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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' (native name ''Nék- | '''{{PAGENAME}}''' (native name ''Nék-thijʔ dòai'' /nék.tʰɛ̌j ɗɔ̀ːj/) is a Tie-Dye language with over 50 million speakers. It is the official language of Neckthailand (''Nékthijmien'') | ||
==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
===Consonants=== | ===Consonants=== |
Revision as of 04:28, 3 February 2016
Neck Thai | |
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Nékthijʔ dòai | |
Pronunciation | [/nék.tʰɛ̌j ɗɔ̀ːj/] |
Created by | IlL |
Setting | Hussmauch |
Native speakers | 50 million (2200 v.C.) |
Tie-Dye
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Neck Thai (native name Nék-thijʔ dòai /nék.tʰɛ̌j ɗɔ̀ːj/) is a Tie-Dye language with over 50 million speakers. It is the official language of Neckthailand (Nékthijmien)
Phonology
Consonants
Initials
Labial | Alveolar | Click | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | ||
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Nasal | m /m/ | n /n/ | nǃx /ŋǃ/ | ng /ŋ/ | ||||
Plosive | plain | p /p/ | t /t/ | ǃx /ǃ/ | tj /tɕ/ | k /k/ | /ʔ/ | |
aspirated | ph /pʰ/ | th /tʰ/ | ǃxh /ǃʰ/ | tjh /tɕʰ/ | kh /kʰ/ | |||
implosive | b /ɓ~b/ | d /ɗ~d/ | ||||||
Fricative | v /f/ | z /s/ | g, sch /x/ | h /h/ | ||||
Trill/App. | w /w/ | j /j/ | r /ʀ~ʁ/ | |||||
Lat. app. | l /l/ |
Allowed initial clusters: pl, pr, phl, phr, vl, vr, tr, thr, ǃxr, ǃxhr, kl, kr, kw, khl, khr, khw
Many speakers in the capital Houwá Thing Vîer merge the pairs /pʀ pʰʀ/, /tʀ tʰʀ/, and /kʀ kʰʀ/. /ǃ(ʰ)ʀ/ is often pronounced as [ǃ(ʰ)]. Some dialects merge /ʀ-/ and /ŋ-/ into a nasalized uvular flap /ʀ̆ⁿ/ or approximant /ʁ̃/ and also simplify all Cr clusters to C.
Finals
Labial | Alveolar | Dorsal | Laryngeal | ||
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Nasal | m [m] | n, l [n] | ng, r [ŋ] | ||
Plosive | p [p̚] | t [t̚] | k [k̚] | ' [ʔ] | |
App. | (uw [w]) | (i [j]) |
Vowels
Monophthongs
Front | Central | Back | ||||
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short | long | short | long | short | long | |
Close | i /i/ | ie /iː/ | u /ʉ/ | uu /ʉː/ | oe /uː/ | |
Close-mid | e /e/ | ee /eː/ | eo /ɵ/ | eu /ɵː/ | o /o/ | oo /oː/ |
Open-mid | æ /ɛ/ | ae /ɛː/ | ọ /ɔ/ | oa /ɔː/ | ||
Open | a /ɐ/ | aa /aː/ |
Diphthongs
Long | Short | ||
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Neckthai | IPA | Neckthai | IPA |
aai | /aːj/ | ij | /ɛj/ |
aauw | /aːw/ | ouw, ou | /ɑw/ |
ia | /iːa/ | ia' | /ia/ |
ieuw | /iːw/ | – | – |
oea | /uːa/ | oea' | /ua/ |
oei | /uːj/ | – | – |
eeuw | /eːw/ | euw | /ew/ |
aeuw | /ɛːw/ | – | – |
ua | /ʉːa/ | ua' | /ʉa/ |
eui | /ɵːj/ | ui | /ɵj/ |
oai | /ɔːj/ | – | – |
ooi | /oːj/ | oi | /oj/ |
Triphthongs
Neckthai | IPA |
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iauw | /iaw/ |
oeai | /uaj/ |
uai | /ʉaj/ |
Tones
Standard Neckthai uses 5 tones.
- Mid: raa /ʀāː/ [ʀaː˧] 'easy'
- Low: ràa /ʀàː/ [ʀaː˨˩] 'loud'
- Falling: râa /ʀâː/ [ʀaː˥˩˩] 'fruit'
- High: ráa /ʀáː/ [ʀaː˥] 'white'
- Rising: raaʔ /ʀǎː/ [ʀaː˨˩˦] 'vase'
Orthography
Grammar
Pronouns
- I: khôet
- thou: òer
- we: ngàe
Loanwords
Many Neck Thai words are Wiebian loanwords which come from all stages of Wiebian, Ancient Wiebian to modern lects.
Loanwords from Ancient Wiebian:
- hét 'queen, lady' (< Ancient Wiebian Heste /ˈhɛstə/ 'wife')