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-== Tree ==
+'''Old Qua''' or '''Ker''' (natively /kəʁ kʼrip/ 'Ker speech') is spoken in Angai's British Isles, contemporaneously with Classical Thean.
-* Proto-Trans-Sarnathian
-** [[Old Thean]] (Proto-Theic)
-*** [[Shei²¹A¹¹Mi³⁵]] (Monosyllabic  Navajo, kinda)
-*** [[Middle Thean]]
-**** Modern [[Thean]] (Loosely mono-Gwich'in)
-== Todo ==
+Qua has a history similar to Hmong (stop finals are lost) but takes it a step further (nasal vowels are denasalized)
-== Proto-Trans-Sarnathian phonology ==
-=== Vowels ===
-* Short vowels /i u e o a/
-* Long vowels /i: u: e: o: a:/
-=== Consonants ===
+== Gibberish ==
-* /m n l r/
+<poem>
-* /t ts̠ c k kʷ q qʷ ʔ/
+glips ˀɲat mij wrək,
-* /dʰ dz̠ʰ ɟʰ gʰ gʷʰ ɢʰ ɢʷʰ/
+d̼ap kroj d̼ij ˀɲrək,
-* /tʼ ts̠ʼ cʼ kʼ kʷʼ qʼ qʷʼ/
+d̼lomʔ pə pot-pit,
-* /s̠ ç x xʷ χ χʷ/
+θ̼lənʔ tsrəts ɕijs daʁʔ d̼ək
-* /z̠ ɣ ɣʷ ʁ ʁʷ/
+</poem>
-* /j w/
-=== Stress ===
+== Phonology ==
-Word-final
+=== Preinitial ===
+ʔə is the only preinitial (not counting zero)
+=== Initials ===
+p t̼ t ts c k ʔ
+b d̼ d dz ɟ g
+pʼ t̼ʼ tʼ tsʼ cʼ kʼ
+m n̼ n ɲ
+ˀm ˀn̼ ˀn ˀɲ ˀŋ
+ʰm ʰn̼ ʰn ʰɲ ʰŋ
+w j
+ˀw ˀj
+ʰw ʰj
+θ̼ θ s ɕ h
-=== Release ===
+=== Medials ===
-Certain (non-resonant) final consonants and clusters have audible release, whereas others are unreleased.
+j? l r
-==== Released ====
-All obst-obst clusters
-All ejectives (but safe to assume single ejectives can become unreleased)
+=== Nuclei ===
+a i ə o
-==== Unreleased ====
+=== Finals ===
-All single non-ejective final stops
+p t k m n ŋ w j ʁ
+=== Postfinals ===
+-ʔ -s
+== Syntax ==
+Steal from Old Chinese