Far East Semitic/Tonal Semitic: Difference between revisions

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A tonal language with two tones (from the register split) and lots of preinitials

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-"Hmoabite"
+A tonal language with two tones (from the register split) and lots of preinitials
-Hlaub hlaub, vi seb qawd ___ = Hello, my name is ___
-definite article ðə -> vi
-== Lexicon ==
-*nqhwb = fish
-*yed = to have; there is
-* ntam = to give
-* vwm = ear
-** ntavwm = to listen
-* lau = no, not
-* vab = money (ðahab)
-** Qawd lau yed vab = I don't have money
-* hmid = beautiful, sublime
-== Phonology ==
-* initials and vowels as in White Hmong/Green Mong RPA, but aa ee oo are breathy voiced vowels and r rh nr nrh are /ɹ ɹʰ ɳ ɳʰ/
-* Finals: -b -0 -s -j -v -m -g -d /p(unreleased) 0 s j w (nasalization) k(unreleased) t(unreleased)/
-== Grammar ==
-=== Pronouns ===
-* 1st person pronouns:
-** ''qawd'' (polite, from *3abd 'slave')
-** ''npws'' (when speaking to non-intimate peers or someone of lower status)
-** ''dlag'' (intimate; from PFES *đV lak 'yours')
-** ''nau'' (only used in poetry; from PSem ʔanāku)
-* 2nd person pronouns:
-** ''nkaub'' (very polite; from *maqāmu 'place')
-** ''dud'' (neutrally polite, from *wadud 'friend')
-** ''dliv'' (non-intimate, non-polite, from an older polite pronoun *laTip)
-** ''qhov'' (intimate, from *Hubb)
-** ''hmu'' (rude; from PSem ʔantumū)
-Family members use family terms to refer to themselves or to the listener.
-Animate plurals marked with ''... wj'' (PFES *wıl)