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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' it is a member of the [[Quihum language family]] and a close relative of the [[Pfeunic languages]]. It is the major influence on the [[Kammalic languages|Kammalic]] language [[Trây]]. | '''{{PAGENAME}}''' it is a member of the [[Quihum language family]] and a close relative of the [[Pfeunic languages]]. It is the major influence on the [[Kammalic languages|Kammalic]] language [[Trây]]. | ||
It's inspired by my older draft of [[Ancient Wiebian]], titled "Classical Wiobian". | |||
==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
Revision as of 05:16, 4 April 2016
Hmøøh/Drug names it is a member of the Quihum language family and a close relative of the Pfeunic languages. It is the major influence on the Kammalic language Trây.
It's inspired by my older draft of Ancient Wiebian, titled "Classical Wiobian".
Phonology
Orthography
Consonants
| Labial | Dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Labiovelar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m /m/ | n /n/ | ng /ŋ/ | |||||
| Plosive | voiceless | p /p/ | t /t/ | z /c/ | k /k/ | qu /kʷ/ | ||
| voiced | b /b/ | d /d/ | ɟ /ɟ/ | g /ɡ/ | ꝿu /ɡʷ/ | |||
| Fricative | voiceless | v /f~v/ | þ /θ~ð/ | ß /s/ | s /ç~ʝ/ | h /x~ɣ/ | ƕ /xʷ/ | (ħ /h/) |
| voiced | ʒ /z/ | |||||||
| Affricate | tß /ts/ | |||||||
| Liquid | r /r/; l /l/ | |||||||
| Approximant | j /j/ | w /w/ | ||||||
- Notes
- Voiceless plosives and affricates are lightly aspirated.
- The fricatives <v þ ß s h ƕ> are voiced intervocalically.
- Gemination is phonemic.
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i /i/ | ü /ɯ/ | u /u/ |
| Close-mid | e /e/ | ö /ɤ/ | o /o/ |
| Mid | e /ə/ | ||
| Open-mid | ä /ɛ/ | å /ɔ/ | |
| Open | a /a/ |
Diphthongs: ei ou öü ia ie io iu uo üö /ei ou ɤɯ ia iə io iu uə ɯə/
Prosody
Stress
Most of the time, the stress falls on the first syllable. Exceptions are sesquisyllables that result from epenthesis of initial consonant clusters.
Intonation
Phonotactics
The syllable structure is (C)(C)V(C)(C), where V can be a vowel or a diphthong.