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==Phonology==
==Phonology==
===Initials===
{|class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="text-align:center"
|-
|+'''{{PAGENAME}} initials'''
!colspan="2" |
! | Labial
! | Coronal
! | Coarticulated
! | Velar
! | Glottal
|-
!rowspan="2"| Nasal
! <small>voiceless</small>
| /m̊/
| /n̊/
| /ŋ̊!/
| (/ŋ̊/)
|
|-
! <small>voiced</small>
| /m/
| /n/
| /ŋ!/
| /ŋ/
|
|-
!rowspan="4" | Stop
!<small>tenuis</small>
| /p/
| /t/
| /!/
| /k/
| /ʔ/
|-
!<small>aspirated</small>
| /pʰ/
| /tʰ/
| /!ʰ/
| /kʰ/
|
|-
!<small>voiced</small>
| /b/
| /d/
| /g!/
| /g/
|
|-
!<small>breathy voiced</small>
| /bʱ/
| /dʱ/
| /g!ʱ/ 
| /gʱ/
|
|-
!rowspan="2"|Fricative
!<small>voiceless</small>
| /f/
| /s/
| /ɧ/
| /x/
| /h/
|-
!<small>voiced</small>
|
| /z/
| /ɧ̬/
| /ɣ/
|
|-
!colspan=2| Trill
|
| /r/
|
|
|
|-
!colspan=2| Approximant
| /w/, /ɥ/
| /l/
|
| /j/
|
|}
broad ŧ is postvelar /k̠ǃ/ while slender ŧ is prevelar /k̟ǃ/
===Vowels===
{| class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! &nbsp;
! Front
! Central
! Back
|-
! Close
| /ʲi/ /ʲiː/ /ʲʷi/ /ʲʷiː/
|
| /(ʷ)u/ /(ʷ)uː/
|-
! Close-mid
| /ʲe/ /ʲeː/ /ʷeː/ /ʲʷe/ /ʲʷeː/
|
| /ɤ/ /ɤː/ /ʷo/ /ʷoː/
|-
! Open
|
| /ʲa/ /aː/ /ʲaː/ /ʷa/ /ʲʷa/
|
|}
Diphthongs: /ʲia ʲʷia ua/ written <ir ibhir ur>
===Finals===
Permissible finals: /-p -t -k -m -n -l -w -j/
===Suprasegmentals===
Each syllable could have two registers: plain (''a á'') and breathy (''à â'').


==Grammar==
==Grammar==

Revision as of 23:41, 12 July 2016

Middle Wiebian
Wieb-Muts
Created byIlL
Quihum
Language codes
ISO 639-3qwb
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Introduction

Sound changes

AW: ie /i/ üh /y/ uh /u/ i /ɪ/ ü /ʏ/ u /ʊ/ e /ɛ/ ö /œ/ o /ɔ/ a /æ/ ei /ä/ ah /ɒ/ au /æʊ/ eu /ɔɪ/ eh /ɛɪ/ öh /œʏ/ oh /ɔʊ/ ir /iɻ/ ür /yɻ/ ur /uɻ/ er /ɛɻ/ ör /œɻ/ or /ɔɻ/ ar /äɻ/

æ, ä, ɒ, ij, y, u, ɪ, ʏ, ʊ, ɛ, œ, ɔ, æʊ, ɔɪ, ɛɪ, œʏ, ɔʊ, iɻ, yɻ, uɻ, ɛɻ/œɻ, ɔɻ, äɻ

> jæ, æ, ɑ, ji, ju, u, jej, jə, wə, jə, ə, ə, jau, ai, jai, jwe, au, jia, ia, we, jow, ow, ɑ

o > wa, u > wo / _{t, n, l}

Resultant vowel system: æ, ɑ, i, u, e, we, ə, wə, ow, ia, wa

wahm > vɑm, djih (B), nɑk, g!jɑf, zel, stum, rut, ljowts, pɑp, kjia

Phonology

Grammar

Mutations

(lenition, eclipsis, retroflexion)

  • p: f b
  • b: v m
  • m: w m
  • f: h v
  • v: ʔ v
  • t: þ d ʈ
  • d: ð n ɖ
  • n: n n ɳ
  • s: h z ʂ
  • z: ʔ z ʐ
  • ts: s dz tʂ
  • dz: z dz dʐ
  • l: l w ɭ
  • ʈ: ʂ ɖ
  • ɖ: ʐ ɳ
  • ʂ: h ʐ
  • ʐ: ʐ ʐ
  • !: ʂ g! !!
  • g!: ʐ ŋ! g!!
  • k: x g
  • g: ɣ ŋ
  • ʔ: ʔ n ʔ
  • j: j ɲ j

Tenses

  • Present: is V S O, negation má V is S O
  • Past: do-L V S O, negation mádh-L V S O
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