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| |creator = [[User:IlL|IlL]]
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| |name = {{PAGENAME}}
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| |setting = [[User:IlL/Hussmauch|Hussmauch]]
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| |nativename = ''Wiebermüđel''
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| |pronunciation= /ˈvibɚˌmyɡ!əl/
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| |region = Wiebermien
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| |extinct = Developed into [[Middle Wiebian]] in 400 v.C.
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| |familycolor=PfK
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| |fam1= [[Proto-Quihum|Quihum]]
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| |fam2= [[Pfeunic languages|Pfeunic]]
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| |fam3= [[Wiebian|Wiebic]]
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| |script=Latin (Fraktur)
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| |iso3=qwb
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| |notice=IPA
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| }}
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| [[Ancient Wiebian/Sketchbook|Sandbox]]<br/>
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| [[Ancient Wiebian/Lexicon|Lexicon]]<br/>
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| [[Wiobian/Verse|Wiebian verse]]<br/>
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| [[Wiobian/Music|About Wiebian music]]<br/>
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| [[Wiebian/Wiebian]]<br/>
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| [[Wiebian/de|Diese Seite auf Deutsch ansehen]]<br/>
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| '''Ancient Wiebian''' is one of the major ancient Quihum languages, alongside [[Naquian]], [[Sjowaazheƞ]] and [[Old Bhadhagha]]. It is intended to be German gibberish with clicks.
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| ==Todo==
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| *''Abhang'' (m.) 'a devotional music form' (lit. "up-lift"?)
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| *''Seib'' (n.) 'snow'
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| *''queien'' 'scream, cry'
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| ==Background==
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| '''{{PAGENAME}}''' is the oldest attested form of [[Wiebian]], used as a spoken language until 200 v.C.
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| ==Notes on notation==
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| *<sup>''i''</sup> - denotes i-umlaut of the root.
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| ==Orthography==
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| :''See also: [[Wiebian/Script]].''
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| Wiebian is written in a script identical to Fraktur, but with the addition of two letters {{angbr|''ŧ''}} /!/ and {{angbr|''đ''}} /g!/. The letter names differ from the German names, however.
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| ==Phonology==
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| {{PAGENAME}} phonology is mostly based on Modern Standard German, with the addition of two clicks ''ŧ'' /ǃ/ and ''đ'' /ɡǃ/ which patterns similarly to ''t'' and ''d''. However, Ancient Wiebian allows more initial clusters than German due to a layer of Tie-Dye and Naengic loans in the vocabulary. Notably, initial ''ng-'' is allowed, as well as non-German clusters such as ''schng-'', ''tm-'', ''tn-'', ''tng-'', ''pn-'', ''png-'', ''kng-'', ''ngr-'', ''ngl-'', ...
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| Voiceless plosives are aspirated unless after a fricative. Auslautverhärtung (final obstruent devoicing) occurs as in German or Dutch.
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| ===Proto-Wiebian===
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| Proto-Wiebian describes the stage of the language immediately after it underwent the High German consonant shift (which did not affect clicks).
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| ====Consonants====
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| ====Vowels====
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| ===Early Ancient Wiebian===
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| In this article Early Ancient Wiebian is represented using the Middle High German orthography used in standardized texts.
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| ====Consonants====
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| Early Ancient Wiebian has the following consonants:
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| {| class="bluetable lightbluebg " style="width: 700px; text-align: center;"
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| |+ '''Early {{PAGENAME}} consonants'''
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| ! colspan="2"|
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| ! | Labial
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| ! | Lamino-dental
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| ! | Apico-alveolar
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| ! | Co-articulated
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| ! | Palatal
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| ! | Velar
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| ! | Glottal
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| ! colspan="2" | Nasal
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| | '''m''' /m/
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| | '''n''' /n/
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| | '''đ''' [ŋǃ]
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| | '''ng''' /ŋ/
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| ! rowspan="2" |Plosive
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| ! | <small>voiceless</small>
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| | '''p''' /p/
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| | '''t''' /t̪/
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| | '''ŧ''' /ǃ/
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| | '''k''' /k/
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| | /ʔ-/
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| ! | <small>voiced</small>
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| | '''b''' /b/
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| | '''d''' /d̪/
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| | '''đ''' /ɡǃ/
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| | '''g''' /ɡ/
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| ! colspan="2" |Fricative
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| | '''f''' /f/
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| | '''ʒ''' /s̻/
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| | '''s''' /s̺/
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| | '''sch''' /ɧ/
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| | '''ch''' /x/
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| | '''h''' /h/
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| | '''pf''' /pf/
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| | '''z, tz''' /ts̻/
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| | '''r''' /r/
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| | '''w''' /w/
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| | '''l''' /l/
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| | '''j''' /j/
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| |}
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| ====Vowels====
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| In Early {{PAGENAME}} each vowel had an independent length. This changed in Standard {{PAGENAME}} when vowels before single consonants were lengthened, so that the orthographic final came to determine vowel length. Final ''-h'' was also deleted to trigger compensatory lengthening of the vowel, which is why open long vowels are often written with an ''-h'' after the vowel.
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| |+ '''Early {{PAGENAME}} vowels'''
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| ! colspan="4" style="width: 180px; " |Front
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| ! rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="width: 90px; " |Central
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| ! rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="width: 90px; " |Back
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| |-
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| ! colspan="2" style="width: 90px; " |<small>unrounded</small>
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| ! colspan="2" style="width: 90px; " |<small>rounded</small>
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| !style="width: 45px; "|<small>short</small>
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| !style="width: 45px; "|<small>long</small>
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| !style="width: 45px; "|<small>short</small>
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| !style="width: 45px; "|<small>long</small>
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| !style="width: 45px; "|<small>short</small>
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| !style="width: 45px; "|<small>long</small>
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| !style="width: 45px; "|<small>short</small>
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| !style="width: 45px; "|<small>long</small>
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| |-
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| ! style="" |Close
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| | '''i''' /i/
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| | '''î''' /iː/
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| | '''ü''' /y/
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| | '''iu''' /yː/
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| | '''u''' /u/
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| | '''û''' /uː/
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| |-
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| ! style="" |Close-mid
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| | '''ë''' /e/
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| ! style="" |Mid
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| | '''e''' /ɛ/
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| | '''ê''' /ɛː/
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| | '''ö''' /ø/
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| | '''œ''' /øː/
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| | '''e''' /ə/
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| | '''o''' /o/
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| | '''ô''' /oː/
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| |-
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| ! style="" |Open
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| | '''ä''' /æ/
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| | '''æ''' /æː/
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| | '''a''' /a/
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| | '''â''' /aː/
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| |}
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| Diphthongs: '''ie''' /iə/ '''üe''' /yə/ '''uo''' /uə/ '''ei''' /ɛɪ/ '''öu, eu''' /eʏ~øʏ~eu/ '''ou''' /ɔu/
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| ===Classical Wiebian===
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| The beginning of the '''Standard Ancient Wiebian''' (SAW), '''Classical Wiebian''' (CW), or '''Late Ancient Wiebian''' (LAW) period is taken to be the standardization of the orthography under the ruler Kait-Neumer (2300 HM years before present).
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| ====Standard accent====
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| =====Consonants=====
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| |+ '''Classical Wiebian consonants (Kurm accent)'''
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| ! | Labial
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| ! | Dental/Alveolar
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| ! | Postalveolar
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| ! | Click
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| ! | Retroflex
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| ! | Palatal
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| ! | Velar
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| ! | Glottal
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| ! colspan="2" | Nasal
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| | '''m''' /m/
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| | '''n''' /n/
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| | '''nđ''' /ŋǃ/
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| | '''ng''' /ŋ/
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| ! rowspan="2" |Plosive
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| ! | <small>voiceless</small>
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| | '''p''' /p/
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| | '''t''' /t/
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| | '''ŧ''' /ǃ/
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| | '''k''' /k/
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| | /ʔ/
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| ! | <small>voiced</small>
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| | '''b''' /b/
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| | '''d''' /d/
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| | '''đ''' /ɡǃ/
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| | '''g''' /ɡ/
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| ! rowspan="2" |Fricative
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| ! | <small>voiceless</small>
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| | '''f''' /f/
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| | '''ss, ß''' /s/
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| | '''sch''' /ʃ/
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| | '''schr''' /ʂ/
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| |colspan="2"|'''ch''' /ç~x/
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| | '''h''' /h/
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| ! | <small>voiced</small>
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| | '''w''' /v/
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| | '''s''' /z/
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| | '''r''' /ʐ/
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| ! | <small>voiceless</small>
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| | '''pf''' /pf/
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| | '''z''' /ts/
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| | '''tsch''' /tʃ/
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| | ('''ds''' /dz/)
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| | '''dsch''' /dʒ/
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| | '''l''' /l/
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| | '''j''' /j/
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| ;Notes
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| *Final stops are unreleased.
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| */ʐ/ is pharyngealized retroflex [ʐˁ]. Adjacent to a consonant it becomes [ɻ], which may be retroflex or bunched.
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| *[x] is an allophone of /ç/ after back vowels.
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| *Consonants have a tendency to mildly palatalize before front vowels.
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| Vowel length has been lost in the standard accent of AW.
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| ! style="width: 90px; " |Front rounded
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| ! style="width: 90px; " |Central
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| ! style="width: 90px; " |Back
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| | '''ie''' /i/
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| | '''üh''' /y/
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| | '''uh''' /u/
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| | '''i, ir''' /ɪ/
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| | '''ü, ür''' /ʏ/
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| | '''eh''' /e/
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| | '''öh''' /ø/
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| | '''oh''' /o/
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| | '''e, ä, er, är''' /ɛ/
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| | '''ö, ör''' /œ/
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| | /ə/
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| | '''o, or''' /ɔ/
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| | '''a''' /ɐ/
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| | '''ah, ahr''' /a/
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| Diphthongs: '''au eu/äu ei/ai''' /aʊ oʏ aɪ/
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| ====Accent 2====
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| =====Consonants=====
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| |+ '''Classical Wiebian consonants (Schäber accent)'''
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| ! | Labial
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| ! | Dental/Alveolar
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| ! | Postalveolar
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| ! | Click
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| ! | Palatal
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| ! | Velar
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| ! | Uvular
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| ! | Glottal
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| | /m/
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| | /n/
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| | /ŋǃ/
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| ! | <small>lenis</small>
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| | /p~b/
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| | /t~d/
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| | /ǃ~g!/
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| | /tɕ~dʑ/
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| | /pʰ/
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| | /tʰ/
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| | /ǃʰ/
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| | /tɕʰ/
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| ! | <small>voiceless</small>
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| | /f/
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| | /s/
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| | /ʃˁ/
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| | /ɕ/
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| | /x/
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| | /v/
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| | /z/
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| | /ʒˁ/
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| ;Notes
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| */pʰ/ corresponds to standard /pf/.
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| *Lenis consonants have voiced allophones between vowels, and correspond to Standard voiced/lenis consonants.
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| */s, z/ are lamino-dental [s̪, z̪]. /s/ is more weakly fricated than in the standard accent, almost becoming [h] at times.
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| */tɕ~dʑ/ corresponds to Standard '''z''' and '''dsch''' (the latter in loanwords).
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| */ɕ/ corresponds to Standard /ç/.
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| */ʃˁ/ corresponds to Standard /ʃ/.
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| **/ʃˁ/ is realized as a non-pharyngealized retracted apical [s̠] in the clusters /ʃˁp, ʃˁt, ʃˁk/.
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| ! colspan="2" style="width: 180px; " |Front
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| ! colspan="2" style="width: 90px; " |Central
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| ! colspan="2" style="width: 90px; " |Back
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| !style="width: 45px; "|<small>short</small>
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| !style="width: 45px; "|<small>long</small>
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| !style="width: 45px; "|<small>short</small>
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| !style="width: 45px; "|<small>long</small>
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| !style="width: 45px; "|<small>short</small>
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| !style="width: 45px; "|<small>long</small>
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| ! style="" |Close
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| | /i/
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| | /iː/
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| | /ʉ/
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| | /ʉː/
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| | /u/
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| | /uː/
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| | /e/
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| | /eː/
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| | /ə/
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| | /ɵː/
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| | /o/
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| | /oː/
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| | /ɛː/
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| | /ɞː/
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| | /ɔː/
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| | /aː/
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| Diphthongs: /aʊ oɪ aɪ iɐ ʉɐ uɐ auɐ oɪɐ aɪɐ/
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| */i/, /iː/, /ʉ/, /ʉː/, /u/, /uː/ corresponds to standard /ɪ/, /i/, /ʏ/, /y/, /ʊ/, /u/.
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| */e/, /ə/, /ɵː/, /o/ corresponds to standard /ɛ/, /œ/, /øy/, /ɔ/.
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| */ɛː/, /ɞː/, /ɔː/ corresponds to standard /ɛɹ/, /œɹ/, /ɔɹ/.
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| */iɐ/, /ʉɐ/, /uɐ/ corresponds to standard /iɹ/, /yɹ/, /uɹ/.
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| ====Stress====
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| Syllables may have primary or secondary stress. The first syllable of the root is heavily stressed, at the expense of prefixes and endings. The first component of compounds receives primary stress while the subsequent parts receive secondary stress.
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| ==Grammar==
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| ===Parts of speech===
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| {{PAGENAME}} inflected determiners and adjectives according to case and number. The inflection of adjectives in addition depended on their position and definiteness.
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| ====Nouns====
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| Nouns do not inflect. However, they are preceded by an article ''ein''.
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| =====Gender=====
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| Nouns have two genders, masculine and feminine. Nouns of each gender take their respective verb endings and pronouns in {{PAGENAME}}.
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| ====Determiners====
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| Determiners include articles, demonstratives, quantifiers, possessive pronouns (namely ''nein'', ''rein'', ''wein'', ''kein'' 'my, thy, our, your') and all attributive adjectives, and inflect for gender, case and definiteness.
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| Attributive adjective come after any articles and demonstratives. When an adjective modifies a noun, it must be inflected; inflecting other determiners is optional when an attributive adjective is used.
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| =====Case endings=====
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| In {{PAGENAME}}, noun phrases are inflected in 3 cases:
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| *Nominative: subject
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| *Accusative: direct object, some adverbial expressions
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| *Genitive: possession, prepositional objects.
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| ! colspan="3" | ''Ahn'' 'father' - masculine
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| ! style="width: 100px;" | Singular
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| ! style="width: 100px;" | Plural
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| ! Indef. nom.
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| | ''eine Ahn'' || ''einen Ahn''
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| ! Def. nom.
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| | ''ein Ahn'' || '' einer Ahn''
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| ! Indef. acc.
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| | ''ein Ahn'' || ''einer Ahn''
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| |-
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| ! Def. acc.
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| | ''einem Ahn'' || ''eines Ahn''
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| |-
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| ! Indef. gen.
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| | ''einem Ahn'' || ''eines Ahn''
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| |-
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| ! Def. gen.
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| | ''eine Ahn'' || ''einen Ahn''
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| |}
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|
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|
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| {| class="bluetable lightbluebg" style=" text-align: center;"
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| ! colspan="3" | ''Mahl'' 'mother' - feminine
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| |-
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| ! style="width: 90px;" |
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| ! style="width: 100px;" | Singular
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| ! style="width: 100px;" | Plural
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| |-
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| ! Indef. nom.
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| | ''einem Mahl'' || ''eines Mahl''
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| |-
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| ! Def. nom.
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| | ''eine Mahl'' || '' einen Mahl''
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| |-
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| ! Indef. acc.
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| | ''eine Mahl'' || ''einen Mahl''
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| |-
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| ! Def. acc.
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| | ''ein Mahl'' || ''einer Mahl''
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| |-
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| ! Indef. gen.
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| | ''ein Mahl'' || ''einer Mahl''
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| |-
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| ! Def. gen.
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| | ''einem Mahl'' || ''eines Mahl''
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| |}
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|
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|
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| {| class="bluetable lightbluebg" style=" text-align: center;"
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| ! colspan="3" | ''Ŧeib'' 'goblet, chalice' - neuter
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| |-
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| ! style="width: 90px;" |
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| ! style="width: 100px;" | Singular
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| ! style="width: 100px;" | Plural
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| |-
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| ! Indef. nom.
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| | ''ein Ŧeib'' || ''einer Ŧeib''
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| |-
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| ! Def. nom.
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| | ''einem Ŧeib'' || '' eines Ŧeib''
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| |-
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| ! Indef. acc.
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| | ''einem Ŧeib'' || ''eines Ŧeib''
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| |-
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| ! Def. acc.
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| | ''eine Ŧeib'' || ''einen Ŧeib''
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| |-
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| ! Indef. gen.
| |
| | ''eine Ŧeib'' || ''einen Ŧeib''
| |
| |-
| |
| ! Def. gen.
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| | ''ein Ŧeib'' || ''einer Ŧeib''
| |
| |}
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|
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| =====Case and adpositions=====
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| Adpositions combine with the definite article ''ein'', e.g. ''ehr 'ner Heste'' (< *''ehr einer...'') 'for the wife'.
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| *''bach'' - with
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| *''đei'' - partitive
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| *''ehr'', ''ehro'' - for
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| *''gar'' - to, towards
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| *''lie'' - from
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| *''pfalt'' - before
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| *''sie'' - onto/on
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| *''tarb'' - towards/at
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| *''trieg'' - around
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| *''und'' - into/in
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| *''zecker'' - after
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|
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| ====Determiners====
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| Determiners inflect like adjectives.
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| *''was, wie, wem, wen, wes, wer'': "that"
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| *''das, die, dem, den, des, der'': "what"
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| *''all, alle, allem, allen, alles, aller'': "one's own"
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|
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|
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| {| class="bluetable lightbluebg" style=" text-align: center;"
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| ! colspan="3" | Determiners (masculine)
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| |-
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| ! style="width: 90px;" |
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| ! style="width: 100px;" | Singular
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| ! style="width: 100px;" | Plural
| |
| |-
| |
| ! Indef. nom.
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| | ''wie''<br/>''die''<br/>''alle'' || ''wen''<br/>''den''<br/>''allen''
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| |-
| |
| ! Def. nom.
| |
| | ''was''<br/>''das''<br/>''all'' || ''wer''<br/>''der''<br/>''aller''
| |
| |-
| |
| ! Indef. acc.
| |
| | ''was''<br/>''das''<br/>''all'' || ''wer''<br/>''der''<br/>''aller''
| |
| |-
| |
| ! Def. acc.
| |
| | ''wem''<br/>''dem''<br/>''allem'' || ''wes''<br/>''des''<br/>''alles''
| |
| |-
| |
| ! Indef. gen.
| |
| | ''wem''<br/>''dem''<br/>''allem'' || ''wes''<br/>''des''<br/>''alles''
| |
| |-
| |
| ! Def. gen.
| |
| | ''wie''<br/>''die''<br/>''alle'' || ''wen''<br/>''den''<br/>''allen''
| |
| |}
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|
| |
|
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| {| class="bluetable lightbluebg" style=" text-align: center;"
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| ! colspan="3" | Determiners (feminine)
| |
| |-
| |
| ! style="width: 90px;" |
| |
| ! style="width: 100px;" | Singular
| |
| ! style="width: 100px;" | Plural
| |
| |-
| |
| ! Indef. nom.
| |
| | ''wem''<br/>''dem''<br/>''allem'' || ''wes''<br/>''des''<br/>''alles''
| |
| |-
| |
| ! Def. nom.
| |
| | ''wie''<br/>''die''<br/>''alle'' || ''wen''<br/>''den''<br/>''allen''
| |
| |-
| |
| ! Indef. acc.
| |
| | ''wie''<br/>''die''<br/>''alle'' || ''wen''<br/>''den''<br/>''allen''
| |
| |-
| |
| ! Def. acc.
| |
| | ''was''<br/>''das''<br/>''all'' || ''wer''<br/>''der''<br/>''aller''
| |
| |-
| |
| ! Indef. gen.
| |
| | ''was''<br/>''das''<br/>''all'' || ''wer''<br/>''der''<br/>''aller''
| |
| |-
| |
| ! Def. gen.
| |
| | ''wem''<br/>''dem''<br/>''allem'' || ''wes''<br/>''des''<br/>''alles''
| |
| |}
| |
|
| |
|
| |
| {| class="bluetable lightbluebg" style=" text-align: center;"
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| ! colspan="3" | Determiners (neuter)
| |
| |-
| |
| ! style="width: 90px;" |
| |
| ! style="width: 100px;" | Singular
| |
| ! style="width: 100px;" | Plural
| |
| |-
| |
| ! Indef. nom.
| |
| | ''was''<br/>''das''<br/>''all'' || ''wer''<br/>''der''<br/>''aller''
| |
| |-
| |
| ! Def. nom.
| |
| | ''wem''<br/>''dem''<br/>''allem'' || ''wes''<br/>''des''<br/>''alles''
| |
| |-
| |
| ! Indef. acc.
| |
| | ''wem''<br/>''dem''<br/>''allem'' || ''wes''<br/>''des''<br/>''alles''
| |
| |-
| |
| ! Def. acc.
| |
| | ''wie''<br/>''die''<br/>''alle'' || ''wen''<br/>''den''<br/>''allen''
| |
| |-
| |
| ! Indef. gen.
| |
| | ''wie''<br/>''die''<br/>''alle'' || ''wen''<br/>''den''<br/>''allen''
| |
| |-
| |
| ! Def. gen.
| |
| | ''was''<br/>''das''<br/>''all'' || ''wer''<br/>''der''<br/>''aller''
| |
| |}
| |
|
| |
| ====Adjectives====
| |
| Predicative adjectives: no ending
| |
|
| |
| Attributive adjectives: See above.
| |
| =====Degree=====
| |
| Wiebian makes no distinction between the comparative and the superlative, which are both are formed with the suffix ''<sup>U</sup>-lich''. The equative is formed with ''an-''. "Less" and "least" are indicated with the suffix ''-bar''.
| |
|
| |
| Example: ''garm'' 'heavy', ''gärmlich'' 'heavier', ''angarm'' 'as heavy', ''garmbar'' 'less heavy'
| |
|
| |
| =====Adverbs=====
| |
| Adverbs are formed from adjectives with the suffix ''<sup>U</sup>-st'': ''späglichst'' 'more tightly'.
| |
|
| |
| ====Pronouns====
| |
|
| |
| {| class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="width: 450px; text-align: center;"
| |
| |+'''Personal pronouns'''
| |
| !style="width:90px;"|Person →
| |
| ! colspan="2" |1
| |
| ! colspan="2" |2
| |
| |-
| |
| !|Number →
| |
| !style="width:90px;" rowspan="2" |Singular
| |
| !style="width:90px;" rowspan="2" |Plural
| |
| !style="width:90px;" rowspan="2" |Singular
| |
| !style="width:90px;" rowspan="2" |Plural
| |
| |-
| |
| !|Case ↓
| |
| |-
| |
| !|Nominative
| |
| | |''nu''
| |
| | |''wich''
| |
| | |''rei''
| |
| | |''sich''
| |
| |-
| |
| !|Accusative
| |
| | |''nun''
| |
| | |''wir''
| |
| | |''rien''
| |
| | |''sir''
| |
| |-
| |
| !|Genitive
| |
| | |''nur''
| |
| | |''wie''
| |
| | |''rir''
| |
| | |''kie''
| |
| |-
| |
| !|Possessive<br/>pronouns
| |
| | |''nein''
| |
| | |''wein''
| |
| | |''rein''
| |
| | |''kein''
| |
| |}
| |
|
| |
| Wiebian lacks true third-person pronouns. The closest equivalent is ''so ein'' "this".
| |
|
| |
| Possessive pronouns were derived from combining genitive pronouns with another element, such as the definite article ''ein'' or an adjectival suffix ''-er''.
| |
|
| |
| ====Verbs====
| |
| Verbs have stem forms for present, past and verbal noun which are not always distinct. (A similar but more well preserved system is found in [[Themsarian]]). Verbs are often additionally marked by auxiliary words to disambiguate the tense, because most forms are identical or very similar.
| |
|
| |
| The three principal parts are thus the present imperative, the past 2s form and the verbal noun.
| |
|
| |
| The citation form is the present stem, which is also the short 2nd person singular imperative in {{PAGENAME}}.
| |
|
| |
| Jussive endings are only found in special registers.
| |
| =====Personal endings=====
| |
| In {{PAGENAME}}, the verb is also inflected for person.
| |
|
| |
| Athematic stems umlaut in the present for certain persons; thematic stems always umlaut in the preterite.
| |
|
| |
| {| class="bluetable lightbluebg " style="width: 350px; text-align: center;"
| |
| |-
| |
| !colspan="3" | Imperative endings
| |
| |-
| |
| !style="width: 50px; "|
| |
| !style="width: 100px; "|Singular
| |
| !style="width: 100px; "|Plural
| |
| |-
| |
| !|1.in
| |
| |''-''
| |
| |''-n''
| |
| |-
| |
| !|2
| |
| |''-Ø''
| |
| |''-isch''
| |
| |}
| |
|
| |
|
| |
| {| class="bluetable lightbluebg " style="width: 350px; text-align: center;"
| |
| |-
| |
| !colspan="4" | Indicative endings
| |
| |-
| |
| !style="width: 50px; "|
| |
| !style="width: 100px; "|Singular
| |
| !style="width: 100px; "|Plural
| |
| |-
| |
| !|1
| |
| |''-n''
| |
| |''-nd''
| |
| |-
| |
| !|2
| |
| |''<sup>i</sup>-er''
| |
| |''-isch''
| |
| |-
| |
| !|3
| |
| |''<sup>i</sup>-n''
| |
| |''<sup>i</sup>-t''
| |
| |}
| |
|
| |
| =====Formation of verbal principal parts=====
| |
| Verbal nouns are irregular.
| |
|
| |
| ====Numerals====
| |
| Cardinals 0-10: ''ühm'', ''wahm'', ''dieser'', ''narg'', ''đauf'', ''säl'', ''stuhm'', ''rut'', ''lerz'', ''pfarb'', ''kier'', ''dell'' (100), ''seit'' (1000)
| |
|
| |
| Ordinals are formed with the suffix ''-er'': ''pfalter'', ''stefter'', ''narger'', ''đaufer'', ''säler'', ''stuhmer'', ''ruter'', ''lerzer'', ''pfarber'', ''kierer''
| |
|
| |
| ===Syntax===
| |
| ====Word order====
| |
| Constituents are arranged in V2 order in {{PAGENAME}} (with more variation allowed in poetry) unlike in most modern Wiebian topolects. Noun modifiers (adjectives and possessors) almost always precede the modified noun.
| |
|
| |
| ====Use of "es"====
| |
| Originally an emphatic particle, in Late Ancient Wiebian it became mandatory in certain contexts.
| |
|
| |
| ''Es'' goes to the front (followed by the verb) in polar questions.
| |
|
| |
| ====Truth value====
| |
| For negation, {{PAGENAME}} uses a negative verb ''ihren'': ''Nu haffen'' 'I eat' is negated to ''Nu ihren haffs'' 'I do not eat'.
| |
|
| |
| The past tense is negated differently: ''Nu häffen'' 'I ate' vs. ''Nu ihren haffung'' 'I did not eat'.
| |
|
| |
| ====Passive====
| |
| ====Conjunctions====
| |
| Conjunctions
| |
| *''zu'' - and
| |
| *''in'' - or
| |
| *''für'' - but
| |
| *''auf'' - because
| |
| *''mit'' - if
| |
| *''nöter'' - while
| |
| *''einstein'' - right when
| |
| *''euler'' - until
| |
|
| |
| ====Relative clauses====
| |
|
| |
| ====Serial verbs====
| |
|
| |
| ==Derivational morphology==
| |
| Some suffixes are pronounced differently depending on the final consonant of the root.
| |
|
| |
| *''be-'': intensive/applicative/denominal verb prefix (can be ''ge-'' before labials)
| |
| **'''''be'''rasten'' 'make powerful, strengthen' < ''Rast'' 'power'
| |
| **'''''ge'''beulen'' 'justify, straighten' < ''beul'' 'just'
| |
| *''<sup>U</sup>-chen / <sup>U</sup>-elchen'': a nominalizer
| |
| *''<sup>U</sup>-e'': abstract noun, -ness/-hood
| |
| *''<sup>U</sup>-el'': a nominalizer; an adjectivizer
| |
| *''-eln'': a frequentative affix
| |
| *''-en'': patientive
| |
| *''ent-'' (sometimes ''emp-'' before ''f''): perfective; causative/valency-incrementing
| |
| *''-er'': collective, augmentative, place noun, resultative
| |
| **''Pfug'''er''''' 'throne' < ''Pfug'' 'chair'
| |
| **''Rug'''er''''' 'statue' < ''rug, rieg, Rugs'' 'carve'
| |
| **''Jeng'''er''''' 'ocean, sea' < ''Jeng'' 'water'
| |
| *''-ern'': an intensifying verbal suffix
| |
| *''-igen'': an intensifying verbal suffix
| |
| *''ge-'': an adjectivizer; a nominalizer; a diminutive
| |
| *''-heit'' agent noun, someone associated with [NOUN]
| |
| *''miss-'': negative
| |
| **'''''miss'''beul'' 'not straight, unjust' < ''beul'' 'straight, just'; '''''Miss'''verbeul'' 'injustice'
| |
| *''-ke'': deverbal nouns
| |
| *''-lein'': person
| |
| **''Wink'''lein''''' 'mortal' < ''winken'' 'die'
| |
| *''-nung, -ung'': singulative/diminutive
| |
| *''-s'' (~ Thn. infinitve ''-s''): verbal nouns, nominalization
| |
| *''-st'': suffix sometimes used on adjectives. Sometimes causes umlaut.
| |
| **Variant: ''-nis''
| |
| *''-t'': adjectivalizer or nominalizer
| |
| *''-ung'': singulative, patient noun; past participle
| |
| *''ur-'': augmentative
| |
| **'''''Ur'''ahn, '''Ur'''mahl'' 'grandfather, grandmother' < ''Ann, Mahl'' 'father, mother'
| |
| *''ver-'': an adjectivalizer or nominalizer
| |
| *''zer-'': passive
| |
| *''zu-'' (stressed): collective?
| |
|
| |
| ==Phrasebook==
| |
|
| |
| ==Sample texts==
| |
| <poem>
| |
| ''Schünge bäßes mei Karfs Schünge;''
| |
| ''meist Brack bäßen.''
| |
| ''Geuls bäßen mei Karfs Geuls;''
| |
| ''meist Körde bäßes.''
| |
| ''- Martin Luther King ein Steftere''
| |
| </poem>
| |
| ===The North Wind and the Sun===
| |
| '''''Ein Simmhall zu eine Unde.'''''
| |
|
| |
| ''Wahmer besprillt es ein Simmhall zu eine Unde, ja luhs feudlich, westers ein bach ŧächer Zemme Desŧolzes Schammerlein zerzweiden. Đer geröckt es, hin ein pfalts gar 'nem Schammerlein quetzen đir Zemme beđecken, grechs hin luhs feudlich brühnen. Ein Simmhall zerschwichten es bach bieser Rast, für jahr aust schwichten es đa, đahner späglichst ŧölzen es ein Schammerlein đir Zemme trieg đie, zu berten berts desflästen es ein Simmhall đei đir Zernurts. Immer enthächten es eine Uunde đir ŧächern Fleiden, zu irrsterŧes quitzen es ein Schammerlein đir Zemme. Mieder fügeln es ein Simmhall Bereugs, hin eine Unde luhn eine Feudliche đei 'nen disser.''
| |
|
| |
| '''The North Wind and the Sun'''
| |
|
| |
| ''The North Wind and the Sun were disputing which was the stronger, when a traveler came along wrapped in a warm cloak. They agreed that the one who first succeeded in making the traveler take his cloak off should be considered stronger than the other. Then the North Wind blew as hard as he could, but the more he blew the more closely did the traveler fold his cloak around him; and at last the North Wind gave up the attempt. Then the Sun shined out warmly, and immediately the traveler took off his cloak. And so the North Wind was obliged to confess that the Sun was the stronger of the two.''
| |
|
| |
| ===Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 1===
| |
| All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
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| {{List subpages|caption=Related pages with more information}}
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| [[Category:Quihum languages]][[Category:Wiebic languages]][[Category:Pseudo-Germanic]][[Category:Hussmauch]]
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