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==Phonology==
The '''Keric languages''' are a small language family native to Mwail British Isles.
Based on the idea of "literally-read Irish".
===Consonants===
{| class="greentable lightgreenbg" style="text-align:center;"
|+ '''Old Tigal consonants'''
|-
!colspan="2"| !! Labial !! Alveolar !! Retroflex !! Velar !! Glottal
|-
!rowspan="3"|Nasal
!<small>plain</small>
| '''m''' m || '''n''' n || || '''ŋ''' ŋ ||
|-
!<small>geminate</small>
|  || '''nn''' nː || || '''ŋŋ''' ŋː ||
|-
!<small>aspirated</small>
| '''mh''' mʰ || || || ||
|-
!rowspan="6"|Stop
!<small>tenuis</small>
| '''p''' p || '''t''' t || || '''c''' k ||
|-
!<small>aspirated</small>
| '''ph''' pʰ || '''th''' tʰ || || '''ch''' kʰ ||
|-
!<small>prenasalized</small>
| '''bp''' ᵐp || '''dt''' ⁿt || || '''gc''' ᵑk ||
|-
!<small>voiced</small>
| '''b''' b || '''d''' d || || '''g''' g ||
|-
!<small>breathy voiced</small>
| '''bh''' bʱ || '''dh''' dʱ || || '''gh''' gʱ ||
|-
!<small>voiced prenasalized</small>
| '''mb''' ᵐb || '''nd''' ⁿd || || '''ŋg''' ᵑg ||
|-
!rowspan="5"|Fricative
!<small>plain</small>
| '''f''' f || '''s''' s || || || '''h''' h
|-
!<small>aspirated</small>
| '''fh''' fʰ || '''sh''' sʰ || || ||
|-
!<small>prenasalized</small>
| '''mhf''' mʱf  || '''nts''' nt͡s || || ||
|-
!<small>voiced</small>
| || '''z''' z || || ||
|-
!<small>breathy voiced</small>
| || '''zh''' zʱ || || ||
|-
!rowspan="2"| Liquid
!<small>plain</small>
| || '''l''' l || '''r''' r̠ || ||
|-
!<small>geminate</small>
| || '''ll''' lː || '''rr''' r̠ː || ||
|}


===Vowels===
== Family tree ==
{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="greentable lightgreenbg" style="width: 540px; text-align:center;"
* Keric
! rowspan="2" style="width: 90px; "|
** Ker/Qua
! colspan="2" style="width: 90px; " |Front
** Danishmandi
! colspan="2" style="width: 90px; " |Central
** Bri
! colspan="2" style="width: 90px; " |Back
** Gloob
|-
!style="width: 45px; "|<small>short</small>
!style="width: 45px; "|<small>long</small>
!style="width: 45px; "|<small>short</small>
!style="width: 45px; "|<small>long</small>
!style="width: 45px; "|<small>short</small>
!style="width: 45px; "|<small>long</small>
|-
! style="" |Close
| '''i''' /i/
| '''í''' /iː/
|
|
| '''u''' /u/
| '''ú''' /uː/
|-
! style="" |Mid
| '''e''' /e/
| '''é''' /eː/
|
|
| '''o''' /o/
| '''ó''' /oː/
|-
! style="" |Open
|
|
| '''a''' /a/
| '''á''' /aː/
|
|
|}


Diphthongs: '''ao áo ai aí ea eá ei éi eu éu ia ía iu iú oi ói ua úa ui uí aoi aeu''' /ăŏ ao ăĭ ai ĕă ea ɛĭ ɛi ĕŭ eu ĭă ia ĭŭ iu ŏĭ oi ŭă ua ŭĭ ui aoi aeu/
== Phonology ==
=== Preinitial ===
Cə-, N- preinitials
=== Initials ===
p t ts c k ʔ
b d dz ɟ g
pʼ tʼ tsʼ cʼ kʼ
m n ɲ
ˀm ˀn ˀɲ ˀŋ
ʰm ʰn ʰɲ ʰŋ
w j
ˀw ˀj
ʰw ʰj
θ s ɕ h


'''a''' in unstressed syllable becomes '''e''' if the previous vowel ends in an /i/.
=== Medials ===
j? l r


[[Category:Old Tigal]][[Category:Tigal]][[Category:Talmic languages]][[Category:Quihum languages]][[Category:Hussmauch]]
=== Nuclei ===
i ə u e a o
 
Nuclei could be either modal or creaky
 
=== Finals ===
p t k m n ŋ w j r ð
 
=== Postfinals ===
-ʔ -s

Latest revision as of 08:47, 29 June 2025

The Keric languages are a small language family native to Mwail British Isles.

Family tree

  • Keric
    • Ker/Qua
    • Danishmandi
    • Bri
    • Gloob

Phonology

Preinitial

Cə-, N- preinitials

Initials

p t ts c k ʔ b d dz ɟ g pʼ tʼ tsʼ cʼ kʼ m n ɲ ˀm ˀn ˀɲ ˀŋ ʰm ʰn ʰɲ ʰŋ w j ˀw ˀj ʰw ʰj θ s ɕ h

Medials

j? l r

Nuclei

i ə u e a o

Nuclei could be either modal or creaky

Finals

p t k m n ŋ w j r ð

Postfinals

-ʔ -s

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