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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' (''Wieb-Muts'' or ''Reber-Muts'') is a Wiebian dialect continuum that includes varieties of Modern Standard [[Wiebian]]. It is often simply called "Wiebian" in-universe. {{PAGENAME}} is aesthetically inspired by Chinese and Irish.
'''{{PAGENAME}}''' (''Wieb-Muts'' or ''Reber-Muts'') is a Wiebian dialect continuum that includes varieties of Modern Standard [[Wiebian]]. It is often simply called "Wiebian" in-universe. {{PAGENAME}} is aesthetically inspired by Chinese.


==Historical phonology==
==Historical phonology==
===Middle Wiebian===
===Middle Wiebian===
==Phonology==
===Consonants===
{| class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;"
|+'''{{PAGENAME}} initials'''
! colspan="2"|
!Labial
!Alveolar
!Retroflex
!Click
!Velar
!Uvular
!Glottal
|-
! rowspan="2"|Nasal
! | <small>voiceless</small>
|/m̊/
|/n̊/
|/ɳ̊/
|/ŋ̊!/
|/ŋ̊/
|/ɴ̊/
|
|-
! | <small>voiced</small>
|/m/
|/n/
|/ɳ/
|/ŋ!/
|/ŋ/
|/ɴ/
|
|-
! rowspan="3"|Stop
! | <small>tenuis</small>
|/p/
|/t/
|/ʈ/
|/ǃ/
|/k/
|/q/
|/ʔ/
|-
! | <small>aspirated</small>
|/pʰ/
|/tʰ/
|/ʈʰ/
|/ǃʰ/
|/kʰ/
|/qʰ/
|
|-
! | <small>voiced</small>
|/b/
|/d/
|/ɖ/
|/ɡǃ/
|/ɡ/
|/ɢ/
|
|-
! rowspan="2"|Spirants
! | <small>voiceless</small>
|/f/
|/θ/
|
|/ɧ/
|/x/
|/χ/
|/h/
|-
! | <small>voiced</small>
|
|/ð/
|
|/ɧ̬/
|/ɣ/
|/ʁ/
|
|-
! rowspan="2"|Sibilants
! | <small>voiceless</small>
|
|/s/
|/ʂ/
|
|
|
|
|-
! | <small>voiced</small>
|
|/z/
|/ʐ/
|
|
|
|
|-
! rowspan="2"|Approximant
! | <small>voiceless</small>
|/ʍ/
|/l̥/
|
|
|
|
|
|-
! | <small>voiced</small>
|/w/
|/l/
|
|
|
|
|
|}
===Vowels===
{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="width: 540px; text-align:center;"
|+ '''{{PAGENAME}} vowels'''
|-
! rowspan="3" style="width: 90px; "|
! colspan="4" style="width: 180px; " |Front
! rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="width: 90px; " |Central
! rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="width: 90px; " |Back
|-
! colspan="2" style="width: 90px; " |<small>unrounded</small>
! colspan="2" style="width: 90px; " |<small>rounded</small>
|-
!style="width: 45px; "|<small>short</small>
!style="width: 45px; "|<small>long</small>
!style="width: 45px; "|<small>short</small>
!style="width: 45px; "|<small>long</small>
!style="width: 45px; "|<small>short</small>
!style="width: 45px; "|<small>long</small>
!style="width: 45px; "|<small>short</small>
!style="width: 45px; "|<small>long</small>
|-
! style="" |Close
| /i/
| /iː/
| /y/
| /yː/
|
|
| /u/
| /uː/
|-
! style="" |Mid
| /e/
| /eː/
| /ø/
| /øː/
|
| /əː/
| /ɔ/
| /oː/
|-
! style="" |Open
| /æ/
| /æː/
|
|
|
|
| /ɑ/
| /ɑː/
|}
Diphthongs: /ai au oy ja je iːa jaː wa wo uːa waː ɥa ɥø yːa ɥaː aiɐ auɐ oyɐ/
===Tones (allophonic)===
*(-p m)
*(-p b)
*(-p g)
*(+p m)
*(+p b)
*(+p g)
==Inventory==
==Inventory==
===Consonants===
===Consonants===