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In [[Verse:Hmøøh|Hmøøh]], '''{{PAGENAME}}''' /θiə̯˧ ki˥/, or '''Zzean''' (Eevo: ''łynøñ Þia''), is an analytic monosyllabic tonal language spoken on the island country Zzea Lga{{cab}}y off the southwestern coast of the continent Kjàt Må̀. {{PAGENAME}} has a complex tone system even for a Kjàt Må̀ language, with 5 level tones and 6 contour tones. It belongs to a dialect continuum but otherwise has no known relatives. It is head-final and SVO.
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'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' /ˈθiːən/ is a nontonal Akya-Woms language.
{{PAGENAME}} is inspired by East and Southeast Asian tonal languages, Ojitlán Chinantec, Toda, and Saanich.
 
== Todo==
* Zhea Kha{{cll}}y /ð̞iə̯˧ xɑj˨/ (''Kha̱y'' is a second name; ''zhea'' is 'rose' and a female given name): inventor of primodality in Hmøøh
* ''ə{{mac}} tsə{{cgb}}'' = Hello, goodbye
* ''nùa ə{{ccb}}y'' = goodbye
* ''zzi̬ xu{{ccb}}a lê'' (politely), ''xu{{ccb}}a  lê'' (colloquially) = thank you
* ''zzi̬ ëa lga{{cll}}'' = sorry
* ''nə{{breathy}}y'' = tree
* ''mi{{cgb}}'' = 1sg
* ''ti'' = 2sg
 
==Phonology==
=== Phonotactics ===
A morpheme is almost always monosyllabic. A syllable always has the structure IR<sup>T</sup>, where I = initial, R = rime, and T = tone.
 
There are 33 initials × 9 rimes × 11 tones = 3267 possible syllables.
 
=== Rimes ===
 
i/e/ə/ɑ/ej/əj/ɑj/iə̯/ɨə̯~ɨ
 
'''i/e/ə/a/ey/əy/ay/ea/ua'''
 
=== Initials ===
m/n̪/n/ɳ/p/t̪/t̪s̪/t/ts̠/tʃ/ʈ/ʈʂ/k/ʔ/f/θ/s̪/θ̠/s̠/ʃ/ʂ/x/h/l̪/ð̞/l/r/ɭ/ɻ/ʟ/ɰ/j/w
 
'''m/nh/n/nr/p/th/tz/t/ts/tx/tr/tsr/k/0/f/zz/z/ss/s/x/sr/kh/h/lh/zh/l/r/lr/rr/lg/g/y/w'''
 
=== Tones ===
English names: "top, high, mid, low, bottom, bottom-rise, mid-rise, top-fall, mid-fall, dip, peak"
 
˥/˦/˧/˨/˩/˩˥/˧˥/˥˩/˧˩/˨˩˨~˩˨/˨˧˨~˧˦˧~˦˨
 
'''ä/ā/a/a̱/a̤/a̗/á/à/a̖/a̬/â'''
 
Tones have a high functional load in Þhea Kï. The following is a tonal minimal 11-tuplet:
* kä: short
* kā: coat
* ka: to take
* ka̱: to breathe
* ka̤: to burn (intrans.)
* ka̗: roof
* ká: fencepost
* kà: crow/raven; (ideo) caw
* ka̖: finger
* ka̬: grease
* kâ: to imprint, to stamp
 
==== Tone box ====
{|class="wikitable"
! Tone class
! Modal initial (5/8)
! Breathy initial (3/8)
! Creaky initial (2/8)
|-
! A (null or resonant coda) (2/6)
| 33 (a)
| 31 (a{{cgb}})
| 51 (à)
|-
! B (glottal stop coda) (1/6)
| 212 (a{{ccb}})
| 15 (a{{cab}})
| 44 (ā)
|-
! C (fricative coda) (1/6)
| 22 (a{{cll}})
| 343 (â)
| 11 (a{{breathy}})
|-
! D (voiceless stop coda) (1/6)
| 35 (á)
| 15 (a{{cab}})
| 55 (ä)
|-
! E (voiced stop coda) (1/6)
| 31 (a{{cgb}})
| 343 (â)
| 51 (à)
|}
 
===Awkwords input===
C: m/nh/n/nr/p/th/tz/t/ts/tx/tr/tsr/k//f/zz/z/ss/s/x/sr/kh/h/lh/zh/l/r/lr/rr/lg/g/y/w
 
R: ä/ā/a/a&#817;/a&#804;/a&#791;/á/à/a&#790;/a̬/â/äy/āy/ay/a&#817;y/a&#804;y/a&#791;y/áy/ày/a&#790;y/a̬y/ây/ë/ē/e/e̱/e̤/e̗/é/è/e̖/e̬/ê/ëy/ēy/ey/e̱y/e̤y/e̗y/éy/èy/e̖y/e̬y/êy/ëa/ēa/ea/e̱a/e̤a/e̗a/éa/èa/e̖a/e̬a/êa/ï/ī/i/i̱/i̤/i̗/í/ì/i̖/i̬/î/ə&#776;/ə&#772;/ə/ə&#817;/ə&#804;/ə&#790;/ə&#769;/ə&#768;/ə&#791;/ə&#812;/ə&#770;/u&#776;a/u&#772;a/ua/u&#817;a/u&#804;a/u&#790;a/u&#769;a/u&#768;a/u&#791;a/u&#812;a/u&#770;a
 
== Vocabulary ==
{{PAGENAME}} is generally purist.

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