Æ

Æ /ɛ̄/ is a tonal Wiobic language.

Introduction

Æ is the tonal language which I always wanted in Tricin - one evolved from a nontonal, vaguely Germanic language. It has several obvious nods to Danish, such as the spelling, stød as part of a register tone system, and pharyngealized vowels.

Phonology

Consonants

p t tj k f s h m n nj ng l zj r v j /p t c k f s x m n ɲ ŋ l ɹ ʀ v j/

Vowels

Æ vowels

	Front				Central		Back
	unrounded		rounded
	plain	phar.	plain	phar.	plain	phar.	plain	phar.
Close	i /i/	ir /iˤ/			u /ɨ/	ur /ɨˤ/	ů /uˤ/	ůr /uˤ/
Close-mid	e /e/	er /eˤ/	ø /øˤ/	ør /øˤ/			o /o/	or /oˤ/
Open	æ /ɛ/	ær /ɛˤ/	æ̊ /œ/	æ̊r /œˤ/	a /a/	ar /aˤ/	å /ɔ/	år /ɔˤ/

Tones

Æ has four register phonations or tones:

• Unmarked = modal, mid
• ƨ = stød
• з = Breathy
• ч = checked