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:[[Kieng/Lexicon]]
:[[{{FULLPAGENAME}}/Lexicon]]
:[[Kieng/Swadesh list]]
:[[{{FULLPAGENAME}}/Swadesh list]]


'''{{PAGENAME}}''' (''Wiobem-Nkahn'' or colloquially ''Wiob-Nkahn'') is one of the major languages of [[Bjeheond]].
'''{{PAGENAME}}''' (''Wiobem-Nkahn'' or colloquially ''Wiob-Nkahn'') is one of the major languages of [[Bjeheond]].
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===Vowels===
===Vowels===
Kieng 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 are marked with a following ''h''.
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Plurals are formed with ''nto-'', so: ''Ntonßäht'' (trees), ''Ntonßähtem'' (of trees), ...
Plurals are formed with ''nto-'', so: ''Ntonßäht'' (trees), ''Ntonßähtem'' (of trees), ...


Old Kieng used ''-er'' as an accusative and ''-el'' for both the illative and inessive.
Old {{PAGENAME}} used ''-er'' as an accusative and ''-el'' for both the illative and inessive.


===Article===
===Article===


The equivalent of the definite article in Kieng 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.
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 koþem'' (presc. and in older Kieng ''Nßähtem koþem'') 'of the tree'
* ''Nßäht koþem'' (presc. and in older {{PAGENAME}} ''Nßähtem koþem'') 'of the tree'
* ''Nßähtem'' 'of a tree'
* ''Nßähtem'' 'of a tree'


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==Syntax==
==Syntax==
The unmarked word order in Kieng is SVO. Due to the influence of [[Tsjoen]], Modern Kieng is quite strict about it (though objects could be fronted for emphasis).
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 Kieng; all verbs but the last in a serial verb chain are in the ablative.
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.
''Mpa fiuntens lei'' = He came and spoke.


[[Category:Pseudo-Germanic]]
[[Category:Pseudo-Germanic]]
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