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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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| ! rowspan="2" | Labial
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| ! rowspan="2" | Inter-<br>dental
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| ! colspan="3" | Alveolar
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| ! rowspan="2" | Retroflex
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| ! rowspan="2" | Palatal
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| ! colspan="2" | Velar
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| ! rowspan="2" | Glottal
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| ! |plain || sibilant ||lateral
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| ! |plain || labialized
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| ! | Stop
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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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| !|Fricative
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| | f f
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| | θ th
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| | s s
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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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| !|Sonorant
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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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| === 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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