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| '''{{PAGENAME}}''' ({{PAGENAME}}: ''An dhobhâdhaigh Cobhocham'') is a Wiebic language. It has a large number of click consonants, and is a monosyllabic tonal language with fusional morphology using mutations and tone changes.
| | : {{distinguish|text= the Earth language [[w:Fungor language|Fungor]], also known as Ko}} |
| ==Numbers==
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| *AW: va:m, *dɛɧɐ, naɐk, mu:l, ze:lɪɧ, ʃtuom, ʀu:t, lɛɐts, pfaɐp, kioɐ
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| *Pre-Kurmo-Schnüher: va:m, dɪɧɐ, nɛɐk, mu:l, ze:ləɧ, ʃtuom, ʀu:t, lɛɐts, pfɛɐp, kioɐ
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| *Pre-Schnüher: fˠa:m, dʲəɧ-S, nʲa:k, mʷo:l, zʲe:ləɧ, tʰʷwəm, vˠo:t, lʲatʰ, pʰʲa:p, kʲa:
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| <poem>
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| we need tones!
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| lʲatʰ->lʲat(breathy)
| | :[[{{FULLPAGENAME}}/Wordlist]] |
| 9 and 10 sound similar
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| ok let's try tʰ > t(breathy)
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| _Cʰ -> _C(breathy)
| | {{Infobox language |
| yes
| | |creator = User:IlL |
| | |name = {{PAGENAME}} |
| | |nativename = lees ndoigh Komh |
| | |setting = [[Verse:Tricin]] |
| | |state = Bjeheond |
| | |familycolor=hmong-mien |
| | |fam1=[[Hlou-Shum languages|Hlou-Shum]] |
| | |scripts=* Latin (Uncial) |
| | |notice=IPA |
| | }} |
| | '''{{SUBPAGENAME}}''' (English: /koʊ/, natively ''lees ndoigh Komh'' /li noi kɔ/ (TBA: tone)) is a language spoken in [[Bjeheond]]; as a [[Hlou-Shum languages|Hlou-Shum language]], it's related to [[Hlou]]. It is a monosyllabic tonal language inspired by Hmong, Irish, Manx, and English. Like Irish, Ko has initial consonant mutations. |
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| _ɧ -> _h -> _(breathy)
| | ==Todo== |
| yes
| | Motivation: "Sinospheric Irish" or "Hmoob read by an Irish speaker" |
| maybe not p-celticization?
| | *Explain: lexical mutation in Hlou, grammatical mutation in Ko |
| | **Hlou lexical mutation could have arisen from a grammatical mutation system where the particles fell away |
| | *''dor'' = to be born ~ Hlou ''Ndol'' 'person' |
| | *TODO: kl gl sk > q |
| | *bach = small, meer = big |
| | *hleubh = to love (hlub means "to love" in Hmong) |
| | *kein = archaic negative word |
| | *ein = emphasis/'rather' |
| | *koobh = good |
| | *cu = copper |
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| final k -> glottalization
| | ==Phonology== |
| | {{SUBPAGENAME}} has fewer initials than [[Hlou]], due to initial mutations. |
| | ===Phonotactics=== |
| | C + V + tone |
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| we should have that
| | ===Initials=== |
| | ''m n ņ l nl r y w'' = /m n ɲ l (dark l) r j w/ |
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| but final p -> w-glide!
| | ''hm hn hņ hl hr hy hw'' = /ʰm ʰn ʰɲ ʰl ʰr ç (voiceless w)/ |
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| 9 -> pʰʲa:w
| | ''p t tç ts tx c k q b d j g'' = /h t ts (Basque ts) tʃ c k q b d ɟ g/ |
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| or pʰʲa:wʔ
| | ''pl bl tl dl'' = /hl bl tl dl/ |
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| this is so fun
| | ''ph th tçh tsh txh ch kh qh bh dh jh gh'' = /f θ s (Basque s) ʃ ç x χ v ð j ɣ/ |
| vˠa:m, dʲə̤-S, nʲa:ʔ, mʷo:l, zʲe̤:l, tʰʷwəm, vˠo:ʔ, lʲa̤ʔ, pʰʲa:wʔ, kʲʷa:
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| i don't want final plosivess to diasppear yet!
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| i need them for sino-korean gib
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| yes
| | ''phl bhl thl dhl'' /fl vl ɬ ɮ/ |
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| vˠa:m, dʲə̤-S, nʲa:k, mʷo:l, zʲe̤:l, tʰʷwəm, vˠo:t, lʲa̤t, pʰʲa:p, kʲʷa:
| | ''np nt ntç nts ntx nc nk nq nb nd nj ng'' = /b d dz (voiced Basque ts) dʒ ɟ g ɢ m n ɲ ŋ/ |
| let me look at what vowel phonemes we had before slenderization
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| ɪ i: ʏ y: u:
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| ə
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| ɛ e: œ ø: o:
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| a:
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| au ai ay iu io uo yø
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| should au ai ay front to ɛu ɛi ɛy?
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| perhaps
| | ''npl nbl ntl ndl'' /bl ml dl nl/ |
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| looks abɛut right
| | ''f ç s x'' = /f s (Basque s) ʃ/ |
| actually maybe not
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| we need some "plain" consonants
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| why?????
| | ''nf nç ns nx'', also ''fh çh sh xh'' = /v z (voiced Basque s) ʒ/ |
| for some balance?
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| au ai ay all merge into ɐː
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| let's say au->ɛ:, ai->ɑ: as in australian or cockney(ish)
| | ===Rimes=== |
| ai, ay > a:
| | ''a i ao u e o ee oo ai ei oi au eu ia ua'' = /a ɪ ɨ ʊ ɛ ɔ i u ai ei oi au eu iə uə/ |
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| yes
| | ===Tones=== |
| ɪ i: ʏ y: u:
| | 9 tones: |
| ə
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| ɛ e: œ ø: o:
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| ɛ: œ
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| a:
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| iu io uo yø
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| should i have œ: < ay?
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| yes!
| | *-Ø: mid level |
| | *-ch: glottal stop final |
| | *-s: low falling |
| | *-r: low rising |
| | *-gh: low breathy |
| | *-mh: creaky |
| | *-bh: mid rising |
| | *-dh: high falling |
| | *-n: high level |
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| symmetry!
| | ==Grammar== |
| ɪ i: ʏ y: u:
| | Ko is SVO and head-initial. Mutations often operate on a syntactic basis. |
| ə
| | ===Nouns=== |
| ɛ e: œ ø: o:
| | plural word: ''yoo-L'' (placed after classifier but before noun) |
| ɛ: œ:
| | ===Pronouns=== |
| a:
| | *xan = I |
| iu io uo yø
| | *çeedh = you |
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| btw Californian English looks like it has /y/ and no /u/
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| so we're now at the "oddball accent of german"-stage
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| yes
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| i think now is a good time to slenderize!
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| yes
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| ɪ -> ʲə, i: -> ʲə:, ʏ -> ʲʷə, y: -> ʲʷə:, u: -> ʷə:...
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| what should the semi-vertical vowel system look like?
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| a:->ˠa:
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| a 3-level system?
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| fleibenschwankenschraft
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| with a ə ï
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| that looks good
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| so pre-cuatham:
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| ɪ i: ʏ y: u:
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| ə
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| e: ø: o:
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| ɛ ɛ: œ œ:
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| a:
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| iu io uo yø
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| ɪ i: ʏ y: u: -> ʲï ʲï: ʲʷï ʲʷï: ʷï:
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| old cuatham:
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| jɨ jɨj jwɨ jwɨj wɨw
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| better than my proposal
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| let's continue
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| ə is just ə
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| e: ø: o: > jəj jwəj wəw
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| yes
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| *middle chinese intensifies*
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| ɛ ɛ: œ œ: -> ja jai jwa jwai
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| a: -> a:
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| or jwaw?
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| a: > a:
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| iu io uo yø -> jɨw, jəw, wəw, jwəj?
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| jɨ, jə, wə, jwə
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| yes i can feel the middle chinese
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| so i and iu merge?
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| iu > jɨw
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| what does final -r do now?
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| fleibenschwankenschraft...
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| -w -j replaced w/ -a?
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| perhaps
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| with a subsequent sandhi
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| ɨa,əa-> ə:, aa->a:
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| this is pretty convenient as a, eo, eu are common in sino-korean
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| what? the sandhi?
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| the vertical vowel system
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| tho i also need -yu(C), -yo(C)
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| jɨw, jəw!
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| i can get them from jw-
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| ?
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| ok
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| CjɨwC->CyuC
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| yes
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| we still haven't gone over uo, üö and io
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| we have: iu io uo yø -> jɨw, jə, wə, jwə
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| so:
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| va:m, dəɧɐ, nɛɐk, mu:l, ze:ləɧ, ʃtuom, ʀu:t, lɛɐts, pfɛɐp, kioɐ
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| va:m, dəɧ-S, njə:k, mwɨwl, zjə̤jl, ʃtwəm, vwɨwt, ljə̤:t, pʰjə̤p, kjə:-S
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| the language should split at this stage or soon after
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| yes!
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| well it was descher in early curmian
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| sorry
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| va:m, djəɧ-S, njə:k, mwɨwl, zjə̤jl, ʃtwəm, vwɨwt, ljə̤:t, pʰjə̤p, kjə:-S
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| either german is the mother of all languages
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| or it's vietnamese
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| or wakashan
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| or clicky polynesian
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| (from a zulian perspective)
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| ʃC > Cʰ at this stage
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| va:m, djəɧ-S, njə:k, mwɨwl, zjə̤jl, tʰwəm, vwɨwt, ljə̤:t, pʰjə̤p, kjə:-S
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| forgot
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| va:m, djə̤ɧ-S, njə:k, mwɨwl, zjə̤jl, tʰwəm, vwɨwt, ljə̤:t, pʰjə̤p, kjə:-S
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| fa:m, djə̤-S, njə:k, mwɨwl, zjə̤jl, tʰwəm, vwɨwt, ljə̤:t, pʰjə̤p, kjə:-S
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| what about mutations caused by unstressed prefixes
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| i think they should be dropped before final endings are dropped
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| be-, ge-, ger- lenites
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| en-, wen- eclipses
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| des- aspirates
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| let's work the effects out
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| then when you lenite be-, you actually get bhe- (pronounced)
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| *gussnish intensifies*
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| sino-korean but with mutations, tone and gender is so funny
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| i can see you're more focused on Schnüher grin emoticon
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| b > v
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| d > dh (fric)
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| g > gh
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| that's pretty much gussnish
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| p > f
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| t > þ
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| k > x
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| dh > gh?
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| we're still at the "old irish" stage
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| irish/elephant gaelic
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| th -> h
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| dh -> gh
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| the following consonants can occur initially in late pre-old cuatham:
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| m n
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| p t ! k ʔ
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| b d g! g
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| ph th !h kh
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| f s h
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| v z
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| l j ʀ
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| right before prefixes trigger initial mutations
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| m
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| seimhius to ṽ
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| uru's to m
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| aspirates to mʰ
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| n
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| seimhius to n
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| urus to n
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| aspirates to nʰ
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| p
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| seimhius to f
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| urus to b
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| aspirates to pʰ
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| t
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| seimhius to θ
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| urus to d
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| aspsirates to tʰ
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| forgot ɧ as a possible initial fricative
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| !
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| seimhius to ɧ
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| urus to g!
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| aspirates to !ʰ
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| k
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| seimhius to x
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| urus to g
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| aspirates to kʰ
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| b
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| seimhius to v
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| urus to m
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| aspirates to bʰ?
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| b shouldn't aspirate unlike in Middle Wiobian
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| or An Bhl grin emoticon
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| b
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| seimhius to v
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| urus to m
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| d
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| seimhius to ð
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| urus to n
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| g!
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| seimhius to ɧ̬
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| urus to ŋ!
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| g
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| seimhius to ɣ
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| urus to ŋ
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| ph th !h kh
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| seimhius to p t ! k (!)
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| blaoighniúil
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| ph th !h kh
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| urus to m̊ n̊ ŋ̊! ŋ̊
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| sorry not blaoighniuil
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| seimhiu: ph > p > f
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| h drops out entirely
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| f s
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| seimhius to h h
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| urus to v z
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| v z
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| seimhius to ʔ ʔ
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| l j ʀ do not mutate
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| oops maybe i should have aspirated hl hj hr?
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| l j r
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| aspirate to hl hj hr
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| and v z aspirates to f s
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| ɧ seimhius to h and urus to ɧ̬
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| ɧ̬ seimhius to to ʔ and aspirates to ɧ
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| ʔ urus to n
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| and aspirates to h!
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| ok so what inventory do i have now
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| m̊ n̊ ŋ̊! ŋ̊
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| m n ŋ! ŋ
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| p t ! k ʔ
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| b d g! g
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| ph th !h kh
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| f s ɧ x h
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| ṽ v z ɧ̬ ɣ
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| l̊ j̊ ʀ̊
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| l j ʀ
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| this is "old cuatham"
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| pʰ tʰ !ʰ kʰ are pinyined p̂ t̂ ŧ̂ k̂
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| ĉ you mean
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| yes sorry
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| p̂ t̂ ŧ̂ ĉ
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| or:
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| use pr tr ŧr cr
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| i could derive aspirates from Cr!
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| as Cuatham has no initial consonant clusters
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| or maybe not?
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| you don't have to change the diachronics
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| r blocks medials from forming
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| i just picked something irishy
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| yes I could do that
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| because ŧ̂ is a little heavy on the diacritics
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| phr thr ŧhr chr
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| bpr dtr đŧr gcr?
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| bpr dtr đŧr gcr actually represetn voiceless nasals
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| yes
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| i don't know why i didn't think of that idea before
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| that's funny
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| but i'm adopting the idea anyway because irish
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| yes
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| also because nobody really knows what <r> is in Wiob
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| it should be the in universe orthography!
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| well <r> *is* sometimes /r/
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| Reber = ráp
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| but not always
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| that's why r could mean /r/ in Cuatham
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| in isolation
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| Schnueher uses Wiob orthography while Cuatham uses the irishy one
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| yes
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| because German read like Sino-Korean
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| or you could have Irish read as Sino-Korean tongue emoticon
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| that's why Hussmauchian conlangers like to do funny things with r
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| or avoid it
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| anyway
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| the language splits after slenderization?
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| yes!
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| I want to drop final plosives in cuatham while retaining them in schnueher | |
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| yes
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| so here are the numbers again:
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| va:m, djə̤-S, njə:k, mwɨwl, zjə̤jl, tʰwəm, vwɨwt, ljə̤:t, pʰjə̤p, kjə:-S
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| cuatham splits from schnueher by...
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| clicky clicky clicky!
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| what do you think abot -p -> -w?
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| yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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| with all the !'s pronounced
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| yes, -p > -w in cuatham
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| -t just disappears
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| yes
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| or becomes -j?
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| -k -> -j
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| actually
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| hence -abh/-aigh?
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| final
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| p/jp/wp -> w/j/w
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| t/jt/wt -> Ø/j/w
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| k/jk/wk -> j/j/w
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| yes
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| yes
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| final -ŧ?
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| > Ø/j/w
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| final -l?
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| retained
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| final m, n, and ng are retained
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| yes
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| high from falsetto: ŧrâdha
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| mid tone: ŧra
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| low tone: ŧrà
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| high tone: ŧrá
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| mid falling: ŧradh
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| glottalized: ŧràdh
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| high falling: trádh
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| high from falsetto: ŧrâdh
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| yes
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| maybe hmong is a cuatham jokelang
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| so what does -th- do?
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| i don't like ŧràthadh ...
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| let's say that -thadh- or -thidh- becomes -ch!
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| ŧrath
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| ŧràth
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| ŧráth
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| ŧrach
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| ŧràch
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| trách
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| ŧrâch
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| yes
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| this is def my irish jokelang
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| it's even funnier with the falsetto!
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| or an awesomenesslang
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| irish + khoisan + chinese
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| this is Old Kurmian right before it splits
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| fa:m, djə̤-S, njə:k, mwɨwl, zjə̤jl, tʰwəm, vwɨwt, ljə̤:t, pʰjə̤p, kjə:-S
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| yes
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| in modern kurm:
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| @am, |e, n|ek, n@ul, |el, |wem, @wit, ||et, @jep, !e:
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| schnueher drops -l
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| cuatham drops -p -t -k
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| yes
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| I'm doing cuatham first
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| @ = bilabial click
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| fa:m, djə̤-S, njə:, mwɨwl, zjə̤jl, tʰwəm, vwɨw, ljə̤:, pʰjə̤, kjə:-S
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| sorry
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| fa:m, djə̤-S, njə:, mwɨwl, zjə̤jl, tʰwəm, fwɨw, ljə̤:, pʰjə̤, kjə:-S
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| then final -w -j disappear before -m -n -l
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| fa:m, djə̤-S, njə:, mwɨl, zjə̤l, tʰwəm, fwɨw, ljə̤:, pʰjə̤, kjə:-S
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| yes
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| actually
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| -p turns to -w and deletes any -j before it
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| fa:m, djə̤-S, njə:, mwɨl, zjə̤l, tʰwəm, fwɨw, ljə̤:, pʰjə̤w, kjə:-S
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| yes
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| i also had -k -jk -wk > -j -j -w
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| fa:m, djə̤-S, njə:j, mwɨl, zjə̤l, tʰwəm, fwɨw, ljə̤:, pʰjə̤w, kjə:-S
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| yes
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| I had this
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| va:m, djə̤-S, njə:jQ, mwɨwl, zjə̤jl, tʰwəm, vwɨwQ, ljə̤:Q, pʰjə̤wQ, kjə:-S
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| va:m, djə̤-S, njə:jQ, mwɨl, zjə̤l, tʰwəm, vwɨwQ, ljə̤:Q, pʰjə̤wQ, kjə:-S
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| then I had some tone splits
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| va:m, djə̀-S, njə:jQ, mwɨl, zjə̀l, tʰwəm, vwɨwQ, ljə̀:Q, pʰjə̀wQ, kjə:-S
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| breathy > low
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| fa:m, djə̀-S, njə:jQ, mwɨl, zjə̀l, tʰwəm, fwɨwQ, ljə̀:Q, pʰjə̀wQ, kjə:-S*
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| low glottalized is easier than breathy glottalized
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| fa:m, djə̀-S, njə̌:j, mwɨl, zjə̀l, tʰwəm, fwɨ́wQ, ljə̌:, pʰjə̌w, kjə:-S
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| yes
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| fa:m, djə̀-S, njə̌:j, mwɨl, zjə̀l, tʰwəm, fwɨ́w, ljə̌:, pʰjə̌w, kjə:-S
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| and right then you monophthongized everything
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| I changed it so that we have less e's and o's
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| yes
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| i want to keep--jə̌w because mandarin
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| yóu
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| I do agree with ɨj/ɨw > i:/u:
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| "gozaimasu" should be an emphatic particle in kagasa
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| good time for the long vowel > tone split
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| yes
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| with the blaoighnity
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| same tones that we originally had
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| falsetto is too funny
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| early modern cuatham can sound like yodelling
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| fa:m, djə̀-S, njə:j (high), mwɨl, zjə̀l, tʰwəm, fwû:, ljə̀:, pʰjə̌w, kjə-S (high falling)
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| with long vowels?
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| sorry
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| fa:m, djə̀-S, njəj (high), mwɨl, zjə̀l, tʰwəm, fwû, ljə̀, pʰjə̌w, kjə-S (high falling)
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| then we can harmonize jə to je and perhaps wə to wo
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| yes
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| except you don't have jew
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| shouldn't fa:m have a tone change?
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| sorry
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| fam (mid falling), djə̀-S, njəj (high), mwɨl, zjə̀l, tʰwəm, fwû, ljə̀, pʰjə̌w, kjə-S (high falling)
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| i'll use tone numbers now
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| next crazy idea!
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| a monosyllabic tonal language based on Schwünter
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| where each word gets compressed to a single syllable
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| fam31, djə22-S, njej55, mwɨl33, sjəl22, tʰwəm33, fwu51, ljə21, pʰjəw15, kjə51-S
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| yes
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| wɨ, jɨ > u, i
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| fam31, djə22-S, njej55, mul33, sjəl22, tʰwəm33, fwu51, ljə21, pʰjəw15, kjə51-S
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| so 4 can be "mul"
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| that's the joke
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| bevolo -> beolo -> beol -> meol -> mul
| | ===Classifiers=== |
| now the clickification
| | Classifiers were historically a very open class. They always eclipse the following noun. |
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| fam31, gǀə22-S, ŋǀej55, !aw21, sjəl22, tʰwəm33, fɨ51, ʎə21, ʘʰəw33, cə51-S
| | ''lu'', ''tzagh'', ''hņoobh'', ''lees'', ''çua'', ''yaus'', ... |
| fadham, dè, néidhigh, đàdhabh, sèil, trobhuam, faoidh, lèidh, preobh, céidh
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| ur > u:ə > uə > Modern Kurmian ua
| | *lu = humans, gods |
| so Cuam, genitive Cuatham
| | **''faon'' = a man; ''lu nfaon'' = the man (classifier ''lu'') |
| </poem>
| | *tçagh = animals, demons |
| | **''plaidh'' = a dog; ''tçagh nplaidh'' = the dog (classifier ''tçagh'') |
| | **''tçagh Nja Ber Woch'' = a demon in Ko mythology |
| | *hņoobh = tall objects such as trees, buildings |
| | **''qo'' = a tree; ''hņoobh nqo'' the tree |
| | *çua: infinitive |
| | **''dor'' = is born; ''çua ndor'' = to be born (inf.) |
| | *''lobh'': food, edible plants |
| | *''zail'': inedible plants |
| | *lees = nominalization, way of X-ing |
| | **''doigh'' = 'to speak'; ''lees ndoigh'' 'language' |
| | *In archaic language: fancy apparently ad-hoc classifiers for different animals and fruits (cf. English ''murder of crows'' except "murder" is a classifier) |
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| ==Phonology== | | ===Verbs=== |
| ===Initials===
| | ba = subjunctive marker |
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| An unusual feature of {{PAGENAME}} phonology is that palatalized stops are realized as clicks.
| | ''Ba fhaomh-saigh le çeedh'' = If you like it |
| {|class="greentable lightgreenbg" style="text-align:center"
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| |+'''{{PAGENAME}} initials'''
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| !rowspan="2" colspan="2"|
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| !colspan="2" | Labial
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| !colspan="2" | Coronal
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| !colspan="2" | Lateral
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| !colspan="2" | Coarticulated
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| !colspan="2" | Velar
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| !rowspan="2" | Glottal
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| |-
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| ! <small>"broad"</small>
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| ! <small>"slender"</small>
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| ! <small>"broad"</small>
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| ! <small>"slender"</small>
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| ! <small>"broad"</small>
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| ! <small>"slender"</small>
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| ! <small>"broad"</small>
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| ! <small>"slender"</small>
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| ! <small>"broad"</small>
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| ! <small>"slender"</small>
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| |-
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| !rowspan="2"| Nasal
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| ! <small>voiceless</small>
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| | /m̊/ || /ŋ̊ʘ/
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| | /n̊/ || /ŋ̊ǀ/
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| | /n̊ˡ/ || /ŋ̊ǁ/
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| | /ŋ̊!/ || /ŋ̊ǂ/
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| | /ŋ̊/ || /ɲ̊/
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| |-
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| ! <small>voiceless</small>
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| | /m/ || /ŋʘ/
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| | /n/ || /ŋǀ/
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| | /nˡ/ || /ŋǁ/
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| | /ŋ!/ || /ŋǂ/
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| | /ŋ/ || /ɲ/
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| |-
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| !rowspan="3" | Stop
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| !<small>tenuis</small>
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| | /p/ || /ʘ/
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| | /t/ || /ǀ/
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| | /tɬ/ || /ǁ/
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| | /!/ || /ǂ/
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| | /k/ || /c/
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| | /ʔ/
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| |-
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| !<small>aspirated</small>
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| | /pʰ/ || /ʘʰ/
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| | /tʰ/ || /ǀʰ/
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| | /tɬʰ/ || /ǁʰ/
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| | /!ʰ/ || /ǂʰ/
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| | /kʰ/ || /cʰ/
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| |-
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| !<small>voiced</small>
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| | /b/ || /gʘ/
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| | /d/ || /gǀ/
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| | /dɮ/ || /gǁ/
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| | /g!/ || /gǂ/
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| | /g/ || /ɟ/
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| |-
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| !rowspan="2"|Fricative
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| !<small>voiceless</small>
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| | /f/ || /fç/
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| | /s/ || /sç/
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| | /ɬ/ || /ɬʲ/
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| | /ɧ/ || /ʂ/
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| | /x/ || /ç/
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| | /h/
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| |-
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| !<small>voiced</small>
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| | /z/ || /zj/
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| | /ɮ/ || /ɮʲ/
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| | /ɧ̬/ || /ʐ/
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| | /ɣ/ || /ʝ/
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| !colspan=2| Trill
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| | /r/ || /r̝/
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| !colspan=2| Approximant
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| | /w/ || /ɥ/
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| | /l/ || /ʎ/
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| | || /j/
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| |}
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| ===Medials=== | | ==Sample text== |
| The medial is optional. There is one possible medial, /w~ɥ/.
| | ===Tower of Babel=== |
| ===Nucleus=== | | :''Pugh çedh yaus nqar ņiamh tso txuabh çhaor aon lees ndoigh kiabh aon lees ntlair.'' |
| There are three possible nuclei: /a/, /ə/ and zero. The nuclei display a range of different realizations depending on the phonetic environment:
| | :CONJ in CLF world whole PST give only one CLF language and one CLF speak |
| */a/ is realized as:
| | :And in the whole world there was one language and one way of speaking. |
| **/ɑ/ after a broad labialized consonant
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| **/æ/ after a palatal consonant, palatal click or /ɥ/
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| **/a/ otherwise
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| */ə/ is realized as:
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| **/ɔ/ after a broad labialized consonant
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| **/e/ after a palatal consonant, palatal click or /ɥ/, or with /-j/ coda
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| **/ə/ otherwise
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| *Zero nucleus is realized as:
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| **/u/ if the medial is /w/
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| **/y/ if the medial is /ɥ/
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| **/ɨ/ if the medial is zero and initial is a dental click, a retroflex or a broad velar
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| **/i/ if the medial is zero, for other initials
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| ===Coda===
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| The coda is optional. There are seven possible finals in {{PAGENAME}}: /m n ŋ l r w j/.
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| ===Tones===
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| ===Mutations===
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| <poem>
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| seimhiu
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| /p, ʘ/ > /f(ʲ)/
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| /pʰ, ʘʰ/ > /f(ʲ)/
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| /b, gʘ, m, ŋʘ/ > /w, ɥ/
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| /t, |/ > /h/
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| /d, g|/ > /ɣ, j/
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| /tʰ, |ʰ/ > /h/
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| /!, ǂ, !ʰ, ǂʰ/ > /ɧ, ɧʲ/
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| /g|, gǂ/ > voiced sj
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| /k, c, kʰ, cʰ/ > /x, ç/
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| /g, gʲ/ > /ɣ, j/
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| /s, sʲ/ > /x, ç/
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| uru:
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| /p, ʘ/ > /b gʘ/ > /m, ŋʘ/
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| /pʰ ʘʰ/ > /m̊ ŋ̊ʘ/
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| /t, |/ > /d, g|/ > /n, ŋ|/
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| /tʰ, |ʰ/ > /nʰ, ŋʰ|/
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| /!, ǂ/ > /g!, gǂ/ > /ŋ!, ŋǂ/
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| /!ʰ, ǂʰ/ > /ŋʰ!, ŋʰǂ/
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| /k, c/ >/g, gʲ/ > /ŋ, ŋʲ/
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| /s, sʲ/ > /z, zʲ/ (spelled ns)
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| </poem>
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| ==Grammar==
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| ===Nouns===
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| Nouns inflect for two cases, nominative and genitive. The genitive derives from the Ancient Wiebian dative.
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| ====Definite article ''an''====
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| {| class="bluetable lightbluebg" style=" text-align: center;"
| | :''Roomh lu yoo las jhugh dle [hyoch mhar], [ka nfemh] re txuabh tçhaoch ibh yaus [njo qiagh] Xi-Na, pugh re txuabh cheich hmoi nblaun.'' |
| |-
| | :when CLF PL person travel eastward then |
| ! style="width: 90px;" | Number
| | :As the people moved eastward... |
| ! colspan="2" style="width: 200px;" | Singular
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| ! colspan="2" style="width: 200px;" | Plural
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| |-
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| ! style="width: 90px;" | Gender
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| ! | Masculine
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| ! | Feminine
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| ! | Masculine
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| ! | Feminine
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| |-
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| ! Nominative
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| | ''an'' || ''an''-L || ''na''-N || ''na''-L
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| |-
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| ! Genitive
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| | ''an''-H || ''na''-L || ''na''-H || ''na''-N
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| |}
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| ==Lexicon==
| | [[Category:Quihum languages]][[Category:Tricin]][[Category:Languages]] |
| *bhò-N - from
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| *na-N - ''bhò + an''
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| *''Ŧú Teatham Ŧathaigh''
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| [[Category:Gamedan languages]][[Category:Pfeunic languages]][[Category:Wiebic languages]][[Category:Hussmauch]][[Category:Pseudo-Celtic]] | |