Verse:Mwail/European Neo-Thean

This concerns one of many timelines for Angai.

In Angai, Thean (/ˈθiːən/, natively shreeñ²⁴ Thiidh³³) or Theic is a family of analytic monosyllabic tonal languages in the Trans-Sarnathian family, spoken in Æm Múr. Thean is head-initial and SVO. Thean is inspired by Athabaskan languages; Modern Standard Thean in particular is inspired by Northern Athabaskan languages.

Thean is derived from Zzea /θīə/, the Kua pronunciation of the place name Thiidh³³.

Thean is natively written in a deep orthography reflecting Old Thean pronunciation.

Phonology of Modern Standard Thean

Modern Standard Thean is one of the more conservative varieties of Modern Thean. Other Thean lects have lost some or all finals.

Initials

	Labial	Inter- dental	Alveolar			Retroflex	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
			plain	sibilant	lateral
Stop (Tone unrestricted)	/p/ b	/tθ/ ddh	/t/ d	/ts/ dz	/tɬ/ dl	/ʈʂ/ dr	/tʃ/ j	/k/ g, /kw/ gw	/ʔ/
Fricative (Only L and M class tones)	/f/ f	/θ/ th		/s/ s		/ʂ/ shr	/ʃ/ sh	/x/ x, /xw/ xw	/h/ h
Sonorant (Tone unrestricted)	/m/ m		/n/ n		/l/ l	/ɻ/ r	/j/ y	/w/ w

Medials

The medial is optional. The only allowed medial is /j/ y which cannot occur after retroflexes and /w/.

Nuclei

i, e, a, o, u, ii, ee, aa, oo, uu /ɪ ɛ ə ɔ ʊ i e a o u/

Finals

-p -t -k -m -n -ñ -dh -w -y -r /-p̚ -t̚ -k̚ -m -n -ŋ -ð̠˕ -w -j -ɻ/ (null is allowed)

-p and -m finals are only found in words that don't go back to Proto-Trans-Sarnathian.

Tone

Tone chart

initial	A (null or resonant final)	B (glottal stop final)	C (fricative final)	DS (stop final + short vowel)	DL (stop final + long vowel)
modal initial	?	?	?	?	?
breathy initial	?	?	?	?	?
glottalized initial	?	?	?	?	?