Häskä/Wordlist

Häskä/Wordlist
Wieb-Muts
Created by	IlL
Language family	Gamedan Wiebian Häskä/Wordlist
Language codes
ISO 639-3	qwb

Häskä/Wordlist is the ancestor language of Reber Wiebian, Gauf, and Zwehrer Wiebian lects.

Orthography

See also: Wiebian/Script.

Historical phonology

AW inventory

Ancient Wiebian:
ɪ iː ʏ yː ʊ uː
ɛ eː œ øː ɔ oː
a aː
ɪɐ iːɐ ʏɐ yːɐ ʊɐ uːɐ
ɛɐ eːɐ œɐ øːɐ ɔɐ oːɐ
aɐ aːɐ
aʊ aɪ ɔʏ
aʊɐ aɪɐ ɔʏɐ
ə

Sound changes

AW > MW nuclei

• ɪɐ iːɐ > iɐ, ʏɐ yːɐ > yɐ, ʊɐ uːɐ > uɐ, aɐ a:ɐ > aɐ
• ai > əi / _(voiceless) (after AV)
• au > əʊ / _(voiceless)
• ɔʏ > əʏ / _(voiceless)
• a aː > æ æː
• əl > ʊ in unstressed syllables

• e i o u ø y > æ e ɑ o æ ø / _Cɐ
• eː iː oː øː uː yː > jaː eː waː ɥaː oː øː / _Cɐ
• a e i > o ø y / _Cʊ
• aː eː iː > oː øː yː / _Cʊ
• ai > eː
• aw > oː
• ay > øː
• iɐ̯ eɐ̯ > iːa
• ɛɐ̯ > jaː
• uɐ̯ oɐ̯ > wua
• ɔɐ̯ > waː
• yɐ̯ > yːa
• øɐ̯ > ɥaː
• aɐ̯ > æː
• ˁe > ˁæ
• ˁi > ˁe
• ˁo > ˁɑ
• ˁu > ˁo
• ˁy > ˁø
• ˁæ > ˁɑ
• ˁaː > ˁɑː
• ˁeː > ˁai
• ˁiː > ˁei
• ˁoː > ˁau
• ˁuː > ˁou
• ˁyː > ˁoy
• ˁai > ˁai
• ˁau > ˁau
• ˁɔy > ˁɔy
• ˁVɐ̯ > ˁəa (if V != a)
• ˁaɐ̯ > ˁaː > ˁɑː
• aː eː iː oː uː øː yː > eː iː ai uː aw yː oy (GVS)
• əaa > aː
• əa > əː
• ei > i:, ou > u:, øy > y:
• w̃ > wˁ nˡ > ɫ > wˁ
• pharyngealization lost

Phonology

Consonants

Häskä/Wordlist initials

		Labial	Alveolar	Retroflex	Click	Velar	Uvular	Glottal
Nasal	voiceless	/m̊/	/n̊/	/ɳ̊/	/ŋ̊!/	/ŋ̊/	/ɴ̊/
	voiced	/m/	/n/	/ɳ/	/ŋ!/	/ŋ/	/ɴ/
Stop	tenuis	/p/	/t/	/ʈ/	/ǃ/	/k/	/q/	/ʔ/
	aspirated	/pʰ/	/tʰ/	/ʈʰ/	/ǃʰ/	/kʰ/	/qʰ/
	voiced	/b/	/d/	/ɖ/	/ɡǃ/	/ɡ/	/ɢ/
Spirants	voiceless	/f/	/θ/		/ɧ/	/x/	/χ/	/h/
	voiced	/v/	/ð/		/ɧ̬/	/ɣ/	/ʁ/
Sibilants	voiceless		/s/	/ʂ/
	voiced		/z/	/ʐ/
Approximant	voiceless	/ʍ/	/l̥/
	voiced	/w/	/l/

Vowels

Häskä/Wordlist vowels

	Front				Central		Back
	unrounded		rounded
	short	long	short	long	short	long	short	long
Close	/i/	/iː/	/y/	/yː/			/u/	/uː/
Mid	/e/	/eː/	/ø/	/øː/		/əː/	/ɔ/	/oː/
Open	/æ/	/æː/					/ɑ/	/ɑː/

Diphthongs: /ai au oy ja je iːa jaː wa wo uːa waː ɥa ɥø yːa ɥaː aiɐ auɐ oyɐ/

Tones

• (-p m)
• (-p b)
• (-p g)
• (+p m)
• (+p b)
• (+p g)

Grammar

For ordinal numerals: Schmielke 'order' e.g. wahm Schmielke Hauer 'the first king' (or Zwind? any relation to zweid 'walk'?)

Phrasebook

wahm, discher, narg, đauf, sälisch, stuhm, raut, lerz, pfarb, kier:

va:m, dɪɧɐ, naɐ̯k, ɡ!auf, ze:lɪɧ, ʃtu:m, ʀaut, lɛɐ̯ts, pfaɐ̯p, ki:ɐ̯

væ:m, dɛɧ, naɐ̯k, ɡ!əuf, ze:ləɧ, ʃtu:m, ʀəut, lɛɐ̯ts, pfaɐ̯p, ki:ɐ̯

ve:m, dɛɧ, na:k, ɡ!u:, zi:ləɧ, ʃtaum, ʀaut, lja:ts, pfa:p, kaiɐ

ve:m, dɛɧ, na:k, ɡ!u:, zi:lɧ, tʰaum, ʕaut, lja:s, fa:p, kaiɐ

ve:m (-p m), dɛj (-p b), na:k (-p g), ɡ!u: (-p b), zi: (-p b), tʰaum (-p m), 'aut (-p g), lja: (-p b), faap (-p g), kaiɐ (-p m)

Related pages with more information

Häskä/Wordlist

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