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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 Aem-Zrâtt language family.
'''{{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.


== Diachronics sketch ==
== Diachronics sketch ==
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=== Vowels ===
=== 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/
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 ===
=== Finals ===
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|-
|-
! rowspan=2 colspan=2 |
! rowspan=2 colspan=2 |
! colspan="12"|Nucleus
! colspan="13"|Nucleus
|-
|-
!/æː/
!/æː/
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!/y/
!/y/
!/u/
!/u/
!/ɨː/
!/ɨ/
!/ɨ/
|-
|-
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| [uː]<br/>''ů''
| [uː]<br/>''ů''
| [ɨː]<br/>''u''
| [ɨː]<br/>''u''
| -
|-
|-
! /j(ʔ)/
! /j(ʔ)/
| [ɛːj]<br/>''aj''
| [ɛːj]<br/>''aj''
| [ɑj]<br/>''ăj''
| [ɑ̈j]<br/>''ăj''
| -
| -
| -
| -
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| -
| -
| [uːj]<br/>''ůj''
| [uːj]<br/>''ůj''
| [ɨj]<br/>''uj''
| [ɨːj]<br/>''uj''
| [əj]<br/>''ŭj''
|-
|-
! /w(ʔ)/
! /w(ʔ)/
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| [yːw]<br/>''yv''
| [yːw]<br/>''yv''
| -
| -
| [ɨw]<br/>''uv''
| [ɨːw]<br/>''uv''
| [əw]<br/>''ŭv''
|-
|-
! /ð(ʔ)/
! /ð(ʔ)/
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| [uːð̠˕ˠ]<br/>''ůd''
| [uːð̠˕ˠ]<br/>''ůd''
| [ð̩˕˗ˠː]<br/>''ud''
| [ð̩˕˗ˠː]<br/>''ud''
| [əð̠˕ˠ]<br/>''ŭd''
|-
|-
! /ɐ̯(ʔ)/
! /ɐ̯(ʔ)/
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| [yːɒ̯̽]<br/>''yr''
| [yːɒ̯̽]<br/>''yr''
| [uːɒ̯̽]<br/>''ůr''
| [uːɒ̯̽]<br/>''ůr''
| [ɨɒ̯̽]<br/>''ur''
| [ɨːɒ̯̽]<br/>''ur''
| [əɒ̯̽]<br/>''ŭr''
|-
|-
! /ŋ(ʔ)/
! /ŋ(ʔ)/

Latest revision as of 01:32, 27 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). 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 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/ /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]
[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