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In [[Verse:Hmøøh|Hmøøh]], '''Þhea Kï''' /θeə̯˧ ki˥/ is an analytic monosyllabic tonal language spoken on the island country Þhea Lga{{cab}}y off the southwestern coast of the continent Kjàt Må̀. Þhea Kï has a complex tone system even for a Kjàt Må̀ language, with 5 level tones and 6 contour tones. It belongs to a dialect continuum but otherwise has no known relatives.
In [[Verse:Hmøøh|Hmøøh]], '''Þhea Kï''' /θeə̯˧ ki˥/ is an analytic monosyllabic tonal language spoken on the island country Þhea Lga{{cab}}y off the southwestern coast of the continent Kjàt Må̀. Þhea Kï has a complex tone system even for a Kjàt Må̀ language, with 5 level tones and 6 contour tones. It belongs to a dialect continuum but otherwise has no known relatives.


* Chāy Zhea /xaj˦ ɻeə̯˧/ (''chāy'' is an honorific; ''zhea'' is 'rose'): inventor of primodality in Hmøøh
* Cha{{cll}}y Zhea /xaj˨ ɻeə̯˧/ (''chāy'' is an honorific; ''zhea'' is 'rose'): inventor of primodality in Hmøøh


== Phonology ==  
== Phonology ==  

Revision as of 03:02, 4 May 2023

In Hmøøh, Þhea Kï /θeə̯˧ ki˥/ is an analytic monosyllabic tonal language spoken on the island country Þhea Lga̗y off the southwestern coast of the continent Kjàt Må̀. Þhea Kï has a complex tone system even for a Kjàt Må̀ language, with 5 level tones and 6 contour tones. It belongs to a dialect continuum but otherwise has no known relatives.

  • Cha̱y Zhea /xaj˨ ɻeə̯˧/ (chāy is an honorific; zhea is 'rose'): inventor of primodality in Hmøøh

Phonology

Rimes (10):

i/e/ə/ɑ/ej/əj/ɑj/iə̯/eə̯/ɨə̯

i e u a ey uy ay ia ea ua

Initials (33):

m/n̪/n/ɳ/p/t̪/t̪s̪/t/ts̠/tʃ/ʈ/ʈʂ/k/ʔ/f/θ/s̪/θ̠/s̠/ʃ/ʂ/x/h/l̪/r̪/l/r/ɭ/ɻ/ʟ/ɰ/j/w

m nh n nr p th tz t ts tx tr tsr k 0 f þh z þ s x sr ch h lh rh l r lr zh lg g y w

Tones (11):

˥/˦/˧/˨/˩/˩˥/˧˥/˥˩/˧˩/˨˩˨/˨˧˨

ä ā a a̱ a̤ a̗ á à a̖ a̬ â

3630 possible syllables

Vocabulary

Þhea Kï is generally purist.