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| ==Introduction==
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| Old Kurmian is inspired by Middle Chinese and Irish.
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| ==Sound changes==
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| *short e > short i, short i > ə
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| *short a o u > short ä ö ü
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| */au ai/ > /aː/, /oy/ > /we/
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| *back vowels should break as in OC > MC
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| *final fricatives > breathy tone > low tone
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| *Prefixes correspond to lexical mutations in RW
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| *grammatical mutation
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| *standardize Irish-style orthography?
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| *slenderization and labialization yielding MC-style medials
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| *vowel length lost
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| *assuming vocalized r at the same conditions as bühnendeutsch:
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| **fám, dàuigh, neág, đâbh, séil, stúm, rút, leá, speáb, cia
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| ==Phonology==
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| ===Initials===
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| {|class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="text-align:center"
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| |+'''{{PAGENAME}} initials'''
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| !colspan="2" |
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| ! | Labial
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| ! | Coronal
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| ! | Lateral
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| ! | Coarticulated
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| ! | Velar
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| ! | Glottal
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| |-
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| !rowspan="2"| Nasal
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| ! <small>voiceless</small>
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| | /m̊/
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| | /n̊/
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| | /n̊ˡ/
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| | /ŋ̊!/
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| | /ŋ̊/
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| |-
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| ! <small>voiced</small>
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| | /m/
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| | /n/
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| | /nˡ/
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| | /ŋ!/
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| | /ŋ/
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| |-
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| !rowspan="4" | Stop
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| !<small>tenuis</small>
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| | /p/
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| | /t/
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| | /tɬ/
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| | /!/
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| | /k/
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| | /ʔ/
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| |-
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| !<small>aspirated</small>
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| | /pʰ/
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| | /tʰ/
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| | /tɬʰ/
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| | /!ʰ/
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| | /kʰ/
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| |-
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| !<small>voiced</small>
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| | /b/
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| | /d/
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| | /dɮ/
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| | /g!/
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| | /g/
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| |-
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| !<small>breathy voiced</small>
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| | /bʱ/
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| | /dʱ/
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| | /dɮʱ/
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| | /g!ʱ/
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| | /gʱ/
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| |-
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| !rowspan="2"|Fricative
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| !<small>voiceless</small>
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| | /f/
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| | /s/
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| | /ɬ/
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| | /ɧ/
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| | /x/
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| | /h/
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| |-
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| !<small>voiced</small>
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| | /z/
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| | /ɮ/
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| | /ɧ̬/
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| | /ɣ/
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| |-
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| !colspan=2| Trill
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| | /r/
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| |-
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| !colspan=2| Approximant
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| | /w/, /ɥ/
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| | /l/
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| | /j/
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| ===Vowels===
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| There are many permissible rimes. There are four possible "medials": zero, /-j-/, /-w-/, and /-jw-/.
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| {| class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="text-align: center;"
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| |-
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| !
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| ! Front
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| ! Central
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| ! Back
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| |-
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| ! Close
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| | /i/
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| | /ɨ/
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| | /u/
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| |-
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| ! Close-mid
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| | /e/
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| | /ə/
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| | /o/
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| |-
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| ! Open-mid
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| | /ɛ/
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| |-
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| ! Open
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| | /a/
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| |}
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| ===Finals===
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| Permissible finals: /-p -t -k -m -n -l/
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| ===Tones===
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| ==Grammar==
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| ===Mutations===
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| */p/ <''p''> > /f/ /b/ /pʰ/ (from AW pf)
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| */b/ <''b''> > /v/ /m/ /bʰ/
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| */pʰ/ <''p̂''> > /f/ /m̊/ /pʰ/
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| */f/ <''f''> > /0/ /v/ /f/ (from AW f and w)
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| */m/ <''m''> > /ṽ/ /m/ /m̊/
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| */t/ <''t''> > /θ/ /d/ /tʰ/
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| */d/ <''d''> > /ð/ /n/ /dʰ/
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| */tʰ/ <''t̂''> > /θ/ /n̊/ /tʰ/
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| */s/ <''ƨ''> > /h/ /z/ /s/
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| */z/ <''s''> > /0/ /z/ /z/
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| */n/ <''n''> > /n/ /n/ /n̊/
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| */!/ <''ŧ''> > /ɧ/ /g!/ /!ʰ/
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| */g!/ <''đ''> > /ɧ̬/ /ŋ!/ /g!ʰ/
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| */!ʰ/ <''ŧ''> > /ɧ/ /ŋ̊!/ /!ʰ/
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| */ɧ/ <''sc''> > /h/ /ɧ̬/ /ɧ/
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| */k/ <''c''> > /x/ /g/ /kʰ/
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| */g/ <''g''> > /ɣ/ /ŋ/ /gʰ/
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| ===Tenses===
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| *Present: is V S O, negation má V is S O
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| *Past: do-L V S O, negation mádh-L V S O
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| [[Category:Wiebic languages]][[Category:Pfeunic languages]][[Category:Quame languages]][[Category:Pfeuno-K'aitian languages]] | |