User:IlL/Spare pages 1/79

Nàu m̌ dwēg Ġweh-Mēung. 'I don't speak IlL/Spare pages 1/79.'

Introduction

IlL/Spare pages 1/79 (Ġweh-Mēung /qʷˁʼeː35 mɔʏŋ55/) is a relatively conservative Wiebian lect descended from Middle Wiebian, and a close relative of Wirne. It is a tonal language inspired by German, Buyang, Chinese, and of course the Archi word qʷˁʼe ('two').

Phonology

Consonants

		Labial		Dental		Palatal		Velar		Uvular		Glottal
		plain	labialized	plain	labialized	plain	labialized	plain	labialized	plain	labialized
Nasal		m /m/	mw /mʷ/	n /n/	nw /nʷ/	nj /ɲ/		ng /ŋ/	ngw /ŋʷ/
Stop	aspirated	p /pʰ/	pw /pʷʰ/	t /tʰ/	tw /tʷʰ/	tsch /tʃʰ/		k /kʰ/	kw /kʷʰ/	q /qˁʰ/	qw /qʷˁʰ/
	ejective	b /pʼ/	bw /pʷʼ/	d /tʼ/	dw /tʷʼ/	dsch /tʃʼ/		g /kʼ/	gw /kʷʼ/	ġ /qˁʼ/	ġw /qʷˁʼ/	/ʔ/
Fricative	voiceless	f /f/		z /θ/	zw /θʷ/	sch /ʃ/	schw /ʃʷ/	ch /x/	chw /xʷ/	r /χ/	rw /χʷ/	h /h/
	voiced			s /ð/	sw /ðʷ/
Approximant	voiceless								hw /ʍ/
	voiced			l /l/		j /j/			w /w/

Vowels

IlL/Spare pages 1/79 vowels

	Front				Central		Back
	unrounded		rounded
	short	long	short	long	short	long	short	long
Close	i /ɪ/	ie /iː/	ü /ʏ/	ü, üh /yː/			u /ʊ/	u, uh /uː/
Mid	e /ɛ/	e, eh /eː/	ö /œ/	ö, öh /øː/			o /ɔ/	o, oh /oː/
Near-open					-r, -er /ɐ/
Open					a /a/	a, ah /aː/

Diphthongs: au /aʊ/ eu /ɔʏ/ ei /aɪ/

Tones

high modal = tone 2, high breathy = tone 3; low modal = tone 4, low breathy = tone 1

Grammar

Derivational morphology

Erhua

'Erhua' with the suffix -er / -r /-ɐ/ may occur.