Verse:Mwail/Alliance: Difference between revisions

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/i iː e eː ɛ ɛː a aː ɔ ɔː o oː u uː/
/i iː e eː ɛ ɛː a aː ɔ ɔː o oː u uː/
-> Modal /ɪ̈ əːi ɜ eːi æ aːe ɑ ɑː o aːo ʌ əːu/
-> Modal /ɪ̈ əːi ɜ eːi æ aːe ɑ ɑː o aːo ʌ əːu/
-> Breathy /i iː e̝ e̝ː ɛ ɛː ɛə̯ iːə̯ ɔ ɔː o̝ o̝ː u uː/
-> Breathy /i iː e̝ e̝ː e eː ɛə̯ iːə̯ ɔ ɔː o̝ o̝ː u uː/

Revision as of 18:13, 24 March 2025

Mwail/Alliance is a language inspired by Khmer, Dinka, Tamil, Pama-Nyungan languages, and Arabic.

Phonology

/m n̪ n ɳ ɲ ŋ/ /p t̪ t ʈ c k ʔ/ /j ʋ ɰ/ /l̪ l ɭ ʎ r ɻ/ Old vowels: /i iː e eː ɛ ɛː a aː ɔ ɔː o oː u uː/ Old word-level phonation: modal, breathy

Modern language shows a vowel split by register: /i iː e eː ɛ ɛː a aː ɔ ɔː o oː u uː/ -> Modal /ɪ̈ əːi ɜ eːi æ aːe ɑ ɑː o aːo ʌ əːu/ -> Breathy /i iː e̝ e̝ː e eː ɛə̯ iːə̯ ɔ ɔː o̝ o̝ː u uː/