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 |creator = [[User:IlL|IlL]]
 |name = {{PAGENAME}}
-|nativename = in wékar whetmer
+|nativename = in whâyacar whetmer
-|pronunciation= /in wiəkəɭ ʍɛtmɛɭ/
+|pronunciation= /in ʍaˈjəkəɻ ˈʍɛʔmɛɻ/
 |setting=[[Verse:Tricin]]
 |region =
 |extinct =
 |fam1=Quihum
+|fam2=Naquic
 |familycolor=quihum
 |ancestor=Old {{PAGENAME}}
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-'''Whetmer''' (English: /ˈʍɛtmər/ ''WHET-mer''; natively: ''in wékar whetmer'' /in wiəkəɭ ʍɛtmɛɭ/, from [[Naquian]] ''in huēyacaz uehmiz'') is the most divergent present day Naquic language spoken in the country of Whetmer. It's somewhat Faroese inspired.
+'''Whetmer''' (English: /ˈʍɛtməɹ/ ''WHET-mer''; natively: ''in whâyacar whetmer'' /in ʍaˈjəkəɻ ˈʍɛʔmɛɻ/, from [[Naquian]] ''in huēyacaz huehmiz'') is the most divergent present day Naquic language, a minority language in Hetom. It's somewhat Faroese-, Sardinian- and Malagasy-inspired.
+==External history==
+Whetmer used to be an English giblang with clicks. I decided to use the name for a divergent Naquic language that has the /ʍ/ sound.
 ==Grand Master Plan==
-*Stress shifts to initial.
 *hu- > w-, u- > wh-
 *Vz > Vr
 *ī > i; i > e before r; i otherwise
-*Get retroflexes from geminates
+*Get retroflexes from geminates (thus no initial retros)
+*''Câzrâ'' /kaʂa/ = Qazhra
 ==Phonology==
+Add some Malagasy touch
 ===Consonants===
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 | '''c''' /k/
 | '''qu''' /kʷ/
-| ''' ' ''' /ʔ/
+| '''h''' /ʔ/
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 ! |<small>ejective</small>
-| '''p' ''' /pʼ/
+| '''ph ''' /pʼ/
-| '''t' ''' /tʼ/
+| '''th ''' /tʼ/
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-| '''tr' ''' /ʈʼ/
+| '''trh ''' /ʈʼ/
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-| '''c' ''' /kʼ/
+| '''ch ''' /kʼ/
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 ! colspan="2" style="" |Fricative
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-| '''s''' /s/
+| '''z''' /s/
 | '''ł''' /ɬ/
-| '''sr''' /ʂ/
+| '''zr''' /ʂ/
 | '''łr''' /ɬʵ/
 | '''x''' /ɕ/
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 ! |<small>tenuis</small>
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-| '''ts''' /ts/
+| '''tz''' /ts/
 | '''tł''' /tɬ/
-| '''tsr''' /ʈʂ/
+| '''tzr''' /ʈʂ/
 | '''tłr''' /ʈɬʵ/
 | '''tx''' /tɕ/
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 ! |<small>ejective</small>
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-| '''ts' ''' /tsʼ/
+| '''tzh ''' /tsʼ/
-| '''tł' ''' /tɬʼ/
+| '''tłh ''' /tɬʼ/
-| '''tsr' ''' /ʈʂʼ/
+| '''tzrh ''' /ʈʂʼ/
-| '''tłr' ''' /ʈɬʵʼ/
+| '''tłrh ''' /ʈɬʵʼ/
-| '''tx' ''' /tɕʼ/
+| '''txh ''' /tɕʼ/
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 ! rowspan="2" style="" |Approximant
-! |<small>tenuis</small>
+! |<small>voiceless</small>
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-| '''l''' /l/
+| '''l, ll''' /l/
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-| '''r''' /ɹ~ɭ/
+| '''r''' /ɻ/
 | '''y''' /j/
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 ===Vowels===
-'''i í u ú e é o ó æ ǽ a á''' /i i: u u: e iə ə o uə æ æj ə ɑ:/
+'''i î u û e ê o ô ai a â''' /i ui u iu e iə ə o uə ai ə a/; '''w y''' is used for devoiced /u i/.
+After a stressed syllable, as at the end of most words and in the final two syllables of some, /u, i/ are reduced to [ʷ, ʲ]. Final /a/, and sometimes final syllables, are devoiced at the end of an utterance.
 ==Grammar==
+Unlike other Naquic languages, Whehmer preserves much of Naquic declension. The syntax is also more head-initial.
 ===Nouns and adjectives===
-Unlike other Naquic languages, Whetmer preserves much of Naquic declension.
+*''-i, -ia'' nouns: ''cadd'' /kəɖ/ 'song (nom sg)'; ''c'''e'''dda'' /kɛɖ/ 'song (gen sg)'; ''cadder'' /kəɖɛɻ/ 'song (nom pl)'; ''cadden'' /kəɖɛn/ 'song (gen pl)', ''cadditl'' 'song of', ''caddéh'' 'songs of'
-*''cell'' 'song (nom sg)'; ''cella'' 'song (gen sg)'; ''celler'' 'song (nom pl)'; ''cellen'' 'song (gen pl)'
+*w-stem nouns: ''ztûr, ztûir, ztûn, ztûn, ztûtl, ztûweh'' 'fire'
 ===Verbs===
+[[Category:Languages]]
+[[Category:Conlangs]]