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| In [[Verse:Angai|Angai]], '''Thean''' /ˈθiːən/ is a family of analytic monosyllabic tonal languages in the [[Trans-Sarnathian languages|Trans-Sarnathian]] family, spoken in Aem-Zmaə. Thean is head-initial and SVO.
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| ''Thean'' is an exonym derived from the [[Kuam]] pronunciation of the autonym.
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| Thean is natively written with logographs.
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| == Phonology of Modern Standard Thean ==
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| === Initials ===
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| {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
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| ! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |
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| ! rowspan="2" | [[Labial consonant|Labial]]
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| ! rowspan="2" | [[Interdental consonant|Inter-<br>dental]]
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| ! colspan="3" | [[Alveolar consonant|Alveolar]]
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| ! rowspan="2" | [[Retroflex consonant|Retroflex]]
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| ! rowspan="2" | [[Palatal consonant|Palatal]]
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| ! colspan="2" | [[Velar consonant|Velar]]
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| ! rowspan="2" | [[Glottal consonant|Glottal]]
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| |-
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| ! |plain || |[[sibilant]] || |lateral
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| ! |plain || |[[Labialized velar consonant|labialized]]
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| ! rowspan="4" | [[Plosive]]/<br>[[Affricate]]
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| ! |plain
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| | (p b)
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| | tθ ddh
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| | t d
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| | ts dz
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| | tɬ dl
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| | ʈʂ dr
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| | tʃ j
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| | k g
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| | kʷ gw
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| | ʔ ʼ
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| |-
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| ! |aspirated
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| | tθʰ tth
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| | tʰ t
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| | tsʰ ts
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| | tɬʰ tl
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| | ʈʂʰ tr
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| | tʃʰ ch
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| | kʰ k
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| | kʷʰ kw
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| |-
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| ! |ejective
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| | tθʼ tthʼ
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| | tʼ tʼ
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| | tsʼ tsʼ
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| | tɬʼ tlʼ
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| | ʈʂʼ trʼ
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| | tʃʼ chʼ
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| | kʼ kʼ
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| |-
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| ! |prenasalized
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| | ⁿd nd
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| | ⁿdʒ nj
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| ! rowspan="2" | [[Fricative]]
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| ! |voiced
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| | v v
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| | ð dh
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| | z z
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| | ʐ zhr
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| | ʒ zh
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| | ɣ gh
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| | ɣʷ ghw
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| |-
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| ! |voiceless
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| | (f f)
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| | θ th
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| | s s
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| | ɬ ł
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| | ʂ shr
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| | ʃ sh
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| | x kh
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| | xʷ khw
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| | h h
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| |-
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| ! rowspan="2" | [[Sonorant]]
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| ! |voiced
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| | (m m)
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| | n n
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| | l l
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| | ɻ r
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| | j y
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| | w w
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| |-
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| ! |voiceless
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| | n̥ nh
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| | ɻ̥ rh
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| |}
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| === Nuclei ===
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| === Finals ===
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| -t -k -n -ng -dh -l -w -j -r /-t -k -n -ŋ -ð -l -w -j -ɻ/ (null is allowed)
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| === Tone ===
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| [[Category:Angai]]
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