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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' is an agglutinative language inspired by German and Khmer.
:[[{{FULLPAGENAME}}/Lexicon]]
:[[{{FULLPAGENAME}}/Swadesh list]]


''ẞahng'' = father
{{Infobox language
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|name = {{PAGENAME}}
|nativename = ''Wiob-Nkahn''
|pronunciation=  /wiob ᵑgaːn/
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|fam1= [[Wiobic languages|Wiobic]]
|script={{PAGENAME}} script
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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' (''wee-OH-bee-ən''; ''Wiobem-Nkahn'' or colloquially ''Wiob-Nkahn'') is a conlang loosely inspired by Old High German, Old English and Khmer.


''Nßäht'' = tree
Numbers: ßoz, klie, skah, moj, fah, ies, nteht, nuot, ngaht, ziu


''Paŕer'' = stone
''ma'' = negative


''Ntŕahg'' = child
''nkelei Piontels je Bojels.'' = I speak of love and hate.


''je'' = who
''Plünkßne'' = feather
==Idea==
A "Sinospheric Finnish", or "Chinese with cases"


''jan'' = what
==Phonology==
 
===Orthography===
''jang'' = where
Wiobian is written in an orthography created by King Kait Niumer (modern Wiobian: ''Houger Niumer Kait''; ''Kait'' is the family name).
 
''jies'' = how many
 
''ßan, eir, buhz, jåhnß, ßeng, zkühnt, ntöü, nuot, ngiat, zråht'' [san, eir, ɓuːc, jɔːⁿs, ˈseŋ, ckyːⁿt, ⁿdøy, nuət, ŋiat, crɔːt]
 
''wint'' = negative
 
''ktei'' = 'land' (< ''kataay''?)
 
y-, r- > s?
 
ly, ny > j
 
rn, rt, rnt, rl > ń, z, ńz, ŕ
 
ʟ > g
 
tj, ntj > ß, nß
 
rr > r
 
q > 0
 
nq > ng
 
ʀ > h


''nkelei Pientenk tur Boyenk.'' = I speak of love and hate.
in wiobian Orthography, only Nouns are capitalized; first Words in Sentences are not capitalized unless they are Nouns.


==Phonology==
===Orthography===
===Consonants===
===Consonants===
Wiobian uses the following 24 consonants:
{| class="bluetable lightbluebg " style="text-align: center;"
{| class="bluetable lightbluebg " style="text-align: center;"
|+ '''Wiobian consonants'''
! colspan="2"|
! colspan="2"|
! | Labial
! | Labial
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| '''m''' /m/
| '''m''' /m/
| '''n''' /n/
| '''n''' /n/
| '''ń''' /ɲ/
| '''nj''' /ɲ/
| '''ng''' /ŋ/
| '''ng''' /ŋ/
|  
|  
|  
|  
|-
|-
! rowspan="2" |Plosive
! rowspan="3" |Plosive
! | <small>voiceless</small>
! | <small>voiceless</small>
| '''p''' /p/
| '''p''' /p/
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| '''mp''' /ᵐb/
| '''mp''' /ᵐb/
| '''nt''' /ⁿd/
| '''nt''' /ⁿd/
| '''ńz''' /ᶮɟ/
| '''nz''' /ᶮɟ/
| '''nk''' /ᵑg/
| '''nk''' /ᵑg/
| '''nqu''' /ᵑgʷ/
| '''nqu''' /ᵑgʷ/
|
|-
! | <small>voiced</small>
| '''b''' /b/
| '''d''' /d/
| '''dj''' /ɟ/
|
|
|  
|  
|-
|-
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! | <small>plain</small>
! | <small>plain</small>
| '''f''' /f~v/
| '''f''' /f~v/
| '''ß''' /s~z/
| '''ß''' /s~z/<br/>'''th''' /θ~ð/
| '''s''' /ç~ʝ/
| '''s''' /ç~ʝ/
| '''g''' /x~ɣ/
| '''g''' /x~ɣ/
|  
| '''hw''' /ʍ/
| '''h''' /h/
| '''h''' /h/
|-
|-
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! colspan="2" |Liquid
! colspan="2" |Liquid
|
|
| '''r''' /r/; '''l''' /l/
| '''l''' /l/
| '''ŕ''' /ɹ/
| '''r''' /ɹ/
|  
|  
|  
|  
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*Voiceless plosives are ''not'' aspirated.
*Voiceless plosives are ''not'' aspirated.
*/ᵐb ⁿd ᶮɟ ᵑg/ devoice to [ᵐp ⁿt ᶮc ᵑk] word-finally.
*/ᵐb ⁿd ᶮɟ ᵑg/ devoice to [ᵐp ⁿt ᶮc ᵑk] word-finally.
*/b d ɟ/ are often realized as implosives.
*The fricatives ''ß s g'' are voiced intervocalically.
*The fricatives ''ß s g'' are voiced intervocalically.
*Gemination is phonemic.
*In Modern Wiobian, '''s''' in '''sC-''' inital clusters are pronounced /x/.
*In Old Wiobian, '''r''' was [r], an alveolar trill.


===Vowels===
===Vowels===
Wiobian has short and long versions of the following monophthongs (except for /ə/ which only occurs in unstressed syllables). Long vowels are marked with a following ''h''.
{{PAGENAME}} has short and long versions of the following monophthongs (except for /ə/ which only occurs in unstressed syllables). Long vowels can be marked with a following ''h''. Word-finally, vowels (except schwa) are long even without a following ''h''.
{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="text-align:center;"
{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="text-align:center;"
! | &nbsp;
! | &nbsp;
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|}
|}


Diphthongs: '''ai au ei öü ou ia ie io iu üö uo'''
Diphthongs: '''ai au ei öü ou ie io iu üö uo'''


===Prosody===
===Prosody===
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===Phonotactics===
===Phonotactics===


The syllable structure is (C)(C)V(C)s, where V can be a vowel or a diphthong.
The syllable structure is usually (C)(C)V(C)s, where V can be a vowel or a diphthong.
 
===Morphophonology===


==Morphology==
==Morphology==
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|-
|-
!scope="row"|Genitive
!scope="row"|Genitive
|colspan="2"|''Nßähter''
|colspan="2"|''Nßähtem''
|-
|-
!scope="row"|Illative/Inessive
!| Illative
|colspan=2|''Nßähter''
|-
!scope="row"|Inessive
|colspan="2"|''Nßähtel''
|colspan="2"|''Nßähtel''
|-
|-
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|colspan="2"|''Nßähtels''
|colspan="2"|''Nßähtels''
|-
|-
!scope="row"|Allative/Adessive
!scope="row"|Allative/Dative
|colspan="2"|''Nßähtene''
|-
!scope="row"|Adessive
|colspan="2"|''Nßähten''
|colspan="2"|''Nßähten''
|-
!scope="row"|Dative
|colspan="2"|''Nßähtene''
|-
|-
!scope="row"|Ablative
!scope="row"|Ablative
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|-
|-
!scope="row"|Essive
!scope="row"|Essive
|colspan="2"|''Nßähtezz''
|colspan="2"|''Nßähtez''
|-
|-
!scope="row"|Translative
!scope="row"|Translative
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|}
|}


Plurals are formed with ''nto-'', so: ''Ntonßäht'' (trees), ''Ntonßähter'' (of trees), ...
Plurals are formed with ''nto'', so: ''nto Nßäht'' (trees), ''nto Nßähtem'' (of trees), ...
 
Old {{PAGENAME}} used ''-er'' as an accusative and ''-el'' for both the illative and inessive.
 
===Article===
 
The equivalent of the definite article in {{PAGENAME}} is a classifier (as in Hmong), but it's placed after the noun and carries the case marker. The noun before a classifier is prescriptively in the genitive case, but it's often dropped.
 
* ''Nßäht kothem'' (presc. and in older {{PAGENAME}} ''Nßähtem kothem'') 'of the tree'
* ''Nßähtem'' 'of a tree'


===Pronouns===
===Pronouns===
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|-
|-
!|1
!|1
|''nkohz''
|''si''
|''tahs''
|''tahs''
|-
|-
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|-
|-
!|3
!|3
|colspan="2"|''mpa'' (animate), ''mpi'' (inanimate)
|''mpa'' (animate), ''mpi'' (inanimate)
|''ntompa'' (animate), ''ntompi'' (inanimate)
|}
|}
Case suffixes attach to ''si-, tah-, mei-,'' and ''wäh-'' respectively:
''sim Mpahng'' = my hand;
''sils'' = from me; about me


===Verbs===
===Verbs===
====Subject affixes====
Verbs don't inflect.


{| class="bluetable lightbluebg " style="width: 350px; text-align: center;"
Action nouns are formed with the suffix ''-(e)me'', from the genitive clitic followed by an eroded form of ''ion'' (to do). For example: ''Leime'' = speaking
|-
 
!colspan="4" | Subject affixes
===Ideophones===
|-
Like Japanese and Korean, Wiobian uses ideophones. Ideophones may be used both informally and formally.
!style="width: 50px; "|
*''nungnung'' 'enormous'
!style="width: 100px; "|Singular
*''behdgehd'' 'of slow and reluctant action'
!style="width: 100px; "|Plural
*''ntåkpdåk'' 'hustle and bustle; of hurrying'
|-
*''ngolmol'' 'of boiling liquid'
!|1
*''quorquär'' 'of anxiety'
|''nke-''
*''klah'' 'ta-da!'
|''te-''
*''jaz'' 'of tightness and security; of exactness'
|-
**e.g. ''jaz skahb'' 'exactly three; just three'
!|2
*''nquäh'' 'vaguely, without much effort; approximately'
|''en-''
*''djring'' 'zoom, of an engine noise'
|''le-''
*''ziekziok'' 'in small steps'
|-
 
!|3
Ideophones are often used as adjectives or adverbs. Example:
|colspan="2"|''-''
:''Mpeid tei quorquär.''
|}
:this COP ~ANXIETY
:This makes me feel uneasy.
 
===Derivational morphology===
*''-ed'' = agentive
*''be-'' = applicative
*''en-'' = passive/reflexive
*''deß-'' = causative
 
==Syntax==
The unmarked word order in {{PAGENAME}} is SVO. Due to the influence of [[Tsjoen]], Modern {{PAGENAME}} is quite strict about it (though objects could be fronted for emphasis).
 
Serial verbs are also common in {{PAGENAME}}; all verbs but the last in a serial verb chain are in the ablative.


''mpa fiuntens lei.'' = He came and spoke.


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Wiob-Nkahn
Pronunciation[/wiob ᵑgaːn/]
Created byIlL
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IlL/Spare pages 1/45 (wee-OH-bee-ən; Wiobem-Nkahn or colloquially Wiob-Nkahn) is a conlang loosely inspired by Old High German, Old English and Khmer.

Numbers: ßoz, klie, skah, moj, fah, ies, nteht, nuot, ngaht, ziu

ma = negative

nkelei Piontels je Bojels. = I speak of love and hate.

Plünkßne = feather

Idea

A "Sinospheric Finnish", or "Chinese with cases"

Phonology

Orthography

Wiobian is written in an orthography created by King Kait Niumer (modern Wiobian: Houger Niumer Kait; Kait is the family name).

in wiobian Orthography, only Nouns are capitalized; first Words in Sentences are not capitalized unless they are Nouns.

Consonants

Labial Alveolar Medial Velar Lab.vel. Glottal
Nasal m /m/ n /n/ nj /ɲ/ ng /ŋ/
Plosive voiceless p /p/ t /t/ z /c/ k /k/ qu /kʷ/
prenasalized mp /ᵐb/ nt /ⁿd/ nz /ᶮɟ/ nk /ᵑg/ nqu /ᵑgʷ/
voiced b /b/ d /d/ dj /ɟ/
Fricative plain f /f~v/ ß /s~z/
th /θ~ð/ 		s /ç~ʝ/ g /x~ɣ/ hw /ʍ/ h /h/
prenasalized mf /ᵐv/ nß /ⁿz/
Liquid l /l/ r /ɹ/
Approximant j /j/ w /w/
Notes
  • Voiceless plosives are not aspirated.
  • /ᵐb ⁿd ᶮɟ ᵑg/ devoice to [ᵐp ⁿt ᶮc ᵑk] word-finally.
  • /b d ɟ/ are often realized as implosives.
  • The fricatives ß s g are voiced intervocalically.
  • In Modern Wiobian, s in sC- inital clusters are pronounced /x/.
  • In Old Wiobian, r was [r], an alveolar trill.

Vowels

IlL/Spare pages 1/45 has short and long versions of the following monophthongs (except for /ə/ which only occurs in unstressed syllables). Long vowels can be marked with a following h. Word-finally, vowels (except schwa) are long even without a following h.

  Front Central Back
Close i /i/ ü /y/ u /u/
Close-mid e /e/ ö /ø/ o /o/
Mid (e /ə/)
Open-mid ä /ɛ/ å /ɔ/
Open a /a/

Diphthongs: ai au ei öü ou ie io iu üö uo

Prosody

Stress

Most of the time, the stress falls on the first syllable. Exceptions are verb prefixes and sesquisyllables.

Intonation

Phonotactics

The syllable structure is usually (C)(C)V(C)s, where V can be a vowel or a diphthong.

Morphology

Nouns

Nßäht 'tree'
Nominative Nßäht
Genitive Nßähtem
Illative Nßähter
Inessive Nßähtel
Elative Nßähtels
Allative/Dative Nßähtene
Adessive Nßähten
Ablative Nßähtens
Instrumental/Comitative Nßähtemp
Essive Nßähtez
Translative Nßähtenk
Abessive Nßähtmakk

Plurals are formed with nto, so: nto Nßäht (trees), nto Nßähtem (of trees), ...

Old IlL/Spare pages 1/45 used -er as an accusative and -el for both the illative and inessive.

Article

The equivalent of the definite article in IlL/Spare pages 1/45 is a classifier (as in Hmong), but it's placed after the noun and carries the case marker. The noun before a classifier is prescriptively in the genitive case, but it's often dropped.

  • Nßäht kothem (presc. and in older IlL/Spare pages 1/45 Nßähtem kothem) 'of the tree'
  • Nßähtem 'of a tree'

Pronouns

Pronouns
Singular Plural
1 si tahs
2 mei wäll
3 mpa (animate), mpi (inanimate) ntompa (animate), ntompi (inanimate)

Case suffixes attach to si-, tah-, mei-, and wäh- respectively: sim Mpahng = my hand; sils = from me; about me

Verbs

Verbs don't inflect.

Action nouns are formed with the suffix -(e)me, from the genitive clitic followed by an eroded form of ion (to do). For example: Leime = speaking

Ideophones

Like Japanese and Korean, Wiobian uses ideophones. Ideophones may be used both informally and formally.

  • nungnung 'enormous'
  • behdgehd 'of slow and reluctant action'
  • ntåkpdåk 'hustle and bustle; of hurrying'
  • ngolmol 'of boiling liquid'
  • quorquär 'of anxiety'
  • klah 'ta-da!'
  • jaz 'of tightness and security; of exactness'
    • e.g. jaz skahb 'exactly three; just three'
  • nquäh 'vaguely, without much effort; approximately'
  • djring 'zoom, of an engine noise'
  • ziekziok 'in small steps'

Ideophones are often used as adjectives or adverbs. Example:

Mpeid tei quorquär.
this COP ~ANXIETY
This makes me feel uneasy.

Derivational morphology

  • -ed = agentive
  • be- = applicative
  • en- = passive/reflexive
  • deß- = causative

Syntax

The unmarked word order in IlL/Spare pages 1/45 is SVO. Due to the influence of Tsjoen, Modern IlL/Spare pages 1/45 is quite strict about it (though objects could be fronted for emphasis).

Serial verbs are also common in IlL/Spare pages 1/45; all verbs but the last in a serial verb chain are in the ablative.

mpa fiuntens lei. = He came and spoke.

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