Kuam

In Hmøøh, Þhea Ki /θeə̯ kī/ is an analytic monosyllabic tonal language spoken on the island country Þhea Lga̱i off the continent Kjàt Må̀. Þhea Ki has an extraordinarily conplex tone system, with 5 level tones and 6 contour tones. It belongs to a dialect continuum but otherwise has no known relatives.

• Zhea ___ /ɻeə̯˧/ 'rose': inventor of primodality in Hmøøh

Phonology

Rimes (10):

i/e/ə/ɑ/ej/əj/ɑj/iə̯/eə̯/ɨə̯

i e u a ei ui ai ia ea ua

Initials (33):

m/n̪/n/ɳ/p/t̪/t̪s̪/t/ts̠/tʃ/ʈ/ʈʂ/k/ʔ/f/θ/s̪/θ̠/s̠/ʃ/ʂ/x/h/l̪/r̪/l/r/ɭ/ɻ/ʟ/ɰ/j/w

m nh n nr p th tz t ts tx tr tsr k 0 f þh z þ s x sr ch h lh rh l r lr zh lg g j w

Tones (11):

˥/˦/˧/˨/˩/˩˥/˧˥/˥˩/˧˩/˨˩˨/˨˧˨

ȧ ā a a̱ ạ a̗ á à a̖ ǎ â

3630 possible syllables

Vocabulary

Þhea Ki is generally purist.