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Qocwane (Qocwanet vŷŷxxŷcê) is the official language of Qocwane, located in our timeline's Hungary. It is inspired by Finnish, Wakashan languages, Salishan languages, and Nuosu.

Phonology

Suprasegmentals

Qocwane prosody is almost the same as Finnish; stress always falls on the first syllable.

Consonants

/m n l ʋ j w/ m n l v j w
/p t ts tɬ k kʷ ʔ/ p t z x c cw q
/f s ɬ x xʷ h/ f s ł ç çw h

/k x/ palatalize in words with ATR harmony and may uvularize in words with RTR harmony.

mm nn ll vv jj ww pp tt zz xx cc ccw qq are the only allowed geminates in native words.

Vowels

Qocwane has 8 vowel qualities, all with vowel length.

		Front	Non-front
		Front	unrounded	rounded
Syllabic consonant	loose		z̩ ŷ
Syllabic consonant	tight		z̠̩ y
Close	loose	i̞ ê	ə̟ â	u̞ ô
Open-mid	tight	ɛ e		ɔ o
Open	tight		ɑ a

Qocwane has loose/tight vowel harmony:

loose: ŷ ŵ ê â ô
tight: y w e a o

Diphthongs: ea êâ oa ôâ ae âê ao âô

â(â) /ə(:)/ is realized as [œ(:)] when stressed.

oa is often realized as [ɔ:]

Morphophonology

Qocwane words participate in consonant gradation:

strong -> weak

geminates -> nongeminates
p -> f
f -> v
t -> ł
ł -> l
z -> s
s -> h
x -> ł
c -> ç
cw -> çw
ç -> j
çw -> w
q -> 0

Grammar

Finnic-like

Nouns

8 to 10 cases, normal nom-acc alignment

TODO [weak grade]-l = nom pl [weak grade]-t = gen sg

naaqe 'human’, naaet 'human-GEN’, naael 'human-PL'

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-:[[Ciêng/Lexicon]]
+'''Qocwane''' (''Qocwanet vŷŷxxŷcê'') is the official language of Qocwane, located in our timeline's Hungary. It is inspired by Finnish, Wakashan languages, Salishan languages, and Nuosu.
-:[[Ciêng/Swadesh list]]
-'''Ciêng''' (''KEE-əng''; natively: /kīəŋ/, [[Windermere]]: ''Cieng'') is a tonal [[Ashanic languages|Ashanic]] language spoken in Tumhan, inspired by Vietnamese, English and Welsh. ("What if Vietnamese were rhotic?") It is closely related to [[Windermere/Classical|Classical Windermere]] but is not a direct descendant of it.
+== Phonology ==
-==Diachronics==
+=== Suprasegmentals ===
-TODO: cluster reflexes
+Qocwane prosody is almost the same as Finnish; stress always falls on the first syllable.
+=== Consonants ===
+* /m n l ʋ j w/ '''m n l v j w'''
+* /p t ts tɬ k kʷ ʔ/ '''p t z x c cw q'''
+* /f s ɬ x xʷ h/ '''f s ł ç çw h'''
+/k x/ palatalize in words with ATR harmony and may uvularize in words with RTR harmony.
-Waaay before Grimm's law, thus b p were still voiced and tenuis stops > p + low resp. high tone classes
+'''mm nn ll vv jj ww pp tt zz xx cc ccw qq''' are the only allowed geminates in native words.
-Numbers: thon, rhã, ziêu, chôi, mượr, tảy
+=== Vowels ===
+Qocwane has 8 vowel qualities, all with vowel length.
+{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
+!rowspan=2 colspan=2|
+! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Front
+! scope="col" colspan=2 | Non-front
+|-
+! scope="col" | <small>unrounded</small>
+! scope="col" | <small>rounded</small>
+|-
+! scope="row" rowspan=2 | Syllabic<br />consonant
+! scope="row" | <small>loose</small>
+|
+| z̩ '''ŷ'''
+|
+|-
+! scope="row" | <small>tight</small>
+|
+| z̠̩ '''y'''
+|
+|-
+! scope="row" | Close
+! scope="row" | <small>loose</small>
+| i{{lowered}} '''ê'''
+| ə{{adv}} '''â'''
+| u{{lowered}} '''ô'''
+|-
+! Open-mid
+! rowspan="2" |<small>tight</small>
+| ɛ '''e'''
+|
+| ɔ '''o'''
+|-
+! scope="row" | Open
+|
+| ɑ '''a'''
+|
+|}
-whếp = light
+Qocwane has loose/tight vowel harmony:
+* loose: '''ŷ ŵ ê â ô'''
+* tight: '''y w e a o'''
-whì = dust
+Diphthongs: '''ea êâ oa ôâ ae âê ao âô'''
-Rhìa whươn mì Whền Whết = I live in Whehli (means something different with different tones)
+'''â(â)''' /ə(:)/ is realized as [œ(:)] when stressed.
-lieb "to put" ~ lliệm
+''oa'' is often realized as [ɔ:]
-dưan tlẹ = to thank in Ciêng?
+<!--The syllabic consonants y(r) u(r) are essentially the usual Sinological vowels ɿ ʮ, so ⟨y⟩ can be identified with the vowel of the Mandarin 四 sì "four", but they have diverse realizations. Y(r) completely assimilates to a preceding coronal except in voice, e.g. /ɕz̩˨˩/ [ɕʑ̩˨˩] ꑮ xyp "to marry", and is [m͡l̩] after a labial nasal, e.g. /m̥z̩˧sz̩˧/ [m̥m͡l̩˧sɹ̩˧] ꂪꌦ hmy sy "cloth". U(r) assimilates similarly after laterals, retaining its rounding, e.g. /l̥v̩ʷ˧/ [l̥l̩ʷ˧] ꆭ hlu "to stir-fry", and is [m̩ʷ] after a labial nasal, e.g. /m̥v̩ʷ˧/ [m̥m̩ʷ˧] ꂥ hmu "mushroom"; moreover it induces a labially trilled release of preceding labial or alveolar stops, e.g. /ⁿdv̩ʷ˨˩/ [ⁿdʙβ̩˨˩] ꅥ ndup "to hit". -->
-tlẹ could be cognate to tănlea "to refuse", dưan is cognate to Windermere şän
+== Morphophonology ==
+Qocwane words participate in consonant gradation:
-chổi = reflexive pronoun
+strong -> weak
+* geminates -> nongeminates
+* p -> f
+* f -> v
+* t -> ł
+* ł -> l
+* z -> s
+* s -> h
+* x -> ł
+* c -> ç
+* cw -> çw
+* ç -> j
+* çw -> w
+* q -> 0
-thỏi = learn (~ snoach)
+== Grammar ==
+Finnic-like
+=== Nouns ===
+to 10 cases, normal nom-acc alignment
-rêng = net
+TODO
+[weak grade]-l = nom pl
+[weak grade]-t = gen sg
-truồng = long
-==Phonology==
+naaqe 'human’, naaet 'human-GEN’, naael 'human-PL'
-===Consonants===
-'''m n nr ng''' /m n (retro n) ŋ/
-'''p t tr tl c qu''' /p t tʂ tl k kw ʔ/ (/ʔ/ not written)
-'''ph th ch wh''' /f θ χ χw/
-'''z s rh ll h''' /s ʃ ʂ~r̥ ɬ h/
-'''tz ts''' /ts tʃ/
-'''r l d''' /r l j/
-===Vowels===
-'''ă a â e ê i o ô u ư ao eo êu aư ai oi ôi ia/iê iêu ua/uô uôi ươi ăr ar er ir or ur âr''' /a ɑ: ɜ ɛ e~ɪ~ɛɪ i~ɪj ɔ o~əʏ u: ɨ: aʊ ɛʊ eʊ aʏ aɪ ɔɪ oɪ iə iəw uə uəj æɹ ɒɹ eɹ iɹ oɹ oɹ əɹ/
-===Tones===
-tones of Viet