Modern Aquitanian

Wibian is a descendant of Old Wibian, inspired by Allemañisch.

• Nû miuden laz querde fon hling./Nû bimiuden querde fon hling. = I speak of love and hate

Phonology

Curiously, Wibian phonology is quite similar to Eevo phonology, similar to the relationship between Mandarin and English phonology.

Consonants

Modern Aquitanian consonants

		Labial	Dental	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	voiceless	/m̊/	/n̊/
	voiced	/m/	/n/		/ɲ/	/ŋ/
Stop	plain	/pʰ/	/tʰ/		/tɕʰ/	/kʰ/	/ʔ/
	tense	/p˭/	/t˭/		[tɕ˭]	/k˭/
	voiced	/b/	/d/		/d͡ʑ/	/g/
Fricative	voiceless	/f/	/θ/	/s/	/ʃ/		/h/
	voiced	[v]	[ð]	/z/
	aspirated			/sʰ/
Approximant	voiceless	/w̥/	/l̥/
	voiced	/w/	/l/		/j/

• /h/ may be written as either ⟨h⟩ or ⟨ch⟩; it is pronounced [x] after consonants.

Vowels

vowels: /a ə i u ɔ~aʊ ɛ~aɪ e~eɪ o~oʊ/, ~ denotes alternation.

The Wibian alternation is conditioned by the following rule:

• diphthongs before /ʔ, s, ŋ/ OR before nasals
• monophthongs otherwise?

The alternants are marginally phonemic, e.g. before consonants that don't alternate like /l, h/.

It originally came from the rule "diphthongs in closed syllables, monophthongs in open syllables" (plus diphthongization before /n, s/). This alternation operates after r, -nj > j and attendant vowel coloring.

Phonotactics

Wibian phonotactics are simple; the maximal syllable is C(j)VC.

Morphophonology

Sandhi

After a word-final orthographic s, /b d g/ turn into their tense counterparts /p˭ t˭ k˭/.

Morphology

Words derived from the inherited honorific system replaces pronouns almost completely. The pronoun nû (~ Sjowaazheñ nyaa, Thensarian nā, Eevo naw) still survives in modern Wibian - as a second-person pronoun!