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In [[Verse:Angai|Angai]], '''Thean''' (/ˈθiːən/, natively ''shre̬n Thídh'') or '''Theic''' is a family of analytic monosyllabic tonal languages. Thean is head-initial and SVO. Timeline 1's European Neo-Thean is inspired by Northern Athabaskan languages.
''Thean'' is derived from ''Zzea'' /θīə/, the Qua pronunciation of the place name ''Thídh''.
Thean is natively written in a deep orthography reflecting Classical 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 ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! rowspan="2" |
! rowspan="2" | Labial
! rowspan="2" | Inter-<br>dental
! colspan="3" | Alveolar
! rowspan="2" | Retroflex
! rowspan="2" | Palatal
! colspan="2" | Velar
! rowspan="2" | Glottal
|-
! |plain || sibilant ||lateral || plain || labialized
|-
! | Stop
| /p/ b
| /tθ/ ddh
| /t/ d
| /ts/ dz
| /tɬ/ dl
| /ʈʂ/ dr
| /tʃ/ j
| /k/ g
| /kw/ gw
| /ʔ/
|-
!|Fricative
| /f/ f
| /θ/ th
|
| /s/ s
|
| /ʂ/ shr
| /ʃ/ sh
| /x/ x
| /xw/ xw
| /h/ h
|-
!|Sonorant
| /m/ m
|
| /n/ n
|
| /l/ l
| /ɻ/ r
| /j/ y
|
| /w/ w
|
|}
=== Nuclei ===
i, e, a, o, u /i e a o u/
=== Finals ===
-p -t -k -m -n -dh -l -y -r /-p̚ -t̚ -k̚ -m -n -ŋ -ð̠˕ -l -j -ɻ/ (null is allowed)
-p and -m finals are only found in words that don't go back to Proto-Trans-Sarnathian.
=== Tone ===
Modern Standard Thean has 9 phonemic tones (shamelessly stolen from Kam):
{|class="wikitable"
! Rom.
! IPA
! English name
! Example
! Description
|-
| '''ā'''
| /˥/ (55)
| high
|
|
|-
| '''a'''
| /˧/ (33)
| mid
|
|
|-
| '''a̱'''
| /˩/ (11)
| low
|
|
|-
| '''a̗'''
| /˩˧/ (13)
| low-rise
|
|
|-
| '''á'''
| /˧˥/ (35)
| mid-rise
|
|
|-
| '''à'''
| /˥˧/ (53)
| high-fall
|
|
|-
| '''a̖'''
| /˧˩/ (31)
| mid-fall
|
|
|-
| '''a̬'''
| /˧˨˧/ (323)
| dip
|
| 
|-
| '''â'''
| /˦˥˧/ (453)
| peak
|
|
|}
==== Tone diachronics ====
{| class="wikitable"
|+Tone chart
!syllable type→<br/>initial↓
!A (null or resonant final)
!B (glottal stop final)
!C (fricative final)
!D (stop final)
|-
!glottalized initial
|55 (ā)
|323 (a̬)
|53 (à)
|55 (āk)
|-
!modal initial
|35 (á)
|13 (a̗)
|453 (â)
|33 (ak)
|-
!breathy initial
|11 (a̱)
|31 (a̖)
|33 (a)
|11 (a̱k)
|}
[[Category:Angai]]

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