Flei/Old draft

Ciêng/Lexicon

Ciêng/Swadesh list

Ciêng (KEE-əng; natively: /kīəŋ/, Windermere: Cieng) is a tonal Ashanic language spoken in Tumhan, inspired by Vietnamese and Welsh. ("What if Vietnamese were rhotic?") It is closely related to Classical Windermere but is not a direct descendant of it.

Diachronics

TODO: cluster reflexes

Waaay before Grimm's law, thus b p were still voiced and tenuis stops > p + low resp. high tone classes

Khmmerization BEFORE tone split

Numbers: thon, rhã, ziêu, chôi, mượr, tảy

whếp = light

whì = dust

Rhìa whươn mì Whền Whết = I live in Whehli (means something different with different tones)

lieb "to put" ~ lliệm

dưan tlẹ = to thank in Ciêng?

tlẹ could be cognate to tănlea "to refuse", dưan is cognate to Windermere şän

chổi = reflexive pronoun

thỏi = learn (~ snoach)

rêng = net

truồng = long

Phonology

Consonants

m n nr ng /m n (retro n) ŋ/

p t tr tl c qu /p t tʂ tl k kw ʔ/ (/ʔ/ not written)

ph th ch wh /f θ χ χw/

z s rh ll h /s ʃ ʂ~r̥ ɬ h/

tz ts /ts tʃ/

w r l j /w r l j/

Vowels

ă a â e ê i o ô u ư ao eo êu aư ai oi ôi ia/iê iêu ua/uô uôi ươi ăr ar er ir or ur âr /a ɑ: ɜ ɛ e~ɪ~ɛɪ i~ɪj ɔ o~əʏ u: ɨ: aʊ ɛʊ eʊ aʏ aɪ ɔɪ oɪ iə iəw uə uəj æɹ ɒɹ eɹ iɹ oɹ oɹ əɹ/

Tones

6 tones of Viet

Sample text

Xôn chổ sây àng chen tề tưr mì pòi llánh tề wốc sin. Tzôr tánh rhao pòi thuyền tề pòi mông lla, àng thoàr tsó

all person are_born then free and equal in state dignity and get right. they receive down