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Revision as of 23:23, 6 July 2016
Naeng /ʈʼətʼɔhɛtʰ/ is a language spoken by the Naeng people in Hussmauch. It is inspired by Naquian, Welsh and Hmong.
Numbers
Phonology
Consonants
39 consonants.
Labial | Dental | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |||
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central | lateral | ||||||||
Nasal | plain | m m | n n̪ | nr ɳ | ng ŋ | ||||
glottalized | mh mʼ | nh n̪ʼ | nrh ɳʼ | ngh ŋʼ | |||||
Stop | tenuis | p p | t t̪ | tl t̪ɬ̪ | r ʈ | ć c | c k | q q | h ʔ |
aspirated | b pʰ | d t̪ʰ | dl t̪ɬ̪ʰ | dr ʈʰ | ǵ cʰ | g kʰ | gq qʰ | ||
ejective | ph pʼ | th t̪ʼ | tlh t̪ɬ̪ʼ | rh ʈʼ | ćh cʼ | ch kʼ | qh qʼ | ||
Fricative | f f | z s̻ | ll ɬ̪ | s ʂ | x ç | h | |||
Approximant | w w | l l | y j |
Vowels
Naeng has 7 oral and 7 nasal vowels.
i w u e y o a /i ɨ u ɛ ə ɔ a/, î ŵ û ê ŷ ô â /ĩ ɨ̃ ũ ɛ̃ ə̃ ɔ̃ ã/
Diphthongs:
ai aw au yw /ai aɨ au eu əɨ/
Tones
Every syllable may have either high tone or low tone. High tone is marked with an acute accent (high tone /ə́/ is transcribed as ẃ).
Phonotactics
Only V, CV, and CVC are allowed as syllables.