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Borrow ''be-'' from Wiebian? (as ''pâ-''~''po-'') | Borrow ''be-'' from Wiebian? (as ''pâ-''~''po-'') | ||
*"The best-laid | *"The best-laid schemes of mice and men gang aft agley" = scheme/CONST mouse plan/CONST man tend go_awry | ||
*''psiat'' = 'count' | *''psiat'' = 'count' | ||
*''Kropp-'' "beauty of" = -logy | *''Kropp-'' "beauty of" = -logy | ||
Revision as of 19:03, 27 May 2017
Todo
Borrow be- from Wiebian? (as pâ-~po-)
- "The best-laid schemes of mice and men gang aft agley" = scheme/CONST mouse plan/CONST man tend go_awry
- psiat = 'count'
- Kropp- "beauty of" = -logy
- Roneas = a female name
- Zrâtt = a mythical figure
- Aem = mother
- Tnong = iron
- sâmm = to read
- Jo'kneam (often pronounced like Jockneam) = capital of Trâimein
Introduction
Trâi /tʀɑːj/ is a Naengic language inspired by Khmer.
Phonology
Consonants
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m /m/ | n /n/ | nj /ɲ/ | ng /ŋ/ | |||
| Stop | plain | p /p/ | t /t/ | z /c/ | k /k/ | ' /ʔ/ | |
| implosive | b /ɓ/ | d /ɗ/ | |||||
| Fricative | w /v/ | s /s̠/ | -s, -ch [x] | h /h/ | |||
| Liquid | l /l/ | lj /ʎ/ | r /ʀ~ʁ/ | ||||
| Approximant | j /j/ | ||||||
Allowed final consonants: [p t c k m n ɲ ŋ l ʀ w j x]
- The older pronunciation of /ʀ/ as [r] is maintained in some dialects and in classical performances.
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| short | long | short | long | short | long | |
| Close | i /ɪ/ | ie /iː/ | ü /ɨ/ | ü /ɨː/ | u /ʊ/ | u /uː/ |
| Close-mid | e /e/ | e /eː/ | ö /ə/ | ö /əː/ | o /o/ | o /oː/ |
| Open-mid | ä /ɛ~ɛə̯/ | ä /ɛː/ | å /ɔ~ɔə̯/ | å /ɔː/ | ||
| Open | a /a/ | a /aː/ | â /ɑ/ | â /ɑː/ | ||
Diphthongs, not counting "r-colored" diphthongs: ae aö ao äi ei öü ou ia/ea ua /ae aə ao ɛɪ əɪ əɨ əʊ iə uə/
Vowels with -j or -w finals: üu üi ui ai âi åi eai uai eau/iau aoi aöi /ɨw ɨj uj aːj ɑːj ɔːj iəj uəj iəw aoj aəj/
R-coloring
Like German, Trâi vocalizes syllable-final /ʀ/ to [ɐ] after certain nuclei, which heavily affects preceding vowels.
- /iː, iə/ + /ʀ/ > [iːɐ]
- /ɨː, ɨə/ + /ʀ/ > [ɨːɐ]
- /uː, uə/ + /ʀ/ > [uːɐ]
- /eː/ + /ʀ/ > [eːɐ]
- /əː, əɨ/ + /ʀ/ > [əːɐ]
- /oː/ + /ʀ/ > [oːɐ]
- /ɛː, ɛɪ/ > [ɛːɐ]
- /ɔː/ + /ʀ/ > [ɔːɐ]
- /əɪ/ + /ʀ/ > [əɪɐ]
- /əʊ/ + /ʀ/ > [əʊɐ]
- /ae/ + /ʀ/ > [aɪɐ]
- /ao/ + /ʀ/ > [aʊɐ]
- /aː, aə/ + /ʀ/ > [aː]
- /ɑ, ɑː/ + /ʀ/ > [ɑː]
Phonotactics
A word may not end in a short vowel; it also may end in at most one consonant. There are also many complex initial clusters and sesquisyllabic words.
Rules for writing rimes
- Following a long vowel or diphthong, the finals /p t c k m n ɲ ŋ l ʀ x/ are written as ⟨p t z k hm hn hnz hng hl hr s⟩. The h is not used for resonant finals if the nucleus is a diphthong or ie /iː/.
- Following a short vowel, the finals /p t c k m n ŋ l ʀ x/ are written as ⟨pp tt zz ck mm nn nz ng ll rr ch⟩.