Flei/Old draft

Ciêng (KEE-əng; natively: /kīəŋ/, Windermere: Cieng) is a tonal Ashanic language spoken in Tumhan, inspired by Vietnamese, English and Welsh. ("What if Vietnamese were rhotic?") It is closely related to Classical Windermere but is not a direct descendant of it.

Numbers: thon, rhã, ziêu, chôi, mượr, tảy, põ, sệp, loi, thão

whếp = light

whì = dust

Rhìa rít mì Whền Whết Mer = I live in Whehli (means something different with different tones)

lieb "to put" ~ lliệm

dưan tlẹ = to thank in Ciêng?

tlẹ could be cognate to tănlea "to refuse", dưan is cognate to Windermere şän

chổi = reflexive pronoun

thỏi = learn (~ snoach)

rêng = net

truồng = long

No.	English	Windermere
1	I	rhìa
2	you (singular)	sên (masculine), sểr (feminine)
3	he	in (masculine), ỉr (feminine)
4	we	tza (exclusive), bàng (inclusive)
5	you (plural)	sàm
6	they	tzôr
7	this	__ se
8	that	__ fi
9	here	rădun se, dunse
10	there	rădun fi, dumfi
11	who	łieng ra, łiera
12	what	ra (in the sense of which), mül ra (in the sense of which thing)
13	where	rădun ra, dura
14	when	sngith ra, sngithra
15	how	li-tănsü fa, litra
16	not	die
17	all	tsor (preposed)
18	many	mea (preposed)
19	some	tăchung (preposed)
20	few	łüp (preposed)
21	other	nătha
22	one	do, doan
23	two	rath
24	three	stiw
25	four	smäch
26	five	müets
27	big	șir
28	long	bruang
29	wide	glep
30	thick	pănuc
31	heavy	clef
32	small	doy
33	short	ngay
34	narrow	tslüs
35	thin	sreth
36	woman	sămeang
37	man (adult male)	noaf
38	man (human being)	croth
39	child	cheth
40	wife	yănił, yănił sămeang
41	husband	yănił, yănił noaf
42	mother	ăma
43	father	ep
44	animal	triem
45	fish	thof
46	bird	rüech
47	dog	thaw
48	louse	tsit
49	snake	lier
50	worm	ging
51	tree	spüș
52	forest	cleath
53	stick	păthan
54	fruit	muad
55	seed	troas
56	leaf	cnul
57	root	ăfod
58	bark (of a tree)	scey
59	flower	yar
60	grass	năfrath
61	rope	păsel
62	skin	mănew
63	meat	răsu
64	blood	prea
65	bone	ăwoch
66	fat (noun)	șüng
67	egg	crith
68	horn	bräy
69	tail	pănie
70	feather	spănga
71	hair	fnaw
72	head	ngüe
73	ear	speal
74	eye	bith
75	nose	cră'i
76	mouth	swach
77	tooth	gloł
78	tongue (organ)	troch
79	fingernail	łădie
80	foot	srup
81	leg	wab
82	knee	müt
83	hand	flen
84	wing	tsual
85	belly	sme (mi-sme = inside)
86	guts	blua
87	neck	nel
88	back	thăme
89	breast	mif
90	heart	ruas
91	liver	tsălaw
92	to drink	hür
93	to eat	tsrin
94	to bite	cișloł
95	to suck	mey
96	to spit	boar
97	to vomit	clües
98	to blow	scath
99	to breathe	tsał
100	to laugh	tăfi
101	to see	tuay
102	to hear	sișpeal
103	to know	yat mi-snar, snar (adjectival "knowing")
104	to think	crea
105	to smell	srua
106	to fear	yat mi-fănach
107	to sleep	meac
108	to live	mărit
109	to die	răchta
110	to kill	tsüp
111	to fight	pgu ya- (ya- = with)
112	to hunt	răchoy
113	to hit	łer
114	to cut	lean
115	to split	thămu
116	to stab	yäth
117	to scratch	ător
118	to dig	mătil
119	to swim	łămay
120	to fly	lut
121	to walk	seaf
122	to come	drel
123	to lie (as in a bed)	tol (to be lying)
124	to sit	dur (to be sitting)
125	to stand	plang (to be standing)
126	to turn (intransitive)	crămats
127	to fall	łăpaw
128	to give	rüe
129	to hold	cwił
130	to squeeze	flie
131	to rub	thăned
132	to wash	tișrü
133	to wipe	ieth
134	to pull	scaw
135	to push	tsoy
136	to throw	trăchin
137	to tie	măreth
138	to sew	clea
139	to count	nung
140	to say	ngil
141	to sing	ngichnur
142	to play	tmus
143	to float	eaf
144	to flow	smin
145	to freeze	răbo
146	to swell	cnuș
147	sun	nieth
148	moon	chad
149	star	scie
150	water	blon
151	rain	trămäy
152	river	yoch
153	lake	păträng
154	sea	chlem
155	salt	măruth
156	stone	căthin
157	sand	tăfis
158	dust	wib
159	earth	snüe
160	cloud	pich
161	fog	yănif
162	sky	häm
163	wind	păłoa
164	snow	măchup
165	ice	thănam
166	smoke	yul
167	fire	sä
168	ash	roath
169	to burn	păngud
170	road	năsum
171	mountain	sngar
172	red	ăthaw
173	green	leth
174	yellow	cwie
175	white	feas
176	black	cdos
177	night	len
178	day	fnüd
179	year	lă'och
180	warm	sieth
181	cold	ier
182	full	tam
183	new	mălem
184	old	peth
185	good	to
186	bad	chil
187	rotten	tălich
188	dirty	crath
189	straight	glan
190	round	fădua
191	sharp (as a knife)	cămua
192	dull (as a knife)	snaf
193	smooth	cluang
194	wet	frim
195	dry	uar
196	correct	eth
197	near	cărit
198	far	yem
199	right	tsil
200	left	smoy
201	at	mi-
202	in	mismä
203	with	ya-
204	and	te
205	if	srüe
206	because	tsin
207	name	chum

Phonology

Consonants

m n ng /m n ŋ/

p t tr tl c qu /p t tʂ tl k kw ʔ/ (/ʔ/ not written)

ph th ch wh /f θ χ χw/

z s rh ll h /s ʃ ʂ~r̥ (Welsh ll) h/

tz ts /ts tʃ/

r l d /r l j/

Vowels

ă a â e ê i o ô ơ u ư ao eo êu aư ai oi ôi ia/iê iêu ua/uô uôi ăr ar er ir or ur âr /a ɑ: ɜ ɛ e~ɪ~ɛɪ i~ɪj ɔ o~oʊ ɵ~əʏ u: ɨ: aʊ ɛʊ eʊ aʏ aɪ ɔɪ oɪ iə iəw uə uəj + rhotic vowels/

Tones

6 tones of Viet