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==Phonology==
==Phonology==
===Vowels===
===Vowels===
 
Trây has 21 vowel qualities and 106 vowel nuclei.
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| /y/
| /y/
| /yː/
| /yː/
|  
| /ʉ/
| /ʉː/
| /ʉː/
|  
| /ɯ/
|  
| /ɯː/
|  
| /u/
|  
| /uː/
|-
|-
! style="" |Near-close
! style="" |Near-close
| /ɪ̟/
| /ɪ̟/
| /ɪ̟ː/
| /ɪ̟ː/
| /ʏ/
| /ʏː/
|  
|  
|  
|  
| /ɵ/
| /ш/
| /ɵː/
| /шː/
|
| /ʊ/
| /ɤːˁ/
| /ʊː/
|
| /ʊːˁ/
|-
|-
! style="" |Close-mid
! style="" |Close-mid
|  
| /e/
|  
| /eː/
| /ø/
| /ø/
| /øː/
| /øː/
| /ə/
| /ə/
|  
| /əː/
|  
| /ɤ/
|  
| /ɤː/
|  
| /o/
| /oːˁ/
| //
|-
|-
! style="" |Open-mid
! style="" |Open-mid
| /ɛ/
| /ɛ/
| /ɛː/
| /ɛː/
|  
| /œ/
| /œː/
| /œː/
| /ɞ/
|
| /ʌˁ/
|  
|  
|  
|  
| /ɔːˁ/
| /ʌ/
| /ʌː/
| /ɔ/
| /ɔː/
|-
|-
! style="" |Open
! style="" |Open
|  
| /æ/
| /aːˁ/
| /æː/
|
|
|
|
|  
|  
|  
|  
| /a/
| /aː/
|  
|  
|  
|  
| /ɒ/
| /ɒː/
|}
|}
*i y ʉ ɯ u iː yː ʉː ɯː uː
*ɪ ʏ ш ʊ ɪː ʏː шː ʊː
*e ø ɘ ɤ o eː øː ɘː ɤː oː
*ɛ œ ʌ ɔ ɛː œː ʌː ɔː
*æ ä ɑ æː äː ɑː


[[Category:Kammalic languages]][[Category:Quame languages]][[Category:Pfeuno-K'aitian languages]][[Category:Hussmauch]]
[[Category:Kammalic languages]][[Category:Quame languages]][[Category:Pfeuno-K'aitian languages]][[Category:Hussmauch]]

Revision as of 01:29, 17 January 2016

Old Trây: teːmˀ, cynəl, ŋɜt, rœyp, kæhən, caːmˀ, løːc, hæjc, pat, sayl

Diachronics

  • Branch with plosive cyclic shift: 1. s~ts < k < q; q < ʈ < t < ts; (tēma, qinōr, ɳattʼē, laupʼē, ʈaɭin, qʼāma, rōqʼē, ɭojqʼē, pʼattʼē, kʼeyōr)
  • Stress: Stress fell on the first heavy (CVː or CVC) syllable (the last syllable was disregarded); in the absence of a heavy syllable, the stress fell on the third-to-last syllable.
  • Long and short diphthongs merge
  • Beginning of "2nd cycle shift": k > c > s; q > k > c; T > q > k; ŋ > ɲ; N > ŋ; r > l > ɭ > ʀ
  • Umlaut: a e o u > æ i ø y; aa oo uu > ææ øø yy; e i > å ø y; ee ii > øø yy; øw, øj > øy
  • First Khmerization:
    • Before geminates: a > ɔ, i > e, u > o, e > æ, o > ɔ, aa > ɔɔ, ei > ee, ee > ææ, oo > ɔɔ, ou > oo, øy > øø, øø > əə, ai > ææ, au > ɔɔ, ii > ia, uu > ua
  • Second plosive cycle shift completes; p p' > b p
  • Syncope!
  • Second Khmerization: breathy voice
    • i > ɪə i
    • iː > ɘi iː
    • y > ʏə y
    • yː > ɘy yː
    • u > ʊə u
    • uː > ɘu uː
    • e > e ɪ
    • eː > ei eː
    • ø > ø ʏ
    • øː > aø øː
    • o > o ʊ
    • oː > ao oː
    • ɛ > æ ɛ
    • ɛː > æː ɛː
    • a > a ɜ
    • aː > aː ɜː
    • ɔ > ɒ ɔ
    • ɔː > ɒː ɔː
    • ai > ɔe ɛi
    • au > ɛo ɔu
    • ay > aø œy
    • ei > æi ɪː
    • ou > ou ʊː
    • øy > ay ʏː
    • iːə > eːə iːə
    • yːə > øːə yːə
    • uːə > oːə uːə

Phonology

Vowels

Trây has 21 vowel qualities and 106 vowel nuclei.

Trâi vowels
Front Central Back
unrounded rounded unrounded rounded
short long short long short long short long short long
Close /i/ /iː/ /y/ /yː/ /ʉ/ /ʉː/ /ɯ/ /ɯː/ /u/ /uː/
Near-close /ɪ̟/ /ɪ̟ː/ /ʏ/ /ʏː/ /ш/ /шː/ /ʊ/ /ʊː/
Close-mid /e/ /eː/ /ø/ /øː/ /ə/ /əː/ /ɤ/ /ɤː/ /o/ /oː/
Open-mid /ɛ/ /ɛː/ /œ/ /œː/ /ʌ/ /ʌː/ /ɔ/ /ɔː/
Open /æ/ /æː/ /a/ /aː/ /ɒ/ /ɒː/