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The ''Je-Huy'' ("''je''-space"), also called the ''serializer'' in English, is used to link coordinated components in compounds and serial verbs. As its name suggests, it also indicates a missing ''je'' ('and') in poetry. The serializer is transcribed with an ampersand (&). | The ''Je-Huy'' ("''je''-space"), also called the ''serializer'' in English, is used to link coordinated components in compounds and serial verbs. As its name suggests, it also indicates a missing ''je'' ('and') in poetry. The serializer is transcribed with an ampersand (&). | ||
== | ==Phonology== | ||
===Phonotactics=== | |||
(C)V(C)<sup>T</sup> | (C)V(C)<sup>T</sup> | ||
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Compounds are left-headed and trochaic. | Compounds are left-headed and trochaic. | ||
===Initials=== | |||
The following 'Wiobian pinyin' could be used to represent Modern Greater Wiobian words phonetically: | The following 'Wiobian pinyin' could be used to represent Modern Greater Wiobian words phonetically: | ||
<poem> | <poem> | ||
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====Rimes==== | ====Rimes==== | ||
A whole rime dictionary would be necessary to describe all the rimes, since the rules are so complex/irregular. Sorry | A whole rime dictionary would be necessary to describe all the rimes, since the rules are so complex/irregular. Sorry | ||
====Nucleus==== | |||
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|+ '''Modern Standard Wiobian monophthongs''' | |+ '''Modern Standard Wiobian monophthongs''' | ||
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Short vowels (which only occured in closed syllables) are fairly stably preserved. | Short vowels (which only occured in closed syllables) are fairly stably preserved. | ||
====Umlaut==== | |||
*short ''u'' /u/ i-umlauts to short ''ü'' /y/ | *short ''u'' /u/ i-umlauts to short ''ü'' /y/ | ||
*''io'' /y/? i-umlauts to ''ie'' /i/? | *''io'' /y/? i-umlauts to ''ie'' /i/? | ||
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*short ''a'' /æ/ u-umlauts to short ''å'' /o/ | *short ''a'' /æ/ u-umlauts to short ''å'' /o/ | ||
====Coda consonants==== | |||
Only the following coda consonants may occur: [p t k m n ŋ j w]. | Only the following coda consonants may occur: [p t k m n ŋ j w]. | ||
====Tones==== | ====Tones==== | ||
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# high level/high falling tone (˥) | # high level/high falling tone (˥) | ||
# mid rising tone (˧˥) < LMW high breathy | # mid rising tone (˧˥) < LMW high breathy | ||
# mid level tone (˧) < LMW high glottalized | # mid level tone (˧) < LMW high glottalized | ||
# low falling tone < LMW low modal | # low falling tone < LMW low modal | ||
# low rising tone (˩˧) < LMW low breathy | # low rising tone (˩˧) < LMW low breathy |