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==Historical phonology==
==Historical phonology==
===Middle Wiebian===
===Middle Wiebian===
==Phonology==
===Consonants===
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===Vowels===


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Diphthongs: /ai au oy ja je iːa jaː wa wo uːa waː ɥa ɥø yːa ɥaː aiɐ auɐ oyɐ/
Diphthongs: /ai au oy ja je iːa jaː wa wo uːa waː ɥa ɥø yːa ɥaː aiɐ auɐ oyɐ/


===Tones (allophonic)===
Tones:
*(-p m)
*(-p m)
*(-p b)
*(-p b)
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*(+p b)
*(+p b)
*(+p g)
*(+p g)
 
===Retroflex/slender split===
*ai ~ iː
*a ~ ja
*aː ~ jaː
*e ~ je/i
*əː ~ eː
==Inventory==
==Inventory==
===Consonants===
===Consonants===
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==Morphology==
==Morphology==
===Nouns===
===Nouns===
Nouns inflect for two cases, nominative and genitive. The genitive derives from the Ancient Wiebian dative.
====Definite article ''ein'' (''an'')====
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|-
! style="width: 90px;" | Number
! colspan="2" style="width: 200px;" | Singular
! colspan="2" style="width: 200px;" | Plural
|-
! style="width: 90px;" | Gender
! | Masculine
! | Feminine
! | Masculine
! | Feminine
|-
! Nominative
| ''ein'' (''an'') || ''eine'' (''an''-L) || ''einen'' (''na''-N) || ''einer'' (''na''-L)
|-
! Genitive
| ''eines'' (''an''-H) || ''einer'' (''na''-L) || ''einens'' (''na''-H) || ''einen'' (''na''-N)
|}
===Adjectives===
===Adjectives===
===Verbs===
===Verbs===

Revision as of 02:05, 9 December 2015

Tchwerian (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. Tchwerian is aesthetically inspired by Chinese.

Historical phonology

Middle Wiebian

Middle Wiebian initials
Labial Alveolar Retroflex Click Velar Uvular Glottal
Nasal voiceless /m̊/ /n̊/ /ɳ̊/ /ŋ̊!/ /ŋ̊/ /ɴ̊/
voiced /m/ /n/ /ɳ/ /ŋ!/ /ŋ/ /ɴ/
Stop tenuis /p/ /t/ /ʈ/ /ǃ/ /k/ /q/ /ʔ/
aspirated /pʰ/ /tʰ/ /ʈʰ/ /ǃʰ/ /kʰ/ /qʰ/
voiced /b/ /d/ /ɖ/ /ɡǃ/ /ɡ/ /ɢ/
Spirants voiceless /f/ /θ/ /ɧ/ /x/ /χ/ /h/
voiced /ð/ /ɧ̬/ /ɣ/ /ʁ/
Sibilants voiceless /s/ /ʂ/
voiced /z/ /ʐ/
Approximant voiceless /ʍ/ /l̥/
voiced /w/ /l/


Tchwerian vowels
Front Central Back
unrounded rounded
short long short long short long short long
Close /i/ /iː/ /y/ /yː/ /u/ /uː/
Mid /e/ /eː/ /ø/ /øː/ /əː/ /ɔ/ /oː/
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:

  • (-p m)
  • (-p b)
  • (-p g)
  • (+p m)
  • (+p b)
  • (+p g)

Retroflex/slender split

  • ai ~ iː
  • a ~ ja
  • aː ~ jaː
  • e ~ je/i
  • əː ~ eː

Inventory

Consonants

Vowels

a aa e i o ö u ü

ai au ei eu iu öi oi ou ui

Tones

Morphology

Nouns

Adjectives

Verbs

Syntax