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Tiberian Hebrew vowels minus ultrashorts, written i ie e a å o u = | Tiberian Hebrew vowels minus ultrashorts, written i ie e a å o u = /i e ɛ a ɔ o u/ | ||
===Finals=== | ===Finals=== | ||
Revision as of 03:22, 2 September 2021
| Mono-Tiberian | |
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| 漢語 | |
| Pronunciation | [/θálʕɔ̂/] |
| Created by | IlL |
| Setting | Verse:Lõis |
Sino-Tibetan
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Sino-Tiberian (漢語 þalH⁺ȝåX⁻ /θálʕɔ̂/) is a divergent descendant of Old Chinese with a Tiberian Hebrew-inspired phonology.
Todo
Min-like doublets from Middle Sino-Tiberian / Middle Chinese?
Tone sandhi/word tones?
Voiceless resonants
Numbers:
1 ʔit > ʔit -
2 ni[j]-s > niH-
3 srum/sram > šåm-
4 s.lij-s > śiH-
5 C.ŋˁaʔ > ȝåX+
6 luk-
7 tsit-
8 hat-
9 quX-
10 tgəp > daP- (P is another tone that comes from loss of final p)
Diachronics
- Voiceless nasals > /f θ x/
Phonology
Initials
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Laryngeal | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | voiced | m /m/ | n /n/ | ||||
| voiceless | hm | hn | |||||
| Plosive | voiceless | p /p/ | t /t/ | k /k/ | /ʔ/ | ||
| voiced | b /b/ | d /d/ | g /g/ | ||||
| emphatic | ṭ /tʼ/ | q /kʼ/ | |||||
| Spirant | voiceless | f /f/ | þ /θ/ | x /x/ | |||
| voiced | v /v/ | ð /ð/ | γ /ɣ/ | ||||
| Fricative | voiceless | s /s/ | š /ʃ/ | ħ /ħ/ | h /h/ | ||
| voiced | z /z~dz/ | ||||||
| emphatic | ṣ /tsʼ/ | ||||||
| Trill | r /r~ɾ/, hr | ||||||
| Approximant | l /l/, hl /ɬ/ | y /j/ | għ /ʕ~ɦ/ | ||||
Vowels
Tiberian Hebrew vowels minus ultrashorts, written i ie e a å o u = /i e ɛ a ɔ o u/
Finals
-m -n -3 -l -y -w -t -k
Tones
Historically 8: {0 X H P} x {+- voicing}, but merged into 5