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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' /ɛ/ is a tonal [[Wiobic languages|Wiobic language]].
:[[Æ/Lexicon]]


==Introduction==
'''{{PAGENAME}}''' (natively ''jạrˀ Æ'' [jɑ̈˨˩˨ˀ ʔe˧˧], lit. 'Æ sound'; in English /ɛ/ ''eh'') is an [[Verse:Angai|Angai]]an monosyllabic tonal analytic language inspired by Danish and Vietnamese (and the name is inspired by the real-world E language).
Æ is meant to be the tonal language which I always wanted in Tricin - one evolved from a nontonal, vaguely Germanic language. It has several obvious nods to Danish, such as the spelling, stød as part of a register tone system, and pharyngealized vowels.


==Phonology==
rø{{acute}}dˀ grø{{acute}}dˀ med flø{{cdb}}d could be a chengyu
===Consonants===
== Broad phonology ==
'''p t tj k f s h m n nj ng l zj r v j''' /p t c k f s x m n ɲ ŋ l ɹ ʀ v j/
=== Initials ===
'''b d bl gl g f s fl sl t h m n ng l r v j 0''' /p t pl tɬ k f s fl ɬ ts h m n ŋ l ʁ v j ʔ/


===Vowels===
=== Medials ===
-r- /ʁ/ Since this lowers the vowel, the exact phonetic values of rV combinations must be learned. Tentatively only allowed after b d g f s t h m n ng v.


{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="text-align:center;"
=== Vowels ===
|+ '''{{PAGENAME}} vowels'''
Nuclei: i y u ů e ø o æ æ̊ a å /i y ɨ u e ø o ɛ œ æ ɔ/
 
=== Finals ===
-0 -j -v -d -r -n -m /-0 -j -w -ð{{lowered}}ˠ -ɐ̯ -ⁿ -w{{tilde}}/
==== Origins of finals ====
* -0 comes from older -0 (tone A), -ʔ (tone B), -h (tone C), -k (tone D)
* -v comes from older -w (tone A), -wʔ (tone B), -f (tone C), -p -wə(final stop) (tone D)
* -j comes from older -j (tone A), -jʔ (tone B), -ç (tone C), -c -jə(final stop) (tone D)
* -d comes from older -ð -l (tone A), -ðʔ -lʔ (tone B), -þ (tone C), -t -ðə(final stop) -lə(final stop) (tone D)
* -r comes from older -r (tone A), -rʔ (tone B), -s (tone C), -q -rə(final stop) (tone D)
* -n from -n -ɲ sometimes -ŋ (add ʔ or final fric as necessary for tones B or C), -nə(final stop) -ɲə(final stop) -ŋə(final stop) (tone D)
* -m from -m sometimes -ŋ (add ʔ or final fric as necessary for tones B or C), -mə(final stop) -ŋə(final stop) (tone D)
 
(Posttonic syllables after nonresonants are lost without a trace)
 
=== Tones ===
8 tones, 2 of which have stød
==== Tone box ====
Vietnamese tone diacritics are used to indicate the abstract etymological origin of the tone (The precise tone values are TBD)
{| class="wikitable"
!
!A (null/voiced coda)
!B (glottal stop coda)
!C (fricative coda)
!D (voiceless stop coda)
|-
|-
! rowspan="3" |
!Modal initial
! colspan="4" |Front
|a
! rowspan="2" colspan="2" |Central
|á
! rowspan="2" colspan="2" |Back
|
|áˀ
|-
|-
! colspan="2" style="" |<small>unrounded</small>
!Breathy initial
! colspan="2" style="" |<small>rounded</small>
|à
|-
|
!style=" "|<small>plain</small>
|ã
!style=" "|<small>phar.</small>
|ạˀ
!style=" "|<small>plain</small>
!style=" "|<small>phar.</small>
!style=" "|<small>plain</small>
!style=" "|<small>phar.</small>
!style=" "|<small>plain</small>
!style=" "|<small>phar.</small>
|-
! style="" |Close
| '''i''' /i/
| '''ir''' /iˤ/
|
|
| '''u''' /ɨ/
| '''ur''' /ɨˤ/
| '''ů''' /uˤ/
| '''ůr''' /uˤ/
|-
! style="" |Close-mid
| '''e''' /e/
| '''er''' /eˤ/
| '''ø''' /øˤ/
| '''ør''' /øˤ/
|
|
| '''o''' /o/
| '''or''' /oˤ/
|-
! style="" |Open
| '''æ''' /ɛ/
| '''ær''' /ɛˤ/
| '''æ̊''' /œ/
| '''æ̊r''' /œˤ/
| '''a''' /a/
| '''ar''' /aˤ/
| '''å''' /ɔ/
| '''år''' /ɔˤ/
|}
|}


===Tones===
== Narrow phonology ==
Æ has four register phonations or tones:
Steal from Danish narrow phonology as much as possible
{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="text-align:center;"
[[Category:Languages]]
|+ '''{{PAGENAME}} tones'''
|-
! Spelling
! Tone
! Example
! IPA
! Meaning
|-
| unmarked
| modal
| ''hæ̊''
| /hœ/
| echo
|-
| ƨ
| stød (weak glottalization)
| ''hæ̊ƨ''
| /hœˀ/
| steep
|-
| з
| breathy
| ''hæ̊з''
| /hœʱ/
| to stretch
|-
| ч
| checked (strong glottalization)
| ''hæ̊ч''
| /hœʔ/
| to make a mistake
|}

Latest revision as of 23:14, 22 November 2024

Æ/Lexicon

Æ (natively jạrˀ Æ [jɑ̈˨˩˨ˀ ʔe˧˧], lit. 'Æ sound'; in English /ɛ/ eh) is an Angaian monosyllabic tonal analytic language inspired by Danish and Vietnamese (and the name is inspired by the real-world E language).

rǿdˀ grǿdˀ med flø̣d could be a chengyu

Broad phonology

Initials

b d bl gl g f s fl sl t h m n ng l r v j 0 /p t pl tɬ k f s fl ɬ ts h m n ŋ l ʁ v j ʔ/

Medials

-r- /ʁ/ Since this lowers the vowel, the exact phonetic values of rV combinations must be learned. Tentatively only allowed after b d g f s t h m n ng v.

Vowels

Nuclei: i y u ů e ø o æ æ̊ a å /i y ɨ u e ø o ɛ œ æ ɔ/

Finals

-0 -j -v -d -r -n -m /-0 -j -w -ð̞ˠ -ɐ̯ -ⁿ -w̃/

Origins of finals

  • -0 comes from older -0 (tone A), -ʔ (tone B), -h (tone C), -k (tone D)
  • -v comes from older -w (tone A), -wʔ (tone B), -f (tone C), -p -wə(final stop) (tone D)
  • -j comes from older -j (tone A), -jʔ (tone B), -ç (tone C), -c -jə(final stop) (tone D)
  • -d comes from older -ð -l (tone A), -ðʔ -lʔ (tone B), -þ (tone C), -t -ðə(final stop) -lə(final stop) (tone D)
  • -r comes from older -r (tone A), -rʔ (tone B), -s (tone C), -q -rə(final stop) (tone D)
  • -n from -n -ɲ sometimes -ŋ (add ʔ or final fric as necessary for tones B or C), -nə(final stop) -ɲə(final stop) -ŋə(final stop) (tone D)
  • -m from -m sometimes -ŋ (add ʔ or final fric as necessary for tones B or C), -mə(final stop) -ŋə(final stop) (tone D)

(Posttonic syllables after nonresonants are lost without a trace)

Tones

8 tones, 2 of which have stød

Tone box

Vietnamese tone diacritics are used to indicate the abstract etymological origin of the tone (The precise tone values are TBD)

A (null/voiced coda) B (glottal stop coda) C (fricative coda) D (voiceless stop coda)
Modal initial a á áˀ
Breathy initial à ã ạˀ

Narrow phonology

Steal from Danish narrow phonology as much as possible