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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' is a language inspired by Khmer, Dinka, Tamil, Pama-Nyungan languages, and Arabic.
'''Trây''' /trɑj/ (natively ''prits Trây''; Windermere: ''brits Dray'') is a Vietnamese-, Bavarian-, and Swiss German-inspired descendant of [[Windermere/Classical|Classical Windermere]]; it is in a dialect continuum with [[Windermere|Windermere]]. It is official in the province Venh Trây.
==Todo==


==Diachronics==
== Phonology ==
Final -r vocalizes to -a as in Boarisch
/m n̪ n ɳ ɲ ŋ/
/p t̪ t ʈ c k ʔ/
/j ʋ ɰ/
/l̪ l ɭ ʎ r ɻ/
Old vowels: /i iː e eː ɛ ɛː a aː ɔ ɔː o oː u uː/
Old word-level phonation: modal, breathy


p-, t- > b-, đ-; b, d > p, t
Modern language shows a vowel split by register:
 
/i e eː ɛ ɛː a aː ɔ ɔː o u uː/
Initial ph th kh from clusters/minor syllables + p t c
-> Modal /ɪ̈ əːi ɜ eːi æ aːe ɑ ɑː o aːo ʌ əːu/
 
-> Breathy /i iː e̝ e̝ː ɛ ɛː ɛə̯ iːə̯ ɔ ɔː o̝ o̝ː u /
y, w > d, v
 
HGCS on final consonants: -p -t -k -f -th -ch > -f -tz -ch -p -t -c
 
Chain shift: -l > -ng > -nh?
 
-t > -ch after i, y, ê, e, a
 
e, o, ea, oa > e, o, iê, uô
 
i, u, ie, ua > ê, ô, i, u
 
ü, üe > y, y
 
Numbers: tuôn, rât, stêu, smac, myts, đâc, puôt, seb, luôi, thâp, zădau, sryc
 
svâc = mouth
 
scăy = forest
 
sci = star
 
prith > prêt 'autumn'
 
hălsieth > hozit 'warmth'
 
==Phonology==
===Consonants===
Nasals: ''m n ng'' /m n ŋ/
 
Plain stops: ''p t c ''' /p t k ʔ/ (unaspirated)
 
Implosives: ''b đ'' /ɓ ɗ/
 
Affricates: ''ph th ts tx kh'' /pf ts̪ ts̺ tʃ kχ/
 
Voiceless fricatives: ''f z s x ch'' /f s̪ s̺ ʃ χ/
 
Voiced fricatives: ''v d g'' /v ð ɣ/
 
Liquids: ''r l'' /r l/
 
===Vowels===
ă a â e ê i y o ô u /ə æ ɑ ɛ e i i ɔ o u/
 
iê uô /iə uə/
 
ai ây ăi oy ôy au âu ău eu êu iêu iêi uôi
 
aa âa ea êa ia ya oa ôa ua (iêa, uôa > ia, ua)
 
y is still /y/ for older speakers.
 
==Grammar==
===Auxiliaries===
====Tense auxiliaries====
{| class="bluetable lightbluebg " style=" text-align: center;"
|-
!|
!I!!thou!!he!!she!!it!!we (exc.)!!we (inc.)!!you (pl.)!!they
|-
!|''mo'' (present)
|''moa''||''mos''||''mon''||''moz''||''mot''||''mots''||''mop''||''moy''||''mam''
|-
!|''chiê'' (past)
|''chia''||''chiês''||''chiên''||''chiêz''||''chiêt''||''chiêts''||''chiêp''||''chiêi''||''chiêm''
|-
!|''be'' (future)
|''bea''||''bes''||''benh''||''bez''||''bet''||''bets''||''bep''||''băi''||''bem''
|}
 
Emphatic auxiliaries: moa ri, mos sen, mon in ...
 
==Sample text==
===UDHR, Article 1===
TODO: This is just Modern Wdm with Trây sound changes
 
Chiêm tsoa crot ăxiêl plum te thya mêz hongtlâz tez imsên. Mâm hach răphângy dâz hongpăthên tez hongslit'â, te mot pđaa thunuô sâm tăze phituôn măciêp năthâ mêz xăgoa châsrap.
 
/kχiəm tsɔɐ̯ krɔts əʃiəŋ pɴum tɛ θyɐ̯ mes .../
 
[[Category:Germanic languages]]

Latest revision as of 23:11, 27 December 2024

Trây is a language inspired by Khmer, Dinka, Tamil, Pama-Nyungan languages, and Arabic.

Phonology

/m n̪ n ɳ ɲ ŋ/ /p t̪ t ʈ c k ʔ/ /j ʋ ɰ/ /l̪ l ɭ ʎ r ɻ/ Old vowels: /i iː e eː ɛ ɛː a aː ɔ ɔː o oː u uː/ Old word-level phonation: modal, breathy

Modern language shows a vowel split by register: /i iː e eː ɛ ɛː a aː ɔ ɔː o oː u uː/ -> Modal /ɪ̈ əːi ɜ eːi æ aːe ɑ ɑː o aːo ʌ əːu/ -> Breathy /i iː e̝ e̝ː ɛ ɛː ɛə̯ iːə̯ ɔ ɔː o̝ o̝ː u uː/