Neck Thai

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Neck Thai
dòai Nékthijʔ
Pronunciation	[/ɗɔ̀ːj nék.tʰăj/]
Created by	IlL
Setting	Hussmauch
Native speakers	20 million (2200 v.C.)
Language family	Tie–Dye Tie Neck Thai

Neck Thai (native name dòai Nék-thijʔ /ɗɔ̀ːj nék.tʰăj/) is a Tie–Dye language with over 50 million speakers. It is the official language of Neck Thailand (Nékthijmien)

Todo

• Phlét Kwaai = Capital of Neck Thailand

Phonology

Consonants

Initials

Neck Thai initials

		Labial	Alveolar	Coart.	Palatal	Velar	Uvular	Glottal
Nasal		m /m/	n /n/			ng /ŋ/
Plosive	plain	p /p/	t /t/		tj /tɕ/	k /k/		/ʔ/
	aspirated	ph /pʰ/	th /tʰ/		tjh /tɕʰ/	kh /kʰ/
	implosive	b /ɓ~b/	d /ɗ~d/
Fricative		v /f/	z /s/	sch /ɧ/		g /x/		h /h/
Approximant		w /ʋ/	l /l/		j /j/
Liquid			r /r/

Allowed initial clusters: pl, phl, pr, phr, vl, vr, tr, thr, schr, kl, khl, gl, kr, khr, gr, kw, khw

Some dialects pronounce /r/ as a uvular trill [ʀ] - in these dialects, /pʀ pʰʀ/, /tʀ tʰʀ/ and /kʀ kʰʀ/ are merged, and /ǃʀ/ is often pronounced as [ǃ].

Finals

Neck Thai finals

		Labial	Alveolar	Dorsal	Laryngeal
Nasal		m [m]	n [n]	ng [ŋ]
Plosive		p [p̚]	t [t̚]	k [k̚]	' [ʔ]
App.		(uw [w])	l [l]	(i [j])

Vowels

Monophthongs

Neck Thai monophthongs

	Front		Central		Back
	short	long	short	long	short	long
Close	i /i/	ie /iː/	u /ʉ/	uu /ʉː/	œ /u/	oe /uː/
Close-mid	e /e/	ee /eː/	eo /ə/	eu /ɵː/	o /o/	oo /oː/
Open-mid	æ /ɛ/	ae /ɛː/			ọ /ɔ/	oa /ɔː/
Open			a /ɐ/	aa /aː/

Diphthongs

Long		Short
Neck Thai	IPA	Neck Thai	IPA
aai	/aːj/	ij	/aj/
aauw	/aːw/	ou	/aw/
ia	/iːɐ/	ia'	/iɐʔ/
ieuw	/iːw/	–	–
oea	/uːɐ/	oea'	/uɐʔ/
oei	/uːj/	œi	/uj/
eeuw	/eːw/	euw	/ew/
aeuw	/ɛːw/	–	–
ua	/ʉːɐ/	ua'	/ʉɐʔ/
eui	/ɵːj/	ui	/ɵj/
oai	/ɔːj/	–	–
ooi	/oːj/	oi	/oj/

Triphthongs

Neck Thai	IPA
iauw	/iɐw/
oeai	/uɐj/
uai	/ʉɐj/

Tones

Standard Neck Thai uses 5 tones.

• Mid: raa /rāː/ [raː˧] 'easy'
• Low: ràa /ràː/ [raː˨˩] 'loud'
• Falling: râa /râː/ [raː˥˩˩] 'fruit'
• High: ráa /ráː/ [raː˥] 'white'
• Rising: raaʔ /rǎː/ [raː˨˩˦] 'vase'

Orthography

Neck Thai is written in a version of the Tergetian abugida.

• ∑ ε - tràap (Wiebian Trab)
• Ь ь - khan (Wiebian Galst)
• Ǝ 3 - kon (Wiebian Koll)
• Φ ϕ - wia (Wiebian Wirr)
• Ṭ ! - nâak (Wiebian Narch)
• Ξ ξ - lék (Wiebian Lecken)
• Κ κ - krìet (Wiebian Kried)
• Z z - vèkhîet (Wiebian Pfegied)
• F f - ang (Wiebian Ang)
• ∇ ʋ̌ - ǃxìjp (Wiebian Ŧeib)
• Λ λ - jam (Wiebian Jamm)
• ∫ s - vìt (Wiebian Fitt)
• Þ þ - mâek (Wiebian Μersch)
• Ψ ψ - thák (Wiebian Dachel)
• Θ θ - ǃxhrôek (Wiebian Đruch)
• X x - ríp (Wiebian Rift)
• ℘ ρ - gát (Primitive Tergetian ġattis)
• V v - schànàat (Wiebian Schnad)
• W w - thíschà schànàat (Wiebian discher Schnad) (for high-class /s/ in native words)
• Q q - hamʔ (Wiebian Hammel)
• Г г - phrôek (Wiebian Brug)
• 8 γ - sèkham (Wiebian Zegahm) (for mid-class /s/ deriving from Wiebian z)

Vowel symbols

• ^t = /ɐ/
• _t = /aː/
• ^n, ^{2t} = /e/
• _n, _{2t} = /eː/
• ^m = /ɛ/
• _m, ^n∞, _n∞ = /ɛː/
• ^2 = /i/
• _2 = /i/
• _2∞ = /iːɐ/
• ^r = /o/
• _r = /oː/
• ^N = /ɔ/
• _N, ^r∞, _r∞ = /ɔː/
• _i = /uː/
• _i∞ = /uːɐ/
• ^{2r} = /ɤ/
• _{2r}, ^{2r}∞, _{2r}∞ = /ɤː/
• ^{2i} = /ɯ/
• _{2i} = /ɯː/
• _{2i}∞ = /ɯːɐ/

Grammar

Pronouns

• I: khôet
• thou: òeng
• we: ngàe

Loanwords

Many Neck Thai words are Wiebian loanwords which come from all stages of Wiebian, Ancient Wiebian to modern lects. Tergetian and Whetmer are also significant sources of loanwords.

Loanwords from Ancient Wiebian:

• hét 'queen, lady' (< Ancient Wiebian Heste /ˈhɛstə/ 'wife')

Numbers

uum - 0

tjhanʔ - 1

ijʔ - 2

vòet - 3

gâai - 4

zèng - 5

!xìet - 6

vae - 7

nôea - 8

ngîat - 9

ràat - 10

jæ̂ng - 100