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=== Finals ===
=== Finals ===
-0 -j -v -d -r -n -m /-0 -j -w -ð{{lowered}}ˠ -ɐ̯ --w{{tilde}}/
-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 ====
==== Origins of finals ====
* -0 comes from older -0 (tone A), -ʔ (tone B), -h (tone C), -k (tone D)
* -0 comes from older -0 (tone A), -ʔ (tone B), -h (tone C), -k (tone D)
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== Narrow phonology ==
== Narrow phonology ==
Steal from Danish narrow phonology as much as possible
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 ===
=== Rimes with no -r- medial ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
|-
! colspan="2" rowspan="2"|
! rowspan=2 colspan=2 |
! colspan="12"|Nucleus
! colspan="12"|Nucleus
|-
|-
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!/ɨ/
!/ɨ/
|-
|-
! colspan="2"|[[Monophthong]]
! 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''
| []<br/>''i''
| [yː]<br/>''y''
| [uː]<br/>''ů''
| [ɨː]<br/>''u''
|-
|-
! rowspan="4"|[[Diphthong]]
! /j(ʔ)/
! /j(ʔ)/
| [ɛːj]<br/>''aj''
| [ɑj]<br/>''ăj''
|-
|-
! /w(ʔ)/
! /w(ʔ)/
| [ɛːw]<br/>''av''
| [æw]<br/>''ăv''
|-
|-
! /ð(ʔ)/
! /ð(ʔ)/
| [ɛːð̠˕ˠ]<br/>''ad''
| [æð̠˕ˠ]<br/>''ăd''
|-
|-
! /ɐ̯(ʔ)/
! /ɐ̯(ʔ)/
| [ɑ̈ː]<br/>''ar''
| [ɑ̈ː]<br/>''ăr''
|-
|-
! rowspan="2"|[[Nasal consonant|Nasal]]
! /ŋ(ʔ)/
! /ŋ(ʔ)/
| [ɛ̃ː]<br/>''an''
| [ãː]<br/>''ăn''
|-
|-
! /m(ʔ)/
! /ŋ͡m(ʔ)/
| [ɛ̃ːw̃~ɛːw̃]<br/>''am''
| [æ̃w̃~æw̃]<br/>''ăm''
|-
|-
! |[[Checked tone|Checked]]
! /ʔ/
! /ʔ/
| [ɛːʔ]<br/>''aˀ''
| [æʔ]<br/>''ăˀ''
|}
|}



Latest revision as of 19:30, 26 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).

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

Nuclei: i y u ů e ø o æ æ̊ ă a å /i y 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 áˀ
Breathy initial à 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/ /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
[ɑj]
ăj
/w(ʔ)/ [ɛːw]
av
[æw]
ăv
/ð(ʔ)/ [ɛːð̠˕ˠ]
ad
[æð̠˕ˠ]
ăd
/ɐ̯(ʔ)/ [ɑ̈ː]
ar
[ɑ̈ː]
ăr
/ŋ(ʔ)/ [ɛ̃ː]
an
[ãː]
ăn
/ŋ͡m(ʔ)/ [ɛ̃ːw̃~ɛːw̃]
am
[æ̃w̃~æw̃]
ăm
/ʔ/ [ɛːʔ]
[æʔ]
ăˀ
  • ăd [æð̠˕ˠ]
  • ăj [ɑj]
  • ăv [æw]
  • ăr
  • ăn
  • ăm
  • a
  • ad
  • aj
  • av
  • ar
  • an
  • am

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