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=== Tones ===
=== Tones ===
8 tones (2 with stød, transcribed as ˀ)? Or should stød be independent?
6 tones, with independent +-stød


==== Tone box ====
==== Tone box ====
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|ả
|ả
|á + stød
, always + stød
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!Breathy initial
!Breathy initial
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|ạ
|ạ
|ạ + stød
|ạ, always + stød
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Revision as of 18:52, 22 November 2024

Æ/Lexicon

Æ (natively [ʔe˧˧]; in English /ɛ/ eh) is an Angaian tonal language inspired by Danish and Vietnamese (and the name is inspired by the real-world E language).

rǿdˀ grǿdˀ med flø̣d could be a chengyu

Broad phonology

Initials

b d bl gl g f s fl sl t h m n ng l r v j 0 /p t pl tɬ k f s fl ɬ ts h m n ŋ l ʁ v j ʔ/

Medials

-r- /ʁ/ Since this lowers the vowel, the exact phonetic values of rV combinations must be learned. Tentatively only allowed after b d g f s t h m n ng v.

Vowels

Nuclei: i y u ů e ø o æ æ̊ a å /i y ɨ u e ø o ɛ œ æ ɔ/

Finals

-0 -j -v -d -r -n -m /-0 -j -w -ð̞ˠ -ɐ -ⁿ -wⁿ/

Tones

6 tones, with independent +-stød

Tone box

Vietnamese tone diacritics are used to indicate the abstract etymological origin of the tone (The precise tone values are TBD)

A (null/voiced coda) B (glottal stop coda) C (fricative coda) D (voiceless stop coda)
Modal initial a á á, always + stød
Breathy initial à ã ạ, always + stød

Narrow phonology