Tchwerian

Tchwerian (Wieb-Muts [Vạp Mã] or Reber-Muts [Rạp Mã]) is a Wiebian dialect continuum that includes Modern Standard Wiebian (both the European and the North American varieties). It is often simply called "Wiebian" in-universe.

Words

• good: wick (vệch)
• I am king: Nu luh Hauer. (Nà là ho.)
• Zürde ('offering') > xuyết

Numbers

va:m, dɪɧɐ, naɐ̯k, !au, ze:lɪɧ, ʃtu:m, ʀaut, lɛɐ̯ts, pfaɐ̯p, ki:ɐ̯

væ:m, dɛɧ, naɐ̯k, !au, ze:ʟəɧ, ʃtu:m, ʀəut, lɛɐ̯ts, pfaɐ̯p, ki:ɐ̯

ve:m, dɛɧ, naak, !oo, zi:ʟəɧ, ʃtaum, ʀaut, ljaats, pfaap, kaiɐ

ve:m, dɛɧ, naak, !oo, zi:ŋɧ, tʰaum, ʕaut, ljaas, faap, kaiɐ

fe:m (l -p m), ɗɛj (l -p b), naak (l -p g), !oo (h -p m), si:ŋ (l -p b), tʰaum (h -p m), 'aut (l -p g), ljaa (l -p b), faap (h -p g), kaiɐ (h -p m)

• 1 wahm: viềm
• 2 discher: đẫy
• 3 narg: nộc
• 4 muhl: màng
• 5 sälisch: xỡng
• 6 stuom: thim
• 7 rut: ứt
• 8 lerz: lỡ
• 9 pfarb: vốp
• 10 kior: ra
• 100 däll: đầng
• 1000 seit: xượt
• 10000 krüeb: kệp
• 11 (dozenal): gepfod: phứt
• 12 (dozenal): gepfemm: phâm
• 12^2 zann: xăn
• 12^3 uog: ích

Letters

• T: Trabe > tˁɑɑp > độp
• G: Galst > galʔ > kwaʔ > quạ
• K: Kohl > kool > koow (h -p m) > củ > cư
• W: Wier > vjaʔ > vaʔ > vạ > vơ
• N: Narch > naaç > naaj (l -p b) > noi > nổi
• Q: Kried > qˁeit > keit (h +p g) > kiệt
• L: Lecken > *Leck > EMW lek > LMW lek (l -p g) > lậc
• P: Pfut > faut > ... > vát
• C: Ang > ʔaŋ > ăng
• Ŧ: Ŧeib > ǃeip (Canadian raising!) > chiếp
• J: Jamm > dằm
• F: Fitt - pretty sure it's vết
• M: Mersch > maa (l -p b) > mả > mở
• D: Dachel > EMW daxu > LMW ɗoo (l -p b) (with compensatory lengthening) > đủ > đử
• Đ: Đruche > EMW g!ˁoux > !ow (l +p b) > !xẻo > chảo
• R: Rift > EMW ʕeft > ʔew (l +p g) > ếu > éo
• S: Schnade > nʰeit > ... > niết
• ß: Discherschnader > *discher Schnade > đẫy niết
• H: Hammel > hamu > hom (h -p m) > hỏm > hôm
• B: Bruog > EMW bˁook > ɓook (l +p +g) > bức
• Z: Zamm > xăm
• I: *ii > ai > ai > aa > ưa
• U: uu > au > au > ea > a
• E: ee > ii > ii > ơi?
• O: oo > uu > uu > yy > i
• A: aa > ei > ia > ia

Phonology

Based on Vietnamese. Pinyin in bold.

Consonants

Reber Wiobian consonants (Hauerreberjamms)

		Labial	Dental	Alveolar	Click	Palatal	Velar	Uvular	Glottal
Nasal		m /m/	n /n̪/			nh /ɲ/	ng /ŋ/
Plosive	plain	p /p/	t /t̪/		tr /ǃ/	ch /c~tɕ/	c, qu /k/	k /q/	Ø /ʔ-/
	implosive	b /ɓ/	đ /ɗ/
Fricative	voiceless			x /s/	s /ɧ/				h /h/
	voiced	v /v/	d /ð/	gi /z/			g /ɣ/
Affricate		ph /pf/	th /ts/				kh /kx/
Trill				r /r/
Approximant		ł, o, u /w/		l /l/		j /j/

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i, y /i/	ư /ɨ/	u /u/
Close-mid	ê /e/	ơ /ɤ/	ô /o/
Open-mid	e /ɛ/	â /ə̆/	o /ɔ/
Open	ă /ă/ a /a/

LMW > Early Reber Wiebian

An Bhlaoighne-style tone mergers

-phar:
h -p b: hoi
h -p g: sac
h -p m: ngang
l -p b: nga
l -p g: nang
l -p m: huyen
+phar:
h +p b: huyen
h +p g: nang
h +p m: hoi
l +p b: ngang
l +p g: sac
l +p m: nga

Vowel shifts

I need Late Middle Wiebian (placeholder name) > Early Viet gib Wieb
Perhaps I'll start with au > eaa
because we need luh > là

funny that even the tone matches
Sie should become 'shi' in your chinese gib
zi: > zaj > zʲeai > Si (central vowel) > shi

/ʂɻ̩/
all the same tone!

yes
that would make a great Chinese parody
I should have a language named Shi
1: shi1
2: shi4
3: shi2
4: shi4
5: shi3
6: shi4
7: shi1
8: shi3
9: shi1
10: shi2

how do you tell the difference between 1, 7 and 9?
it's a jokelang

grin emoticon
like everything in Kuusi Palaa is "kuusi palaa"

yes
ɑɑ > ɔɔ
ææ > eə̆

btw the word for 'not' in Gussnish, 'owwan' is just the exlocative of 'la'
is o-S the exlocative?
or was it on-?

ow-S(genitive)
sorry
ow-

æn / sæn
me / ow
rø / tsø
λø / ød
?? / ??
in / not in
with / without
?? / ??

to / not to (used in negative imperatives)
in / not in
with / without
like / unlike
the first two don't trigger séimhiú but the rest do
jia > iə
ɥa, ɥø > wiə (uya, uyê-)
Zürde ('offering') > xuyết

nice!
ɥa, ɥø, ɥya > wiə
I probably won't be able to get all the viet rimes
wo wua > uə
actually
ɥa > wɛ?
ɥø > we
yy > uy
/wi/
oo > ô:
> u:
uu > ɨɨ
ou > ô:?
ei > ê:?
øy > ơ:?
ai > ay in open syllables, ɛ: in closed?
same for ay
au > au in open syllables, ɔ: o in closed?
jaa sounds like eaa from au
let's merge them
waa > oa /wa:/
ɥaa > ?

ưa?
that's a good idea
əa > ə:
øø > ə:?

ơi?
the problem: where do I get -j finals?
I should have vowel reflexes specific to open syllables

yes
or have AW -l -> -j
like in Viet

how?
Viet cây (tree) ~ Mương câl
Viet mười < Proto-Vietic *maal
some -j finals are not allowed in vietnamese
for example after /e/

just merge them
về ~ Muong wềl

• êy -> ê
  

that's one option
or alter the nucleus

êy -> ây?

• êy > ơi
  

yes
we went over
ɑ > o
æ > ă
e. ø > â
i > ê
o > o
u > ô
y > ơ
ii should move out of the way
to a diphthong
ơi?
øø > ươi(?)
i forgot wa > oă
perhaps ei ou øy should become ơi ơu ơi
in open syllables
I need to look at each Viet rime and ask "how can I get it?"
don't care much about oeo, uyu
viet does have quẹo
i can get -w from -f and -ft

Grammar

Copula

The copula is luh (là - just like in Vietnamese!).

Pronouns

Correlatives

• mahr: like this
• ahr: like that
• jahr: how?