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''Nàu m̌ dwēig Qěi-Mēung.'' 'I don't speak {{PAGENAME}}.'
''Nàu m̌ dwēg Wírn-Mēung.'' 'I don't speak {{PAGENAME}}.'
==Introduction==
==Introduction==
'''{{PAGENAME}}''' (''Ŧaƨƨen-Müđel''; pronounced ''Qěi-Mēung'' /qʰaɪ212 mɔʏŋ55/, dialectally ''Qě-Mēung'' /qʰeː31 mɔʏŋ24/) is a relatively conservative Wiebian lect descended from [[Middle Wiebian]]. It is a tonal language inspired by German and Buyang.
'''{{PAGENAME}}''' (''{{PAGENAME}}-Müđel''; pronounced ''Wírn-Mēung'' /wiɐn35 mɔʏŋ55/) is a relatively conservative [[Wiebian]] lect descended from [[Middle Wiebian]], and a close relative of [[Sŧrah]] (''qʷˁʼe''). It is a tonal language inspired by German, Buyang and Chinese.


==Phonology==
==Phonology==
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Diphthongs: '''au''' /aʊ/ '''äu, eu''' /ɔʏ/ '''ei''' /aɪ/
Diphthongs: '''au''' /aʊ/ '''äu, eu''' /ɔʏ/ '''ei''' /aɪ/


===Erhua===
===Tones===
'Erhua' with the diminutive suffix ''-er'' / ''-r'' (derived from AW ''Schast'' 'baby') /-ɐ/ may occur.
high modal = tone 2, high breathy = tone 3; low modal = tone 4, low breathy = tone 1


<poem>
==Grammar==
for vowels I might keep MW vowels except /æ æː/ and /ɑ ɑː/ merge into /a aː/
===Derivational morphology===
====Erhua====
'Erhua' with the suffix ''-er'' / ''-r'' // may occur.


i have to reinterpret /ja je iːa jaː wa wo uːa waː ɥa ɥø yːa ɥaː/ into Vr
> err, irr, ier, ehr, orr, urr, uhr, ohr, örr, ürr, ühr, öhr?
what about /əː/?
i'll merge it with /aː/
i might write the /aː/ from /əː/ as <ahr>
/j/ /w/ <-j -w> (ai and au are true nuclei)
qei sounds good
Partartian will have breathy voice btw
i'll give the rzaimy-like language a different name
final fricative > breathy (with compensatory lengthening) > falling tone
Qêi
there's no glottalized tone class unlike in RW (treated the same as breathy tone)
(high, low ) x (modal, breathy) = 4 tones
nice
maybe 4 tones as in mandarin
high modal = tone 2, high breathy = tone 3; low modal = tone 4, low breathy = tone 1


</poem>
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[[Category:Wiebic languages]]
[[Category:Wiebic languages]]

Latest revision as of 23:32, 25 February 2016

Nàu m̌ dwēg Wírn-Mēung. 'I don't speak Wirne.'

Introduction

Wirne (Wirne-Müđel; pronounced Wírn-Mēung /wiɐn35 mɔʏŋ55/) is a relatively conservative Wiebian lect descended from Middle Wiebian, and a close relative of Sŧrah (qʷˁʼe). It is a tonal language inspired by German, Buyang and Chinese.

Phonology

Consonants

Labial Dental Palatal Velar Uvular Glottal
plain labialized plain labialized plain labialized plain labialized plain labialized
Nasal m /m/ mw /mʷ/ n /n/ nw /nʷ/ nj /ɲ/ ng /ŋ/ ngw /ŋʷ/
Stop tenuis b /p/ bw /pʷ/ d /t/ dw /tʷ/ dsch /tʃ/ g /k/ gw /kʷ/ ġ /q/ ġw /qʷ/ /ʔ/
aspirated p /pʰ/ pw /pʷʰ/ t /tʰ/ tw /tʷʰ/ tsch /tʃʰ/ k /kʰ/ kw /kʷʰ/ q /qʰ/ qw /qʷʰ/
Fricative voiceless f /f/ z /θ/ zw /θʷ/ sch /ʃ/ schw /ʃʷ/ ch /x/ chw /xʷ/ r /χ/ rw /χʷ/ h /h/
voiced s /ð/ sw /ðʷ/
Approximant voiceless hw /ʍ/
voiced l /l/ j /j/ w /w/

Vowels

Wirne vowels
Front Central Back
unrounded rounded
short long short long short long short long
Close i /ɪ/ ie /iː/ ü /ʏ/ ü, üh /yː/ u /ʊ/ u, uh /uː/
Mid e /ɛ/ e, eh /eː/ ö /œ/ ö, öh /øː/ o /ɔ/ o, oh /oː/
Near-open -r, -er /ɐ/
Open a /a/ a, ah /aː/

Diphthongs: au /aʊ/ äu, eu /ɔʏ/ ei /aɪ/

Tones

high modal = tone 2, high breathy = tone 3; low modal = tone 4, low breathy = tone 1

Grammar

Derivational morphology

Erhua

'Erhua' with the suffix -er / -r /-ɐ/ may occur.