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'''Kwenya''' (Κοινη) is a Hellenic language spoken in Irta.
'''Kwenya''' (''kwenyá'', κοινή) is a Hellenic language spoken in Irta.


==Introduction==
==Introduction==


==Proto-Kwenya==
== Diachronics ==
Very close to 2nd century BC Egyptian Greek
=== Proto-Kwenya ===
Essentially OTL's Koine Greek, η οι = /e{{raised}} ø/
 
=== Old Kwenya ===
η ω → iə uə


==Phonology==
==Phonology==
===Orthography===
===Orthography===
===Consonants===
===Consonants===
*μ ν γγ = /m n ŋ/ (γκ γχ = /ŋk ŋkʰ/)
*μ ν γγ = /m n ŋ:/ (γκ γχ = /ŋ: ŋkʰ/)
*π τ κ = /p t k/
*π τ κ = /p t k/
*β δ = /b d/
*β δ = /β{{lowered}} ð{{lowered}}/
*φ θ χ = /pʰ tʰ kʰ/
*φ θ χ = /pʰ tʰ kʰ/
*σ γ = /s h/
*σ γ = /s h/
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===Vowels===
===Vowels===
α ε ι ο υ η ω αι ει ευ ια ιο οι ου = /a ə i o wi ja u e i ju ja jo we ɨ/ {{angbr|a ë i o wi ya u e i yu ya yo we ũ}}
α ε ι ο υ η ω αι ει ευ ια ιο οι ου = /a ə i o wi ja wa e i ju ja jo we ɨ/ {{angbr|a ë i o wi ya wa e i yu ya yo we u}}


===Prosody===
===Prosody===
====Stress====
====Stress====
Stress is always initial.


====Intonation====
====Intonation====
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