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'''{{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). It belongs to the Rieñ-Zrâtt language family and is related to [[Trây]] which is a Khmer-like language with initial clusters condensed into clicks. | |||
Æ is | |||
== | == Diachronics sketch == | ||
Old Æ -ång/k -ong/k -ůng/k -> Modern Æ -æ̊m/vˀ -øm/vˀ -ym/vˀ | |||
=== | == 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 === | |||
Æ has 13 nuclei: i y ŭ u ů e ø o æ æ̊ ă a å /i y ɨ ɨ: u e ø o ɛ œ æ æ: ɔ/ | |||
=== Finals === | |||
-0 -j -v -d -r -n -m -ˀ -jˀ -vˀ -dˀ -rˀ -nˀ -mˀ /-0 -j -w -ð -ɐ̯ -ŋ -ŋ͡m -ʔ -jʔ -wʔ -ðʔ -ɐ̯ʔ -ŋʔ -ŋ͡mʔ/ | |||
==== 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) | |||
|- | |||
!Modal initial | |||
|a | |||
|á | |||
|ả | |||
|áˀ | |||
|- | |- | ||
! | !Breathy initial | ||
|à | |||
|ạ | |||
|ã | |||
|ạˀ | |||
|} | |||
== Narrow phonology == | |||
Steal from Danish narrow phonology as much as possible | |||
=== Initials === | |||
Initials are close to their broad transcriptions in Standard Æ. | |||
=== Rimes with no -r- medial === | |||
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | |||
|- | |- | ||
! colspan= | ! rowspan=2 colspan=2 | | ||
! colspan=" | ! colspan="13"|Nucleus | ||
|- | |- | ||
! | !/æː/ | ||
! | !/æ/ | ||
! | !/ɛ/ | ||
! | !/œ/ | ||
! | !/ɔ/ | ||
! | !/e/ | ||
! | !/ø/ | ||
! | !/o/ | ||
!/i/ | |||
!/y/ | |||
!/u/ | |||
!/ɨː/ | |||
!/ɨ/ | |||
|- | |- | ||
! | ! rowspan="8"|Coda | ||
| ''' | ! /0/ | ||
| ''' | | [ɛː]<br/>''a'' | ||
| | | - | ||
| | | [eː]<br/>''æ'' | ||
| ''' | | [œ̝ː]<br/>''æ̊'' | ||
| '' | | [ɔ̽ː]<br/>''å'' | ||
| | | [e̝ː]<br/>''e'' | ||
| ''' | | [øː]<br/>''ø'' | ||
| [o̝ː]<br/>''o'' | |||
| [iː]<br/>''i'' | |||
| [yː]<br/>''y'' | |||
| [uː]<br/>''ů'' | |||
| [ɨː]<br/>''u'' | |||
| - | |||
|- | |- | ||
! | ! /j(ʔ)/ | ||
| ''' | | [ɛːj]<br/>''aj'' | ||
| ''' | | [ɑ̈j]<br/>''ăj'' | ||
| ''' | | - | ||
| ''' | | - | ||
| | | [ɒ̽ːj]<br/>''åj'' | ||
| | | - | ||
| ''' | | - | ||
| '' | | [oːj]<br/>''oj'' | ||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| [uːj]<br/>''ůj'' | |||
| [ɨːj]<br/>''uj'' | |||
| [əj]<br/>''ŭj'' | |||
|- | |- | ||
! | ! /w(ʔ)/ | ||
| ''' | | [ɛːw]<br/>''av'' | ||
| ''' | | [æw]<br/>''ăv'' | ||
| '' | | [eːw]<br/>''æv'' | ||
| ''' | | [œːw]<br/>''æ̊v'' | ||
| ''' | | [ɔ̽ːw]<br/>''åv'' | ||
| ''' | | [e̝ːw]<br/>''ev'' | ||
| '' | | [øːw]<br/>''øv'' | ||
| '' | | - | ||
| | | [iːw]<br/>''iv'' | ||
| [yːw]<br/>''yv'' | |||
| - | |||
| [ɨːw]<br/>''uv'' | |||
| [əw]<br/>''ŭv'' | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
! | ! /ð(ʔ)/ | ||
| [ɛːð̠˕ˠ]<br/>''ad'' | |||
| [æð̠˕ˠ]<br/>''ăd'' | |||
| [eːð̠˕ˠ]<br/>''æd'' | |||
| [œ̝ːð̠˕ˠ]<br/>''æ̊d'' | |||
| [ɔ̽ːð̠˕ˠ]<br/>''åd'' | |||
| [e̝ːð̠˕ˠ]<br/>''ed'' | |||
| [øːð̠˕ˠ]<br/>''ød'' | |||
| [o̝ːð̠˕ˠ]<br/>''od'' | |||
| [iːð̠˕ˠ]<br/>''id'' | |||
| [yːð̠˕ˠ]<br/>''yd'' | |||
| [uːð̠˕ˠ]<br/>''ůd'' | |||
| [ð̩˕˗ˠː]<br/>''ud'' | |||
| [əð̠˕ˠ]<br/>''ŭd'' | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | ! /ɐ̯(ʔ)/ | ||
| | | [ɑ̈ː]<br/>''ar'' | ||
| '' | | [ɑ̈ː]<br/>''ăr'' | ||
| / | | [eːɒ̯̽]<br/>''ær'' | ||
| | | [œːɒ̯̽]<br/>''æ̊r'' | ||
| [ɒ̝ː]<br/>''år'' | |||
| [e̝ːɒ̯̽]<br/>''er'' | |||
| [øːɒ̯̽]<br/>''ør'' | |||
| [o̝ːɒ̯̽]<br/>''or'' | |||
| [iːɒ̯̽]<br/>''ir'' | |||
| [yːɒ̯̽]<br/>''yr'' | |||
| [uːɒ̯̽]<br/>''ůr'' | |||
| [ɨːɒ̯̽]<br/>''ur'' | |||
| [əɒ̯̽]<br/>''ŭr'' | |||
|- | |- | ||
! /ŋ(ʔ)/ | |||
| [ɛ̃ː]<br/>''an'' | |||
| '' | | [ãː]<br/>''ăn'' | ||
| / | |||
|- | |- | ||
! /ŋ͡m(ʔ)/ | |||
| [ɛ̃ːw̃~ɛːw̃]<br/>''am'' | |||
| '' | | [æ̃w̃~æw̃]<br/>''ăm'' | ||
| / | |||
|- | |- | ||
! /ʔ/ | |||
| [ɛːʔ]<br/>''aˀ'' | |||
| '' | | [æʔ]<br/>''ăˀ'' | ||
| / | |||
|} | |} | ||
== | == Grammar == | ||
=== Polar questions === | |||
Yes-no questions either use the A-not-A form or put the appropriate negative word at the end. | |||
:''Mæ{{cdb}}rˀ húd med blảj Æ?'' / ''Mæ{{cdb}}rˀ húd blảj Æ med?'' | |||
: 2 COP NEG.COP human Æ / 2 COP human Æ NEG.COP | |||
: Are you Æ? | |||
== Poetry == | |||
Lục bát (with the same rules as in Vietnamese lục bát) is the most common poetic form | |||
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Latest revision as of 01:32, 27 November 2024
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). It belongs to the Rieñ-Zrâtt language family and is related to Trây which is a Khmer-like language with initial clusters condensed into clicks.
Diachronics sketch
Old Æ -ång/k -ong/k -ůng/k -> Modern Æ -æ̊m/vˀ -øm/vˀ -ym/vˀ
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
Æ has 13 nuclei: i y ŭ u ů e ø o æ æ̊ ă a å /i y ɨ ɨ: u e ø o ɛ œ æ æ: ɔ/
Finals
-0 -j -v -d -r -n -m -ˀ -jˀ -vˀ -dˀ -rˀ -nˀ -mˀ /-0 -j -w -ð -ɐ̯ -ŋ -ŋ͡m -ʔ -jʔ -wʔ -ðʔ -ɐ̯ʔ -ŋʔ -ŋ͡mʔ/
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 | ả | áˀ |
Breathy initial | à | ạ | ã | ạˀ |
Narrow phonology
Steal from Danish narrow phonology as much as possible
Initials
Initials are close to their broad transcriptions in Standard Æ.
Rimes with no -r- medial
Nucleus | ||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
/æː/ | /æ/ | /ɛ/ | /œ/ | /ɔ/ | /e/ | /ø/ | /o/ | /i/ | /y/ | /u/ | /ɨː/ | /ɨ/ | ||
Coda | /0/ | [ɛː] a |
- | [eː] æ |
[œ̝ː] æ̊ |
[ɔ̽ː] å |
[e̝ː] e |
[øː] ø |
[o̝ː] o |
[iː] i |
[yː] y |
[uː] ů |
[ɨː] u |
- |
/j(ʔ)/ | [ɛːj] aj |
[ɑ̈j] ăj |
- | - | [ɒ̽ːj] åj |
- | - | [oːj] oj |
- | - | [uːj] ůj |
[ɨːj] uj |
[əj] ŭj | |
/w(ʔ)/ | [ɛːw] av |
[æw] ăv |
[eːw] æv |
[œːw] æ̊v |
[ɔ̽ːw] åv |
[e̝ːw] ev |
[øːw] øv |
- | [iːw] iv |
[yːw] yv |
- | [ɨːw] uv |
[əw] ŭv | |
/ð(ʔ)/ | [ɛːð̠˕ˠ] ad |
[æð̠˕ˠ] ăd |
[eːð̠˕ˠ] æd |
[œ̝ːð̠˕ˠ] æ̊d |
[ɔ̽ːð̠˕ˠ] åd |
[e̝ːð̠˕ˠ] ed |
[øːð̠˕ˠ] ød |
[o̝ːð̠˕ˠ] od |
[iːð̠˕ˠ] id |
[yːð̠˕ˠ] yd |
[uːð̠˕ˠ] ůd |
[ð̩˕˗ˠː] ud |
[əð̠˕ˠ] ŭd | |
/ɐ̯(ʔ)/ | [ɑ̈ː] ar |
[ɑ̈ː] ăr |
[eːɒ̯̽] ær |
[œːɒ̯̽] æ̊r |
[ɒ̝ː] år |
[e̝ːɒ̯̽] er |
[øːɒ̯̽] ør |
[o̝ːɒ̯̽] or |
[iːɒ̯̽] ir |
[yːɒ̯̽] yr |
[uːɒ̯̽] ůr |
[ɨːɒ̯̽] ur |
[əɒ̯̽] ŭr | |
/ŋ(ʔ)/ | [ɛ̃ː] an |
[ãː] ăn | ||||||||||||
/ŋ͡m(ʔ)/ | [ɛ̃ːw̃~ɛːw̃] am |
[æ̃w̃~æw̃] ăm | ||||||||||||
/ʔ/ | [ɛːʔ] aˀ |
[æʔ] ăˀ |
Grammar
Polar questions
Yes-no questions either use the A-not-A form or put the appropriate negative word at the end.
- Mæ̣rˀ húd med blảj Æ? / Mæ̣rˀ húd blảj Æ med?
- 2 COP NEG.COP human Æ / 2 COP human Æ NEG.COP
- Are you Æ?
Poetry
Lục bát (with the same rules as in Vietnamese lục bát) is the most common poetic form