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| :[[Kurmian/Swadesh list]] | | :[[Kurmian/Swadesh list]] |
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| '''{{PAGENAME}}''' (natively ''an dûaigh Cùm'' /ʔan dˠûəj kʰūːm/, written ''Kurm'' in the Wiebian alphabet) is a lect of [[Wiebian]] and the official language of the [[Verse:Kurm Republic]]. It's inspired by Irish and Chinese: it's a monosyllabic tonal language with palatalized consonants and initial consonant mutations. Unlike other Wiebian lects, Kurmian retains the [[Ancient Wiebian]] declension system. | | '''{{PAGENAME}}''' (natively ''an dûaigh Cùm'' /ʔan dˠûəj kʰūːm/) is a monosyllabic tonal language with mutations. |
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| Should drop some final r's or retain more -n's and -l's
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| Capital of Kurm Republic: ''An Giang''
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| Numbers:
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| #''fàmh''
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| #''dî''
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| #''nár''
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| #''ngô''
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| #''zèil''
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| #''stù''
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| #''rú''
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| #''leâr''
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| #''fár''
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| #''cìr''
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| ==Todo==
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| ''aigh'' {{angbr|''ach''}} /ʔaj/
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| ==Sound changes==
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| *s!x > sng! > hng <''sng''>
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| *sch > s!= > k= <''sc''>
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| From Schnueher page:
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| Tone from French style weakening of finals? (-d, -t > high (short V)/rising (long V); -s > low (short V)/falling (long V); -de/-te > -t)
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| final stops > high tone; final -Ce > final -C; final -l > ŋ
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| nasal vowels > vowel + w
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| -s would still serve as a tone marker
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| Some AW sources for finals:
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| *-p < -fe, -ffe, -pf(e), -be
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| *-t < -de, -te
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| *-k < -cke
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| *-m < -me, -mpfe
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| *-n < -ne, -nde, -nze
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| *-ŋ < -nge, -nke, -l, -le
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| *-w < -m, -n, -nd, -ng, -nk, -b, -f
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| *-ː < -ge
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| *-j < -tz, -tze, -sche, -st, -ste, -che (ich-laut), -se
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| *-h < -re, -che
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| Uncategorized: -mpf, -mpfe, -nd, -nde, -nz, -nze, -nk, -nke > -m(h), -n(ʔ), -n(h), -ŋ(ʔ)?
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| ==Phonology== | | ==Phonology== |
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| !<small>voiced</small> | | !<small>voiced</small> |
| | {{IPA|vˠ}} || {{IPA|vʲ}} | | | {{IPA|vˠ}} || {{IPA|vʲ}} |
| | {{IPA|zˠ}} || {{IPA|ʑ}} | | | || |
| | {{IPA|j}} || {{IPA|ɣ}} | | | {{IPA|j}} || {{IPA|ɣ}} |
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| ===Finals=== | | ===Finals=== |
| The allowed finals are: /p t k m n ŋ r j w/ {{angbr|''b d g m n l/ng r igh bh''}} | | The allowed finals are: /p t k m n ŋ r j w/ {{angbr|''b d g m n l r igh bh''}} |
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| ===Tones=== | | ===Tones=== |
| Rising, mid, falling (á, à/unmarked, â) | | Rising, mid, falling (á, à/unmarked, â) |
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| Short vowels are toneless. (cf. "entering tone" in Middle Chinese)
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| ===Mutations=== | | ===Mutations=== |