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Zzean /ˈθiːən/ is a nontonal Akya-Woms language.

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-In [[Verse:Hmøøh|Hmøøh]], '''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' /ˈθiːən/ (Zzean: ''Zzea kī̄'' /θiə̯˧ ki˥/, Eevo: ''łynøñ Þea'') is an analytic monosyllabic tonal language spoken on the island country [[Verse:Hmøøh/Zzea|Zzea]] (Zzean: ''Zzea Lga{{cab}}y'' /θiə̯˧ ʟɑj˩˥/) off the southwestern coast of the continent Kjàt Må&#768;. {{PAGENAME}} has a complex tone system even for a Kjàt Må&#768; language, with 5 level tones and 6 contour tones. It is head-final and SVO. Zzean belongs to a small family called the Zzeic languages but otherwise has no known relatives.
+'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' /ˈθiːən/ is a nontonal Akya-Woms language.
-{{PAGENAME}} is inspired by East and Southeast Asian tonal languages, Ojitlán Chinantec, Toda, and Saanich.
-==Phonology==
-The following is the phonology of Standard Zzean.
-=== 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. {{SUBPAGENAME}} has 33 initials, 9 rimes, and 11 tones, making 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"
-˥/˦/˧/˨/˩/˩˥/˧˥/˥˩/˧˩/˨˩˨~˩˨/˨˧˨~˧˦˧~˦˨
-'''ā̄/ā/a/a̱/a&#817;&#817;/a̗/á/à/a̖/a̬/â'''
-{|class="wikitable"
-! Romanization
-! IPA
-! Description
-! Example
-|-
-| ā̄
-| /˥/
-| ''kā̄'' /ləu˧/ 'short'
-|-
-| '''-n'''
-| low level / low checked (21~11)
-| ''laun'' /ləu˨˩/ 'to smile'
-|-
-| '''-b'''
-| high level / high falling (55~53)
-| ''Laub'' /ləu˥˧/ 'leaf'
-|-
-| '''-d'''
-| dipping / low falling (313~31)
-| ''Laud'' /ləu˧˩˧/ 'shoe'
-|-
-| '''-g'''
-| breathy mid level (33 + breathy)
-| ''laug'' /lə&#804;u˧/ 'to knit'
-|-
-| '''-s'''
-| rising (24)
-| ''laus'' /ləu˨˦/ 'to receive'
-|-
-| '''-ß'''
-| broken rising (3ˀ5)
-| ''Lauß'' /ləu˧ˀ˥/ 'wrinkle'
-|}
-Tones have a high functional load in Þhea Kï. The following is a tonal minimal 11-tuplet:
-* kā̄: short
-* kā: coat
-* ka: to take
-* ka̱: to breathe
-* ka̱̱: to burn (intrans.)
-* ka̗: roof
-* ká: fencepost
-* kà: crow/raven; (ideophone) caw
-* ka̖: finger
-* ka̬: grease
-* kâ: to imprint, to stamp
-==== Tone box ====
-{| class="wikitable"
-!
-!A (null or resonant coda) (2/6)
-!B (glottal stop coda) (1/6)
-!C (fricative coda) (1/6)
-!D (voiceless stop coda) (1/6)
-!E (voiced stop coda) (1/6)
-|-
-!Modal initial (3/8)
-|33 (a)
-|212 (a̬)
-|22 (a̱)
-|35 (á)
-|11 (a̱̱)
-|-
-!Breathy initial (3/8)
-|31 (a̖)
-|15 (a̗)
-|343 (â)
-|15 (a̗)
-|343 (â)
-|-
-!Creaky initial (2/8)
-|51 (à)
-|44 (ā)
-|11 (a̱̱)
-|55 (ā̄)
-|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: ā̄/ā/a/a&#817;/a&#817;&#817;/a&#791;/á/à/a&#790;/a̬/â/ā̄y/āy/ay/a&#817;y/a&#817;&#817;y/a&#791;y/áy/ày/a&#790;y/a̬y/ây/ē̄/ē/e/e̱/e&#817;&#817;/e̗/é/è/e̖/e̬/ê/ē̄y/ēy/ey/e̱y/e&#817;&#817;y/e̗y/éy/èy/e̖y/e̬y/êy/ē̄a/ēa/ea/e̱a/e&#817;&#817;a/e̗a/éa/èa/e̖a/e̬a/êa/ī̄/ī/i/i̱/i&#817;&#817;/i̗/í/ì/i̖/i̬/î/ə̄̄/ə&#772;/ə/ə&#817;/ə&#817;&#817;/ə&#790;/ə&#769;/ə&#768;/ə&#791;/ə&#812;/ə&#770;/ə̄̄y/ə&#772;y/əy/ə&#817;y/ə&#817;&#817;y/ə&#790;y/ə&#769;y/ə&#768;y/ə&#791;y/ə&#812;y/ə&#770;y/ū̄a/u&#772;a/ua/u&#817;a/u&#817;&#817;a/u&#790;a/u&#769;a/u&#768;a/u&#791;a/u&#812;a/u&#770;a
-== Dialects ==
-== Orthography ==
-Zzean is written in the Zzean script and uses a very deep orthography, like Tibetan.
-== Vocabulary ==
-{{PAGENAME}} is generally purist.

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