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Diphthongs: '''ai au ei öü ou ie io iu üö uo'''
Diphthongs: '''ai au ei öü ou ia ie io iu üö uo'''


===Prosody===
===Prosody===

Revision as of 05:13, 15 April 2017

For the family of Quihum languages, see Wiebian.
IlL/Spare pages 1/45
Nkahn Wiobe
Pronunciation[[Help:IPA|ᵑkaːn ˈwiobə]]
Created byIlL
SettingHussmauch
Tie–Dye
  • Dye
    • IlL/Spare pages 1/45

IlL/Spare pages 1/45 /wiːˈoʊbiən/ is a language in the Tie-Dye family. It's inspired by my older draft of Ancient Wiebian, titled "Wiobian".

ßan, eir, buhz, jåhnß, ßengeŕ, zkühnt, ntöü, nuot, ngiet, zråht [san, eir, ɓuːc, jɔːⁿs, ˈseŋəɹ, ckyːⁿt, ⁿdøy, nuət, ŋiət, zrɔːt]

dei = 'land' (< kataay?)

y-, r- > s?

ly, ny > j

rn, rt, rnt, rl > ń, z, ńz, ŕ

ʟ > g

tj, ntj > ß, nß

rr > r

q > q /ʔ/

nq > ng

ʀ > h


Phonology

Orthography

Consonants

Wiobian consonants
Labial Alveolar Medial Velar Glottal
Nasal m /m/ n /n/ ń /ɲˁ/ ng /ŋ/
Plosive voiceless p /p/ t /t/ z /c/ k /k/
prenasalized mp /ᵐb/ nt /ⁿd/ ńz /ᶮɟ/ nk /ᵑg/
implosive b /ɓ~b/ d /ɗ~d/
Fricative plain ß /s~z/ s /ç~ʝ/ g /x~ɣ/ h /h/
prenasalized /ⁿz/
Liquid r /r/; l /l/ ŕ /ɹ/
Approximant w /w/ j /j/
Notes
  • Voiceless plosives are not aspirated.
  • /ᵐb ⁿd ᶮɟ ᵑg/ devoice to [ᵐp ⁿt ᶮc ᵑk] word-finally.
  • The fricatives ß s g are voiced intervocalically.
  • Gemination is phonemic.

Vowels

Wiobium Chloride has short and long versions of the following monophthongs (except for /ə/ which only occurs in unstressed syllables). Long vowels are marked with a following h.

  Front Central Back
Close i /i/ ü /y/ u /u/
Close-mid e /e/ ö /ø/ o /o/
Mid (e /ə/)
Open-mid ä /ɛ/ å /ɔ/
Open a /a/

Diphthongs: ai au ei öü ou ia ie io iu üö uo

Prosody

Stress

Most of the time, the stress falls on the first syllable. Exceptions are verb prefixes and sesquisyllables.

Intonation

Phonotactics

The syllable structure is (C)(C)V(C)(C), where V can be a vowel or a diphthong.

Morphophonology

Morphology

Nouns

Pronouns

Pronouns
Singular Plural
1 nkohz tahs
2 ung wäll
3 -

Verbs

Subject affixes

Subject affixes
Singular Plural
1 nke- tes-
2 eng- le-
3 -

Derivational morphology

  • be- = verbal prefix, borrowed from Wiebian