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| [[Y dudalen honno yn Gymraeg]] | | :[[Swyr/Lexicon]] |
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| [[Llyn gweim dô fyn Mór fîl (This page in Humpback Whelsh)]] | | '''Swyr''' (natively ''thau Swyr'' [ˈθaɨ̯ suɨ̯ɭ]; Vietnamese ''tiếng Xuê'') is an [[Verse:Irta|Irta]]n Sino-Xenic language spoken in our Guangxi, Guangdong and Hainan. it is inspired by Welsh and Vietnamese. |
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| '''Humpback Whelsh''' (''Mór fîl'') is a tonal language with a Welsh aesthetic. It is meant to be spoken in Humpback Wales, and Old Humpback Whelsh has lent some words to [[Tigal]]. It is an in-universe conlang in [[Verse:Tricin]].
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| ==Phonology==
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| ===Consonants===
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| Humpback Whelsh uses these consonants:
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| ! Labial
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| ! Dental
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| ! Alveolar
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| ! Postalveolar
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| ! Palatal
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| ! Velar
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| ! Labiovelar
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| ! Glottal
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| ! rowspan="2" | Nasal
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| ! <small>voiceless</small>
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| | '''mh''' /m̥/
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| | '''nh''' /n̥/
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| | '''ngh''' /ŋ̊/
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| ! <small>voiced</small>
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| | '''m''' /m/
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| | '''n''' /n/
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| | '''ng''' /ŋ/
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| | '''ngw''' /ŋʷ/
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| ! rowspan="2" | Plosive
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| ! <small>aspirated</small>
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| | '''p''' /pʰ/
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| | '''t''' /tʰ/
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| | '''c''' /kʰ/
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| ! <small>unaspirated</small>
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| | '''b''' /p/
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| | '''d''' /t/
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| | '''g''' /k/
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| | '''gw''' /kʷ/
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| ! rowspan="2" | Fricative
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| ! <small>voiceless</small>
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| | '''ff, ph''' /f/
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| | '''th''' /θ/
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| | '''s''' /s/
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| | '''si''' /ʃ/
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| | '''ch''' /χ/
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| | '''chw''' /xʷ/
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| | '''h''' /h/
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| | '''f''' /v/
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| | '''dd''' /ð/
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| ! rowspan="2" | Trill
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| ! <small>voiceless</small>
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| | '''rh''' /r̥/
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| | '''r''' /r/
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| ! <small>voiceless</small>
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| | '''ll''' /l̥~ɬ/
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| | '''l''' /l/
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| | '''i''' /j/
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| | '''w''' /w/
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| Unlike in Welsh, the consonants written '''mh nh ngh''' are true voiceless nasals.
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| ====Finals====
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| Humpback Whelsh allows these finals: -b, -d, -g, -m, -n, -ng, -l and -r. The first three are unreleased stops /-p̚ -t̚ -k̚/.
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| ===Vowels===
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| ! colspan="1" | Front
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| ! colspan="1" | Central
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| ! colspan="1" | Back
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| !Close
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| | '''i''' /i/ || '''y''' /ɨ/ || '''w''' /w/
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| !Mid
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| | '''e''' /e/ || (ə) || '''o''' /o/
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| !Open
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| ! Diphthongs || colspan="3" | Second component
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| ! First component || front || central || back
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| | '''wy''' /ʊi/
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| | '''iw''' /ɪu/, '''yw''' /ɨu/
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| | '''ei''' /əi/, '''oe''' /ɔi/
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| | '''eu''' /əɨ/
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| | '''ew''' /ɛu/
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| | '''ae''' /aɨ, ɑːɨ/
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| | '''aw''' /au/
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| The schwa /ə/ is written '''y''' and shows up in unstressed words.
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| ===Tones===
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| Humpback Whelsh has four contrastive tones: level, rising, falling and peaking.
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| !colspan=2 | Example
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| ! Notes
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| | Level || ''llyr'' (blow) || /ɬɨr˧/ ||
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| | Rising || ''séng'' (place) || /seŋ˨˥/ ||
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| | Falling || ''chà'' (assist) || /xa˨˩/ || May be slightly creaky voiced.
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| | Peaking || ''rhêud'' (pebble) || /r̥eɨt̚˦˥˩/ ||
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| ===Mutations===
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| Humpback Whelsh uses three kinds of initial consonant mutations for derivational purposes: the soft (''chweul teb mỳng''), the nasal (''chweul teb nhẁd'') and the aspirate (''chweul teb sŷr'') mutations.
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| ! Consonant !! b !! d !! g !! p !! t !! c !! ll !! rh !! m
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| | Soft || f || dd || Ø || b || d || g || l || r || f
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| | Nasal || m || n || ng || mh || nh || ngh || ll || rh || m
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| | Aspirate || b || d || g || ph || th || ch || ll || rh || m
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| ==Numbers==
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| 0. ngéud
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| 1. ỳd
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| 2. cêng
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| 3. rhâw
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| 4. nod
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| 5. thẁy
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| 6. lleb
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| 7. sèun
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| 8. fen
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| 9. llawr
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| 10. hwr
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| 11. chwàed
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| 12. góed
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| 144. máe
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| 1728. ddẃyl
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| 1728^2. óng
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