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| In [[Verse:Angai|Angai]], '''Thean''' /ˈθiːən/ is a family of analytic monosyllabic tonal languages in the [[Trans-Sarnathian languages|Trans-Sarnathian]] family, spoken in Aem-Zmaə. Thean is head-initial and SVO.
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| ''Thean'' is an exonym derived from the [[Kuam]] pronunciation of the autonym.
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| Thean is natively written with logographs.
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| == Phonology of Modern Standard Thean ==
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| === Initials ===
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| {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
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| ! rowspan="2" | Labial
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| ! rowspan="2" | Inter-<br>dental
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| ! colspan="3" | Alveolar
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| ! rowspan="2" | Retroflex
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| ! rowspan="2" | Palatal
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| ! rowspan="2" | Velar
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| ! rowspan="2" | Glottal
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| ! |plain || sibilant ||lateral
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| ! | Stop (Tone unrestricted)
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| | /p/ b
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| | /tθ/ dh
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| | /t/ d
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| | /ts/ dz
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| | /tɬ/ dl
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| | /ʈʂ/ dr
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| | /tʃ/ j
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| | /k/ g
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| | /ʔ/ ʼ
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| !|Fricative (Only L and M class tones)
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| | /f/ f
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| | /θ/ th
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| | /s/ s
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| | /ʂ/ shr
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| | /ʃ/ sh
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| | /x/ x
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| | /h/ h
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| !|Sonorant (Tone unrestricted)
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| | /m/ m
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| | /n/ n
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| | /l/ l
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| | /ɻ/ r
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| | (/j/ y)
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| | (/w/ w)
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| === Nuclei ===
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| i, e, a, o, u, ii, ee, aa, oo, uu (as in Gwich'in)
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| === Finals ===
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| -t -k -n -ng -dh -w -j -r /-t -k -n -ŋ -ð̠˕ -w -j -ɻ/ (null is allowed)
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| -ng is not as common as in the Sinosphere
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| === Tone ===
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| 9 in nonchecked syllables, 3 in checked ones
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| [[Category:Angai]]
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