yw, ei, ȳi, oe = êu, âu, ây, ơi, ôi
  • ηw, āo, ao, āe, ae, ɷe = eo, ao, au, ai, ay, oi
• Rimes with -nh and -ch finals are written as follows: aeng/g, eing/g, ing/g = anh/ch, ênh/ch, inh/ch

Tones

Tones are written with syllable-final tone letters: (none) ƨ з ч ƽ б = ngang, huyền, sắc, nặng, hỏi, ngã. Sắc syllables with a stop coda do not take a tone letter.

Sample

Dram nam drɷng gɷeб ngûiƨ dā,
Djuб dāeƨ djuб meingч cηwз lāƨ ggηd njao.
Drāeƽ gwā modч gŵgч ƀeƽ ddyw,
Njungб đîwƨ drong teiз māƨ đao đȳnз lɷngƨ.
Lāч jiƨ ƀiƽ rhag du ffɷng,
Drȳiƨ saeng gwηn tɷeз māз hongƨ đaengз ggηn.

Dialectology

Some Central and Southern dialects in Lõis have [r̥] for /ʂ/. Some even merge it with /x/ into [x].